Patent & IP news for February 14, 2012

The lost potato fries case from ipkitten.blogspot.com

And now for something completely different and shall we say rather obscure.... a German decision relating to an artist's rights in the original models that inspired his work of art: in this case two ...

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Legally Execute Your Valentine! from www.patentbaristas.com

If you have to participate in Valentine’s Day, at least make it legal when you hand the card to your significant other (hereinafter referred to as “My One True Love”). Docracy, a website of ...

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Katonomics 12: economists and competition from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Even on St Valentine's Day,
competitive instincts can
lead to strife ... Doctor Nic is in danger of becoming very popular with the IPKat's readers right now. She receives more admiring emails even than ...

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From fragment to framework: a live EU initiative from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Can the new digital single market
ever be freed of pirates? The IPKat is always pleased to discover that someone is working away to bring news of developments that are beyond his line of vision ...

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Monica Winghart to Present at Global IP Offshoring Discussion from info.articleonepartners.com

Article One Partners General Counsel Monica Winghart will be participating in an online panel discussion hosted by KPO Consultants on Wednesday, February 15th.  The discussion is entitled “Global IP Offshoring Panel Discussion – Trends and Challenges ...

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USPTO Proposes More Rules for Implementing AIA Provisions from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- Last November, officials from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office indicated that ten notices of proposed rulemaking to implement various provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act were being drafted and ...

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The Path Forward for Intervening Rights: Presaging the En Banc Decision in Marine Polymer v. Hemcon from www.patentlyo.com

Guest Post by Scott McKeown, Greg Gardella, and Lisa M. Mandrusiak all of OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.[1] The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is currently considering en banc ...

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The intellectual property of dead celebrities' images and names from britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk

The Daily Telegraph on the 4 February had an interesting article, "Selling the dead", by Alix Kirsta, about disputes over the rights to use images or names of dead celebrities. In most jurisdictions...

(From Steve ...

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Federal Circuit Affirms Ongoing Royalty in Bard v. W.L. Gore from patent-damages.com

In an earlier post dated December 1, 2010 (http://patent-damages.com/2010/12/detailed-opinion-on-ongoing-royalties-from-arizona-court/), we addressed a case between Bard and W.L. Gore from the District of Arizona involving ongoing royalties (i.e., royalties ...

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House of Representatives Judiciary Committee to hold hearing Friday on “Litigation as a Predatory Practice” from www.erikpelton.com

This Friday morning (February 17, 2012), the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet of the Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives (try saying that 3 times fast!) is ...

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One in the eye for Pfizer glaucoma patent policy? from ipkitten.blogspot.com


Pharmaceutical patents are always controversial: see this Kat's post here on the heated arguments for and against the extension of the duration of pharmaceutical patents. Such debates raise the additional question: what can you ...

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The rights of dead people and replacement parts from ipbiz.blogspot.com

A post at BritishLibrary begins:

The Daily Telegraph on the 4 February [2012] had an interesting article, "Selling the dead", by Alix Kirsta, about disputes over the rights to use images or names of dead ...

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Pension plans: "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose" from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Within a post in 2012 at finance.yahoo titled Signs Your Pension Plan Is in Trouble , one finds the text:

Similarly, if your company spins off or sells your division, plan for the worst. Many ...

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San Diego Public Hearing for Genetic Diagnostic Patents — March 9th from www.717madisonplace.com

There will be a second public hearing for purposes of the study on Genetic Diagnostic Patents.  It is scheduled for San Diego in March.  The PTO has posted the schedule for pre-registered and unregistered comments ...

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Chocolate PCTs from Around the World from intellogist.wordpress.com

Without a doubt, Valentine’s Day proves that one thing transcends all barriers: chocolate.  What better way to prove the universal appeal of chocolate than to conduct an international search for chocolaty inventions?  Although I ...

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Patent Skullduggery: Patent Offices Warn of Patent Subterfuge from www.ipwatchdog.com

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) characterizes it as misleading, warning "don't be misled." The European Patent Office (EPO) calls it deceitful, characterizing it as "subterfuge," and further pointing out that "their services ...

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BPAI On Statutory Subject Matter from www.patentlyo.com

Two cases where the Board found no statutory subject matter: Ex Parte Hu, App. No. 2010-000151 (BPAI 2012). The examiner rejected claims under Section 101. On appeal, the BPAI held that the claimed "computer-readable storage ...

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