Patent & IP news for October 31, 2011
Patent Litigations
- Van Blarcom Closures, Inc. v. Mold-Rite Plastics, Inc. filed 2011-10-28 in New York Eastern
- SmartPhone Technologies LLC v. AT&T Inc. et. al. filed 2011-10-31 in Texas Eastern
- Irrevocable Trust Of Anthony J. Antonious v. Nike, Inc. filed 2011-10-27 in New Jersey
- Philips Electronics North America Corporation v. Lux Electronic Products, Inc. et. al. filed 2011-10-31 in Massachusetts
- Astrazeneca Ab et. al. v. Anchen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et. al. filed 2011-10-28 in New Jersey
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Patent & IP Blogs
Halloween Horrors: It came from the USPTO..... from ipkitten.blogspot.com Happy Halloween! The AmeriKat's mobile phone is practically Frankenstein. It held together with industrial strength tape, has various dents and scratches pock-marking its surface, and opening the phone for use incites a sticky creaking ...
Monday miscellany from ipkitten.blogspot.com WIPO staff agree that last week's
conflagration is a lot more
interesting than Geneva's
boring old jet'deau Burn Convention. Good news for WIPO watchers (and users) is that the World Intellectual Property ...
Patent Quality Issues Continue to Drive New Initiatives from info.articleonepartners.com The value of IP around the world is continuing to grow faster than ever. Patent applications, after taking a brief slide during the 2008 recession, resumed their growth pattern last year. The USPTO received 520 ...
Happy Halloween! Learning with the Halloween Portable Container from ipwatchdog.com
The holiday patent du jour gives us the opportunity to explore the candy collecting aspects of trick-or-treating. More specifically, U.S. Patent No. 7,594,669 is for a portable container having wheels and a ...
The holiday patent du jour gives us the opportunity to explore the candy collecting aspects of trick-or-treating. More specifically, U.S. Patent No. 7,594,669 is for a portable container having wheels and a ...
Interesting “paranormal” trademarks for Halloween from www.erikpelton.com
Halloween is upon us. Around the country children – and many adults – we be donning costumes and trick-or-treating. Whiches, ghosts, and vampires are good fun on Halloween. But to many, paranormal activities s no laughing matter ...
Halloween is upon us. Around the country children – and many adults – we be donning costumes and trick-or-treating. Whiches, ghosts, and vampires are good fun on Halloween. But to many, paranormal activities s no laughing matter ...
Herbert Hovenkamp: Patent Exclusions and Antitrust After Therasense from writtendescription.blogspot.com
While Therasense has received a significant amount of coverage due to its implications on the inequitable conduct defense, few have discussed its implications in other areas. In Patent Exclusions and Antitrust After Therasense, Professor Herbert ...
"When good things happen to bad licences -- and even to good ones": a seminar from ipkitten.blogspot.com
This Kat is happy to announce yet another event. This one's a lunchtime seminar in which fellow Kat Neil does a duet with Paul Joseph on some of the problems that beset even the ...
This Kat is happy to announce yet another event. This one's a lunchtime seminar in which fellow Kat Neil does a duet with Paul Joseph on some of the problems that beset even the ...
US Elected Officials: IP Rights, Tech Markets Key For Russian Accession from www.ip-watch.org
The top members of the United States Congress for international trade policy have put intellectual property rights and information technology market access at the top of demands for Russia's impending accession to the World ...
The top members of the United States Congress for international trade policy have put intellectual property rights and information technology market access at the top of demands for Russia's impending accession to the World ...
Provisional Patent Applications from inventivestep.net
A provisional patent application is a patent application that may be filed at the PTO that can be used to establish a filing date or date of invention. The application expires 12 months from its ...
A provisional patent application is a patent application that may be filed at the PTO that can be used to establish a filing date or date of invention. The application expires 12 months from its ...
Europe's Landmark Decision on Stem Cell Patents from www.infringementupdates.com
The following is excerpted from an October 27, 2011 Jones Day Commentary by Niklas Piening, Christian Paul and Martin Weber: In a landmark decision on October 18, 2011, the highest court of the European Union ...
