Patent & IP news for October 18, 2011

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post image Stem cells and Patentability: the Brüstle decision issues from ipkitten.blogspot.com

A press release has issued from the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU). The Court has this morning issued its decision in Brüstle v Greenpeace  (C-34/10). The IPKat reported earlier on the background ...

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post image Can you feel the pulse, can you hear the heartbeat? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

IP due diligence: real excitement --
or a good  way to hang on to clients?
What triggers that intoxicating feeling of raw excitement? We humans (and Kats) are all so different that the answer, quite honestly ...

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post image Giveaway: One Free Registration to BioOhio Annual Conference from www.patentbaristas.com

As part of our Supporting Sponsorship of the BioOhio Annual Conference: 2020 Vision, we have one complimentary registration to share. Just be the first person to send us your name and email address by 5 ...

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post image Willa (David) fends off Wella (Goliath) – an update on NY Times story from www.erikpelton.com

The New York Times website’s Dealbook column last Friday evening provided an update on the trademark story it covered just a few weeks ago: Willa has successfully fended off Proctor & Gamble and their Wella ...

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post image Plenty of fish, but no customers from ipkitten.blogspot.com

"Plenty of Fish" and "Plenty More Fish" - these are fundamental principles which the IPKat has long cherished. So the IPKat was intensely gratified to see that no less an august person than HHJ Colin Birss ...

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Representatives Oppose President's Attempt to Reduce Data Exclusivity Period from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, 51 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to President Obama, opposing the President's continued efforts to reduce the data exclusivity period under the Approval Pathway for ...

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Federal Circuit Ignores Claim Language To Identify The Underlying Invention from www.pharmapatentsblog.com

At first glance, the Federal Circuit decision in Cybersource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc. may not be of much interest to those in the pharmaceutical field. The patent at issue relates to a "method and ...

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Apple and Samsung fight over new evidence as decision on US-wide preliminary injunction nears from fosspatents.blogspot.com

On Thursday (October 13), Apple and Samsung squared off in a hearing held by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on Apple's motion for a US-wide preliminary injunction against ...

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To Stem Infringement, Block Money – Not Information from www.ip-watch.org

The Protect IP Act, currently pending in the United States Senate, contains a range of steps designed to support the holders of American copyrights and trademarks by fighting a specific part of the online infringement ...

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Damages Expert May Not Rely on Unproduced License Within Expert's Personal Knowledge from docketreport.blogspot.com

Plaintiff's motion to exclude portions of defendant's damages expert's opinion was granted as to a license relied upon by the expert that was never produced. "Defendant contends that [the expert] is able ...

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Featured Resource: ArchPatent from info.articleonepartners.com

ArchPatent is a brand new, free-to-use patent search resource that caters to both experienced and beginner researchers.  The beta site went public on October 11th, and as of October 15th the available cache ...

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Jonathan Masur: The Ever Expanding Patent System from writtendescription.blogspot.com

Could the commonly cited flaws of the patent system be caused by the underlying relationship of its two main players, the PTO and the Federal Circuit? The patent system has come under attack in recent ...

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Patentable Subject Matter at the Supreme Court from inventivestep.net

We didn’t really think that the issue of patentable subject matter was settled after Bilski.  The Supreme Court will be hearing another appeal in a patentable subject matter case in the current term.  Several ...

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Free Patent File History Tools: Ipsum vs. USPTO PAIR from intellogist.wordpress.com

The USPTO public PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval) portal is an extremely useful tool for checking application statuses for US patent documents and viewing File Wrappers, which contain electronic versions of all correspondence  with the ...

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WTO Trains Officials On TRIPS Flexibilities For Public Health from www.ip-watch.org

The World Trade Organization today concluded a four-day training session to help officials from developing countries better understand the flexibilities to intellectual property rights built into international trade rules on IP. Related Articles:

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EU High Court Bans Patents On Human Embryo Stem Cells For Research from www.ip-watch.org

The European Union high court today outlawed the patenting of human embryo stem cells for scientific research or commercial purposes. The decision has forced European courts to examine the “ethical boundaries of patenting,” said Greenpeace ...

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USPTO to Conduct Studies of Prior User Rights and International Patent Protection for Small Businesses per America Invents Act from ipwatchdog.com

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released two Federal Register Notices on October 7, 2011, seeking written comments and announcing two public hearings for two studies the agency is required to conduct under ...

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Rebuttal Finale: A Response to Lemley’s Myth of the Sole Inventor from ipwatchdog.com

Lemley’s response introduces the new term “sequential improvement.” This suggests to us that he has now abandoned many of his claims of “simultaneous invention.” The word ‘sequential’ does not occur a single time in ...

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‘Practical Application’ Business Methods Deemed Patentable By The Federal Court from www.iposgoode.ca

Neda Navabi is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, and is currently enrolled in Professor Ikechi Mgbeoji’s Patents class, in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to ...

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A Micro-Benefit For Small Businesses Under The America Invents Act from www.iposgoode.ca

Leslie Chong is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, and is currently enrolled in Professor Ikechi Mgbeoji’s Patents class, in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to ...

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Ultramercial Patent Appeal Keeps Door Open For Future Software Patents from www.iposgoode.ca

Mark Bowman is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled in Ultramercial v Hulu that a process displaying copyright media to a ...

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