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Where to Seek Patent Protection: A Lesson from The Great One from info.inovia.com "A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be."
- Wayne Gretzky
To the best of my knowledge, Wayne Gretzky (aka "The Great One ...
Wednesday whimsies from ipkitten.blogspot.com IMPORTANT NOTICE: today we are all Greeks. Earlier today the IPKat posted this piece on the current crisis facing the euro, calling on readers to suggest a new name to replace "euro". For the avoidance ...
Rhythmix - a band without a name from ipkitten.blogspot.com The BBC today reports that girl group Rhythmix, who seem to have achieved some level of media attention through their current participation in the UK TV talent show X Factor, are to change their name ...
The Euro: time for a rebrand? from ipkitten.blogspot.com Europe's most pervasive currency is the euro. As most readers of this weblog will be aware, the euro is coming in for quite a battering these days. It seems that most euros, whatever their ...
Patent wars: New ammunition from patlit.blogspot.com 
During the last months we have seen several movements that suggest several companies are very active obtaining new ammunition.
As we have previously reported (here), at the end of June Nortel announced that the wining ...
The FTC's Thinking Does Not Make It So Regarding Reverse Payment Agreements from www.patentdocs.org
By Kevin E. Noonan -- The Federal Trade Commission is nothing if not consistent. Yet again, the Commission has released a Report on the negative effects of reverse payment (or, in Commission parlance, "pay-for-delay") agreements, in ...
By Kevin E. Noonan -- The Federal Trade Commission is nothing if not consistent. Yet again, the Commission has released a Report on the negative effects of reverse payment (or, in Commission parlance, "pay-for-delay") agreements, in ...
Therasense v. Becton: Federal Circuit Narrows Scope of Inequitable Conduct from www.lawupdates.com
By Olivier A. Taillieu and Jeffrey J. Zuber || A divided Federal Circuit tightened the requirements on parties using an inequitable conduct defense in patent prosecutions. In Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson, and Co., 649 F ...
By Olivier A. Taillieu and Jeffrey J. Zuber || A divided Federal Circuit tightened the requirements on parties using an inequitable conduct defense in patent prosecutions. In Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson, and Co., 649 F ...
Guide to Changes in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP) from www.erikpelton.com
In May 2011, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) released the long-awaited 3rd Edition of its Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (“TBMP”).[1] This guide summarizes and highlights the most significant ...
In May 2011, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) released the long-awaited 3rd Edition of its Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (“TBMP”).[1] This guide summarizes and highlights the most significant ...
Google’s API Motion To Dismiss Oracle’s Java Copyright Claims Is Defeated from www.iposgoode.ca
Mark Bowman is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Google’s attempt to dismiss via summary judgment copyright infringement accusations from Oracle against its Java-based Android operating system have failed, with one exception ...
Mark Bowman is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Google’s attempt to dismiss via summary judgment copyright infringement accusations from Oracle against its Java-based Android operating system have failed, with one exception ...
Tenth Circuit Finds Patent Infringement Insurance Coverage Under “Advertising Injury” Clause from ipwatchdog.com
Therefore, no one should read this decision as stating a general rule that patent infringement is covered under "advertising injury" provisions in a typical insurance contract. Rather, the decision should be read as saying that ...
Therefore, no one should read this decision as stating a general rule that patent infringement is covered under "advertising injury" provisions in a typical insurance contract. Rather, the decision should be read as saying that ...
How to Make an Invention Report Template from www.ipeg.eu
One simple yet effective way to build a level of discipline into the invention handling process is to define a standard template for invention reports coming from the inventor community. If the idea is of ...
One simple yet effective way to build a level of discipline into the invention handling process is to define a standard template for invention reports coming from the inventor community. If the idea is of ...
Intellectual Ventures: World’s Largest Patent Troll Or Patent Dealer Building Global Market For Invention? from www.iposgoode.ca
Adam Heckman is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, and is currently enrolled in Professor Mgbeoji’s Patents class, in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write ...
Adam Heckman is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, and is currently enrolled in Professor Mgbeoji’s Patents class, in Fall 2011. As part of the course requirements, students are asked to write ...
Rule 11 Pre-Filing Investigation Need Not Be Conducted by Registered Patent Attorney from docketreport.blogspot.com
In denying defendant's motion for Rule 11 sanctions, the court rejected defendant's argument that plaintiff could not support the adequacy of its pre-filing investigation because its attorney-declarants were not registered to practice before ...
