Patent & IP news for April 4, 2012

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post image Featured Researcher: Zenker11 from info.articleonepartners.com

This week’s featured researcher is Zenker11 from Denver, CO. As a chemical and biological engineering student, Zenker11 does not have any prior experience with patent research, but his "undergraduate course work has enabled him ...

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post image IBIL Seminar Report: Where are the leaders in copyright law? (Part I) from ipkitten.blogspot.com

William Patry Despite its often headline grabbing antics, copyright law is not known to attract the greatest number of practitioners to seminars and debates on the status of its laws.  Although its true that the ...

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post image IBIL Seminar Report: Where are the leaders in copyright law? (Part II) from ipkitten.blogspot.com


Laws that people will obey
What would God's
copyright policy look like?
The primary role of a good leader, Patry suggested, is to shape and introduce copyright laws that people will obey.  Many policy ...

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post image Protecting a trademark is just like protecting yourself from the hot sun from www.erikpelton.com

In case you can’t tell from the post title, I’m at the beach on spring break with my family this week. Of course, I am still thinking about trademarks! Protecting a trademark is ...

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Inovia Releases 2012 Report on Global Patent Trends from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- Patent services provider inovia released its 2012 report on global patent and IP trends today. In compiling the report, inovia, which produces products for PCT national phase entry, European patent validation, and ...

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The London Olympics and intellectual property from britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk

The subject of the London Olympics and intellectual property is a complicated one and this posting merely mentions some interesting materials. Legal advice should always be used when thinking of...

(From Steve van Dulken's ...

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Group Says Industry, EPO Finding Loopholes To Patent Seeds, Plants from www.ip-watch.org

A new report by civil society group No Patent on Seeds was issued yesterday alleging that industry and patent examiners in the European Patent Office are "using legal loopholes to grant patents on seeds, plants ...

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Patent Prosecution in India: Part 2 of 3 from info.inovia.com

Part 1 of our series compared the patent filing processes for India and the United States. In Part 2, we provide the filing requirements for national phase entry into India, shared with us by our ...

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Patent Prosecution in India: Part 1 of 3 from info.inovia.com

In this three-part series on “Patent Prosecution in India,” we hope to provide you with important information to consider when seeking patent protection in India.  In part one of the series, our colleagues at Kan ...

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Honduras Files WTO Dispute Case Vs. Australia Over Tobacco IPR from www.ip-watch.org

Honduras announced today it has requested formal consultations with Australia under the World Trade Organization dispute settlement procedures, charging that Australia's public health law requiring tobacco to be sold in plain packaging violates the ...

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EU Copyright Levy Debate Rekindled; UK Needs Better Licensing, Study Finds from www.ip-watch.org

Stalled talks on Europe's broken system of private copying levies resumed on 2 April, with European Commission-appointed mediator António Vitorino laying out his goals and urging parties to move beyond their entrenched positions. Meanwhile ...

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Munich court denies Microsoft a preliminary injunction against the Motorola RAZR smartphone from www.fosspatents.com

In the context of the Munich I Regional Court's denial of an Apple bid for a preliminary injunction against two Samsung devices, I already said that "[p]reliminary injunctions based on technical patents (as ...

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Apple is suing HTC in Munich over the two patents that Motorola was found to infringe from www.fosspatents.com

After a hearing at which Motorola defended itself successfully against a Microsoft motion for a preliminary injunction against the RAZR smartphone, I also watched two Apple v. HTC hearings at the Munich I Regional Court ...

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Nominations Open for IPO Inventor of the Year Award from www.ipwatchdog.com

The Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation currently has a Call for Nominations for their 39th Annual Inventor of the Year Award. Nominations are due by April 16, 2012, and the winner (and the nominators) will ...

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‘Counterfeit’ Dropped From New WHO Protocol On Illicit Tobacco Trade from www.ip-watch.org

A new treaty protocol against illicit trade in tobacco products struck today at the World Health Organization saw a late-stage decision to strip out references to “counterfeit” products from the text, according to sources. Related ...

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WIPO Embroiled in North Korean Computer Deal from www.ipwatchdog.com

As far as I can tell none of these goals is forwarded by the sale of computers to North Korea. Sure, North Korea is the exact type of country that WIPO has historically sought to ...

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University of Southern California v. DePuy Spine, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2012) from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- Last month, in University of Southern California v. DePuy Spine, Inc., the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences awarding priority to Appellee DePuy ...

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Federal Circuit Clerks from www.717madisonplace.com

I have often thought it would be interesting if someone would start a Wikipedia page listing past Federal Circuit clerks — much like Wikipedia has done with Supreme Court clerks.  It would be interesting to see ...

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