The patent system: some thoughts on stakeholders and users from ipkitten.blogspot.com Lest anyone accuse this Kat of getting into an awful argument and then trying to change the subject, he states at the outset that he writes with both urgency and frequency on more or less ...
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Foreign Patent Filings Up at EPO in 2011 from info.articleonepartners.com The EPO has reported that the number of European filings was up again in 2011, breaking the record for patent applications set just the previous year. The statistics released are a precurser to an in-depth ...
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Wednesday whimsies -- better late than never from ipkitten.blogspot.com The IPKat did everything in his
power to make Wednesday last
longer -- but to no avail Yes, it's Thursday, and the Wednesday Whimsies post is indeed woefully late -- but no, it's not because ...
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A Kodak Moment from www.patenthawk.com By failing to keep up with the times, Eastman Kodak drove itself into the ground, declaring bankruptcy. By stark contrast, competitor FujiFilm has done quite well for itself, including making wonderful digital cameras. Kodak's ...
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Upcoming webinar: Non-traditional Trademark Protection in the U.S. from www.erikpelton.com What do blue football fields (Boise State University), brown delivery trucks (UPS), marching ducks (Peabody Hotels), outdoor lighting displays (Holiday Inn), and a Statue of Liberty costume (Liberty Tax Service) all have in common? They ...
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"You'll never walk alone" -- in adidas boots, at any rate from ipfinance.blogspot.com "You'll neeeee-veeer waaalk alone": the Anfield anthem The
news has broken today that British Premier League soccer team has been ditched by sponsors adidas in consequence of the club's recent run of poor ...
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USPTO News Briefs from www.patentdocs.org By Donald Zuhn -- USPTO Selects Site of Detroit Satellite Office In a press release issued earlier this month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it had entered into a five-year lease agreement ...
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Patent Prosecution Across the AIA Divide: Warning to Patent Practitioners – Special Care is Needed to Avoid Legal Malpractice from www.ipwatchdog.com Therefore, returning to my hypothetical inquiry above, assume a continuation is filed on or after March 13, 2013, but is accomplished in such a manner so that its does not qualify to be treated as ...
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John Doe orders for Blocking of Websites: Mad Dog without a Leash? from spicyipindia.blogspot.com Of late increasing number of Bollywood filmmakers are seeking relief in terms of a John Doe order for blocking websites in anticipation of piracy before a movie release. Last month Megaupload and Filesonic were blocked ...
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Supreme Court OKs Public Domain Works Being Copyrighted from www.ipwatchdog.com To all those who can read the Constitution it has to be clear that the Supreme Court’s decision in Golan v. Holder is absurd. It is a ridiculous decision that lacks intellectual honesty and ...
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Parrots in the classroom? from ipbiz.blogspot.com MAXINE NODEL at NYTimes/Schoolbook has a post titled Of Parrots, Paras and Time which includes text:
In a scary, echoing room, two older Board of Examiners sat before a table as good cop/bad ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Breyer, Alito dissent in Golan v. Holder from ipbiz.blogspot.com Breyer's dissent in Golan v. Holder concludes:
The fact that, by withdrawing material from the public domain, the statute inhibits an important preexisting flow of information is sufficient, when combined with the other features ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
EU Innovation Commissioner Presents Horizon 2020 from www.ip-watch.org The European Union Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science today introduced the US policy community to Horizon 2020, the large-scale new multi-year research and innovation funding programme the EU is preparing to undertake.
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Websites Everywhere Dark In Protest Of US Anti-Piracy Legislation from www.ip-watch.org In an unprecedented action suggesting intellectual property rights have bumped up against an access threshold, thousands of websites have gone "dark" today in protest against two draft anti-piracy and counterfeiting bills in the US Congress ...
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Year Ahead: Busy Copyright Schedule As Europe Seeks Economic Recovery from www.ip-watch.org With European hopes for economic recovery pinned in large part on a more vibrant digital single market, 2012 will likely see a flurry of intellectual property-related legislative activities. Much of it centres on copyright, but ...
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FAQ: What SOPA Would Mean To You from www.ip-watch.org A list of answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the much-disputed anti-piracy legislation before the United States Congress has been published by CNET News. It also reported that some 4.5 million people signed ...
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US Supreme Court Rules On Golan v. Holder, Key Public Domain Case from www.ip-watch.org The United States Supreme Court today ruled on one of the top intellectual property legal cases expected this year. The case questioned whether the US Congress acted constitutionally when it restored copyright to millions of ...
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All Eyes On US Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA): Fate Of Bill Now Unclear from www.ip-watch.org As of today, no one is really sure what the future holds for the controversial internet anti-piracy bills in the United States.
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USPTO Releases Congressional Report on International Patent Protections for Small Businesses from info.inovia.com As mandated by the America Invents Act, on January 13, 2012, the USPTO delivered to Congress their study on International Patent Protections for Small Businesses. Though its goals were certainly ambitious and commendable, review of ...
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Reasonable Royalty Damages: A Return to the Roots from www.infringementupdates.com The American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education are sponsoring the above-titled live webinar on Tuesday, February 14, 2012: The framework for determining a reasonable royalty ...
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5 Patents for Sports Fans from intellogist.wordpress.com Danny Rooney here. Manchester United is the team my fake fifth cousin Wayne plays for, and therefore I despise everything about Liverpool FC (except Steve McManaman…great name). Not just for footballing reasons though, although ...
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SOPA Blackout Was Biggest Online Protest In History, Backers Say from www.ip-watch.org The online protest yesterday against the bills in the United States Congress aimed at stopping internet piracy was the biggest yet, according to statistics being circulated by the protestors. More than 115,000 websites - including ...
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A uniform transaction tax regime for the EU? from ipfinance.blogspot.com 1709 Blog reader John Walker posted the following question as a comment on that blog, but it seems to me that it's more likely to receive an answer on this one. He writes:
"Australia ...
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Developing: Megaupload Take Down and Attacks by Anonymous from www.iposgoode.ca Ben Farrow is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. It was a big day in the copyright enforcement world today as US federal authorities moved to shut down website Megaupload. The crackdown included ...
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