The following is excerpted from an October 27, 2011 Jones Day Commentary by Niklas Piening, Christian Paul and Martin Weber: In a landmark decision on October 18, 2011, the highest court of the European Union ...
Is It Open Season Now for NPEs? from www.iplawalert.com
Among other changes, the America Invents Act (“AIA”) includes the new 35 U.S.C. § 299. This statute purports to reduce the ability of a patent owner to join multiple, unrelated defendants in a single ...
UNESCO Approves Palestinian Membership; US Faces Decision from www.ip-watch.org
Members of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today approved Palestine as a member state, a move expected to force the United States to choose between withdrawal from UN agencies including the ...
Members of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today approved Palestine as a member state, a move expected to force the United States to choose between withdrawal from UN agencies including the ...
European patent reform: so much to read! from ipkitten.blogspot.com
Some correspondents have been wondering why the IPKat hasn't been able to provide more, and better, coverage of the progress towards the European Union's proposed Unified Patent Court and the Unitary Patent System ...
Some correspondents have been wondering why the IPKat hasn't been able to provide more, and better, coverage of the progress towards the European Union's proposed Unified Patent Court and the Unitary Patent System ...
Apple Cafe trade mark dispute in Germany from britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk
Today's free Metro newspaper has a brief entry about a trade mark dispute in Germany. Christin Römer has been told by the company that she is infringing a trade mark owned by Apple. In ...
Today's free Metro newspaper has a brief entry about a trade mark dispute in Germany. Christin Römer has been told by the company that she is infringing a trade mark owned by Apple. In ...
CPhI "Pharma IPR India 2012" Conference, Mumbai, January 31 to February 2, 2012 from www.orangebookblog.com
CPhI Conferences will hold a three-day conference on pharmaceutical intellectual property in Mumbai, India, from January 31, 2012 to February 2, 2012. The first day of the conference will focus on India; the second day ...
CPhI Conferences will hold a three-day conference on pharmaceutical intellectual property in Mumbai, India, from January 31, 2012 to February 2, 2012. The first day of the conference will focus on India; the second day ...
A Patent for Software from ipwatchdog.com
What If you created an automobile engine that could deliver 500 miles per gallon of gasoline would you seek a patent? I suspect you would because that type of engine would almost certainly be revolutionary ...
What If you created an automobile engine that could deliver 500 miles per gallon of gasoline would you seek a patent? I suspect you would because that type of engine would almost certainly be revolutionary ...
CAFC Refuses to Clarify Claims Construction Law, Deference from ipwatchdog.com
I have wondered out loud whether the Judges of the Federal Circuit realize that the outcome is unpredictable until the panel has been announced. It seems that at least some do. How is that defensible ...
I have wondered out loud whether the Judges of the Federal Circuit realize that the outcome is unpredictable until the panel has been announced. It seems that at least some do. How is that defensible ...
Patent Zombie (No. 2). from anticipatethis.wordpress.com
Reproduced with the permission of the author Timothy J. Riesen Patent Draftsman (440) 985-8252 Tim@patentlawdesigns.com JW Note: Wishing you a safe and Happy Halloween 2011! Filed under: General Commentary
Reproduced with the permission of the author Timothy J. Riesen Patent Draftsman (440) 985-8252 Tim@patentlawdesigns.com JW Note: Wishing you a safe and Happy Halloween 2011! Filed under: General Commentary
BPAI finds that "selecting the product catalogs to search" does not require selection of multiple catalogs from allthingspros.blogspot.com
Takeaway: A patentee in reexamination appealed an anticipation rejection of claims to an electronic procurement system. The patentee argued that the reference did not teach "maintaining at least two catalogs" as required by the claim ...
Takeaway: A patentee in reexamination appealed an anticipation rejection of claims to an electronic procurement system. The patentee argued that the reference did not teach "maintaining at least two catalogs" as required by the claim ...
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