Patent & IP news for February 15, 2012

BPAI Appeals Cyclic Decision Making from www.patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch The USPTO's Board of Patent Appeals (BPAI) has an incredibly large backlog of ex parte appeals pending – more than 25,000. In 2006, that figure was less than 1,000 pending ...

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USPTO to Host February 21 Webinar with Senior Agency Officials from www.patentabilityblog.com

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will host a free public webinar with senior agency officials on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. USPTO Director David Kappos and ...

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USPTO Releases Proposed Patent Fee Schedule and Proposed Contested Case Rules from www.patentabilityblog.com

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has released its proposed patent fee schedule and proposed contested case rules related to the implementation of the America Invents Act (AIA).  Specifically, the agency has assembled ...

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‘NO’ to Monsanto: Indian NGO Complains Bio-piracy before the EPO over a Resistant Melon Variety from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

Indian scientist and environmentalist Dr. Vandana Shiva has joined hands with ‘No Patents on Seeds’ coalition in their opposition to a patent granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) in May last year to Monsanto ...

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Move It! FDA Boot Camp is Coming Up! from www.patentbaristas.com

What: American Conference Institute’s FDA Boot Camp.  Basic training in core regulatory concepts for life sciences lawyers, business executives and policy analysts The approval process…pre-approval concerns…product labeling…clinical trials…adverse events reports ...

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Wednesday whimsies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

It's not just OHIM: pirates
observe things too ... Not-so-hot news, since it broke yesterday while this blog's readers were too busy sending each other roses, coochi-cooing one another and generally being so far ...

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Big, black and beautiful: the new CIPA Guide from ipkitten.blogspot.com

It's big, it's black and it's hugely serious. No, the IPKat isn't talking about the cloud hovering ominously over the Eurozone; he means the Black Book, a.k.a. the CIPA ...

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USPTO Launches Patents for Humanity Pilot from www.patentabilityblog.com

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced the Patents for Humanity pilot program that rewards patent owners for using their patented technology to address humanitarian needs. This 12-month pilot advances the President ...

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Valentine’S Day And Patents from tacticalip.com

280e968ce665edd9ab71c3633ea89a4c By Daniel Davidson It is the day of love, romance, and stomach aches from the diabetes inducing amounts of candy we ingest, and we at Tactical IP would like to share...

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Simulcasting radio broadcasts over the internet from ipwars.com

Foster J has ruled that radio stations do not have to pay an additional licence fee to the record companies for simultaneously transmitting their radio broadcasts over the internet. If you want to understand how ...

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WIPO Members Aim For Single Text On Genetic Resources Protection from www.ip-watch.org

Members of the World Intellectual Property Organization, in the company of indigenous groups from around the world, have entered into eight days of intensive negotiations to try to agree on a draft text for an ...

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Should a Single-Publisher Platform be Called a “Database”? from intellogist.wordpress.com

Another interesting discussion recently took place on the CHMINF listserv that tried to differentiate between publisher compilations and databases.  This topic is very relevant to patent searchers, since we are constantly trying to locate comprehensive ...

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Reminder: Harold G. Fox Intellectual Property Moot This Friday (February 17, 2012) from www.iposgoode.ca

On Friday February 17th, Osgoode Hall will continue its tradition of annual participation in the Harold G. Fox Intellectual Property Moot and the 2011-2012 Fox Moot team has been hard at work preparing.  Representing Osgoode ...

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