In denying defendant's motion for Rule 11 sanctions, the court rejected defendant's argument that plaintiff could not support the adequacy of its pre-filing investigation because its attorney-declarants were not registered to practice before ...
Public availability standard under the America Invents Act from ocpatentlawyer.com
The first-inventor-to-file (“FITF”) system under the America Invents Act (“AIA”) retains much of the verbiage used in the current Patent Act. For example, the FITF system retains terms such as “patented,” “printed publication,” “public use ...
The first-inventor-to-file (“FITF”) system under the America Invents Act (“AIA”) retains much of the verbiage used in the current Patent Act. For example, the FITF system retains terms such as “patented,” “printed publication,” “public use ...
Design Patents from inventivestep.net
Utility patents get all of the publicity in when discussing innovation. Another option that an inventor may want to consider is a design patent. Utility patents cover structural and functional aspects of an invention, while ...
Utility patents get all of the publicity in when discussing innovation. Another option that an inventor may want to consider is a design patent. Utility patents cover structural and functional aspects of an invention, while ...
“Patent Failure” Fails to Recognize Danger of Too Much Repair from ipcloseup.wordpress.com
A Reply to Professors Bessen and Meurer’s Book About the Difficulty of Perfecting the Patent System By Roya Ghafele and Benjamin Gibert The publication of Patent Failure: How Judges, Bureaucrats and Lawyers Put Innovators ...
A Reply to Professors Bessen and Meurer’s Book About the Difficulty of Perfecting the Patent System By Roya Ghafele and Benjamin Gibert The publication of Patent Failure: How Judges, Bureaucrats and Lawyers Put Innovators ...
Request for help: Royalty Rate Assistance from ipfinance.blogspot.com
This blogger has been asked by an author of a book who wants to sell the copyright in his book in exchange for an ongoing royalty on the income (if any) generated by the publication ...
This blogger has been asked by an author of a book who wants to sell the copyright in his book in exchange for an ongoing royalty on the income (if any) generated by the publication ...
First Annual Electronics, Telecom and Software Patent Practice Update from www.iplawalert.com
The New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association (“NJIPLA”) will be hosting its first annual "Electronics, Telecom and Software Patent Practice Update" on Wednesday, November 9, 2011, from 12:00-5:15 pm at the New Brunswick ...
The Ghosts of Search Systems Past from intellogist.wordpress.com
Search systems are like living creatures: they are conceived and created, they grow and change over the years, and, like all organisms, they eventually die. A search system can die for many reasons. A supporting ...
Search systems are like living creatures: they are conceived and created, they grow and change over the years, and, like all organisms, they eventually die. A search system can die for many reasons. A supporting ...
IP Enforcement Tensions At WTO; Health Amendment Extended Again from www.ip-watch.org
Enforcement of intellectual property proved to be a point of contention among World Trade Organization members at this week’s meeting of the Council on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Meanwhile, despite debate ...
Enforcement of intellectual property proved to be a point of contention among World Trade Organization members at this week’s meeting of the Council on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Meanwhile, despite debate ...
Samsung's hopes for iPhone 4S injunctions in France and Italy are alive but fading from fosspatents.blogspot.com
Today a court in Milan, Italy, refused to take an immediate decision on Samsung's request for a preliminary injunction against the iPhone 4S. Instead, Samsung has until November 15 to file a new pleading ...
The Smartphone Patent War, pt. 1 from www.postgrant.com
In light of the ever increasing, expanding and confusing smartphone patent litigation and licensing landscape, we have put together a three part series to apprise you of the current developments. Hopefully part one begins to ...
In light of the ever increasing, expanding and confusing smartphone patent litigation and licensing landscape, we have put together a three part series to apprise you of the current developments. Hopefully part one begins to ...
Oracle-Google trial postponed beyond the end of the year from fosspatents.blogspot.com
Judge William Alsup, the federal judge presiding over Oracle's patent and copyright infringement lawsuit against Google, just entered a "proposed trial plan", in which he stated that "the trial will not be in 2011 ...
Patents: Use Them or Lose Them from ipcloseup.wordpress.com
March 5, 2010 by ipinsider1 | Edit Russell L. Parr, President of Intellectual Property Research Associates, Inc. (IPRA), is at the top tier of the IP valuation field. In addition to English, his eight books are ...
March 5, 2010 by ipinsider1 | Edit Russell L. Parr, President of Intellectual Property Research Associates, Inc. (IPRA), is at the top tier of the IP valuation field. In addition to English, his eight books are ...
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