Patent & IP news for February 4, 2012

Are all spots the same?: Sainsbury's renames Tiger Bread from ipkitten.blogspot.com

For your 'awww-shucks-IP-feel-good-story-of-the-week', this Kat brings you news that a letter from an English toddler and a FaceBook campaign has resulted in major English supermarket chain Sainsbury's changing the name of one of its ...

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Webinar on Impact of AIA on Patent Valuation from www.patentdocs.org

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will be offering a web-based program on the "Effects of the AIA on Valuation, Licensing & Acquisitions" on February 15, 2012 from 12:30 - 1:30 pm (Eastern). Jeffrey ...

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Webinar on Supplemental Examination from www.patentdocs.org

Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "New Supplemental Examination: USPTO Outlines New Rules" on February 14, 2012 from 1:00 - 2:30 pm (EST). Scott A. McKeown of Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt and ...

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Seminar on Invention Disclosures and the AIA from www.patentdocs.org

The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) Patent Agents Committee will be offering a lunch and learn event on "Invention Disclosures and the America Invents Act" on February 17, 2012 from 12:00 to ...

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IP Roundtable on Gene Patenting after Myriad from www.patentdocs.org

Navigant will be hosting a IP roundtable on the "Gene Patenting In The U.S. After Myriad" on February 23, 2012 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm at Navigant's offices in Chicago, IL ...

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Motorola is suing the official German Apple Stores over three patents in Düsseldorf lawsuits from fosspatents.blogspot.com

Last year, Motorola brought three more German lawsuits against Apple in Germany than I knew. I only found out today because I did some follow-up based on a U.S. discovery request that Apple's ...

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Motorola wants 2.25% of Apple's sales in return for license to standard-essential wireless patents from fosspatents.blogspot.com

In my previous post (on Motorola's lawsuits against the German Apple Stores), I said that a statement by Apple's counsel at yesterday's Mannheim trial made me aware of a discovery request that ...

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Jason Rantanen & Lee Petherbridge - Toward a System of Invention Registration: The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act from writtendescription.blogspot.com


Does the America Invents Actcreate a process for patent amnesty? The economic ramifications of the newlycreated supplemental examination process are discussed by Professors Jason Rantanen and Lee Petherbridge in their article, Toward a System of ...

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