Patent & IP news for March 27, 2012

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post image Not Infused from www.patenthawk.com

5,507,412 claims a system to deliver fluids from multiple sources into a patient's body. An adjusting means is claimed to influence the fluid flow from each source. There is a claimed programmable ...

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post image What makes a Trademark Bully? from www.erikpelton.com

A lot has been written in the news lately about alleged trademark bullies. Reasonable people can disagree whether trademark bullying is a real issue and whether any particular dispute involves a trademark bully. The trademark ...

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post image Article One CEO to Present at ABA IP Law Conference from info.articleonepartners.com

On Thursday, March 29, Article One CEO Cheryl Milone will speak at the 27th annual Intellectual Property Law Conference presented by the American Bar Association.

 

Cheryl will join three other recognized experts in crowdsourcing ...

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post image Who Rules the Domain of the Belgian Pie? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Dashing around Europe last week, and indeed visiting Brussels, this Kat failed to spot that there was a hearing before the Court of Justice of the European Union in a reference for a preliminary ruling ...

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post image Love Bites fade away, sandwiches get eaten -- but trade marks go on forever from ipkitten.blogspot.com

It is well known that some judicial decisions are more binding than others. Thus for example, taking a British perspective, we see that the rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union are ...

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post image Monica Winghart to Present at ABA IP Law Conference from info.articleonepartners.com

On Thursday, March 29, Article One EVP and General Counsel Monica Winghart will speak at the 27th annual Intellectual Property Law Conference presented by the American Bar Association.

 

Monica will join three other recognized experts ...

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Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories -- What Should We Do? (or Can These Claims Be Saved?) from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- Perhaps unintentionally, the Supreme Court issued a challenge to America's patent attorneys in its Prometheus decision, warning against "interpreting patent statutes in ways that make patent eligibility 'depend simply on ...

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US Supreme Court Reverses Myriad Decision Allowing Gene Patents from www.ip-watch.org

The United States Supreme Court yesterday returned a high-profile case back to the Federal Circuit which had allowed a private company's patents on two human genes associated with cancer. Related Articles:

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Prometheus – What are We to Make of All This? from www.ipwatchdog.com

From this perspective, (and setting aside considerations of novelty or obviousness) one might conclude that, rather than claiming some methods with reference to anything that looks like a law of nature in a claim, thus ...

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Apple's U.S. patent application 61481114 might be essential to nano-SIM from www.fosspatents.com

Yesterday's news of Apple having offered to make, on a reciprocal basis, any of its intellectual property essential to nano-SIM available on a royalty-free basis has already drawn a lot of interest around the ...

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New EPO Fee Schedule Effective April 1, 2012 from info.inovia.com

Unfortunately, it’s not an April Fools' Day joke. A new fee schedule for the European Patent Office (EPO) comes into effect on April 1, 2012. Luckily, the fee increases are fairly small. Changes for ...

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Gowlings IPilogue Prize from www.iposgoode.ca

Each year, IP Osgoode awards prizes for contributions to our website by students of Osgoode Hall Law School. These Prizes are generously sponsored by the law firm of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP. All blogs submitted ...

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The Smart Phone Patent Wars: What the FRAND is Going On? from www.ipwatchdog.com

This all came to a head when, on February 22, 2012, Microsoft Corporation filed a formal competition law complaint against Google with European Union antitrust regulators. Microsoft’s complaint was brought about because Google (i ...

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Intellogist Round-up: Orbit.com Updates, New USGENE BLAST Search Portal, and Advertising on Intellogist! from intellogist.wordpress.com

Our last two Intellogist round-ups highlighted some important updates on patent search systems and big changes on the Intellogist wiki, and today’s round-up won’t disappoint you! First up, the Orbit.com patent and ...

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Addendum to Yesterday's Post on NPR Retraction and the Attacks on Biotechnology from holmansbiotechipblog.blogspot.com

In yesterday's post, I stated that "the author [of "Who Owns You?" has] characterized himself as an intellectual property attorney." It's been years since I read the book, but I seem to clearly ...

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European Parliament Rejects Referral Of ACTA To EU High Court from www.ip-watch.org

The Committee of International Trade of the European Parliament today voted against referring the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Related Articles:

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Trayvon Martin’S Mother Files Trademark Applications from tacticalip.com

TweetBy Daniel Davidson Last week, in the midst of an ugly tragedy of lost life (no matter which way it is sliced or the amount of publicity it receives) Trayvon Martin’s mother, Sabrina Fulton,...

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Standards and patents in ICT: a conference in June from ipkitten.blogspot.com

It's all very well to rely on your own ICT  but, if you don't
buy into industry standards in the telecom sector, this
is what you're going to end up with ...
Here ...

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Judge Posner Questions Whether Owner of Patent on Heart-Healthy Cookies Would Be Entitled To Nontrivial Damages from holmansbiotechipblog.blogspot.com

Last year I reported that Brandeis University had joined its exclusive licensee GFA Brands in suing a number of cookie companies for infringing its patents directed towards methods of "Increasing the HDL Level in the ...

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