Patent & IP news for May 11, 2012

When Publication of Books Really Did Need Angels from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The on-line world has so expanded the reach of authors and the writers, by collapsing the publication and distribution functions into one, that we sometimes forget the challenge that the world of traditional publishing posed ...

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German Court delivers Unfair Judgment in a Battle between Indian David and German Goliath? The Case of Continental A.G. v. Confidign Solutions Pvt. Ltd (Ideafarms) from spicyipindia.blogspot.com




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A matter that can potentially attract considerable controversy has recently been brought to the notice of the Spicy IP team. The readers would no doubt be familiar with the recent Enercon ...

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Yet another baffling judgment from the Delhi High Court extinguishes the rights of composers & lyricists from spicyipindia.blogspot.com


In yet another setback to composers and lyricists of music in India, a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court in the case of IPRS v. Aditya Pandey & CRI Events, has dismissed IPRS’s appeal ...

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Washington, DC – an INTA conference photo journal from www.erikpelton.com

The INTA® annual meeting in Washington, DC ended earlier this week. More than 9,500 attendees were officially registered, and many others converged on Washington for all things trademark. The event for me was a ...

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USPTO Announces Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) Pilot Program from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced today that it is implementing a pilot program to allow applicants to have an Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) considered after the issue fee has ...

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Luksan v. Van der Let, Or Rather, EU v. UrhG? from www.iposgoode.ca

A recent dispute before an Austrian court has demonstrated a quirky conflict between EU and domestic law with regards to the granting of statutory exploitation rights in cinematographic works. The plaintiff, Mr. Luksan, was a ...

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Apple-Samsung summer trial still possible, Apple may reassert 'dropped' claims from www.fosspatents.com

Late on Thursday by local time, Judge Lucy Koh, the Korean-American federal judge presiding over Apple's two California lawsuits against Samsung, entered an order in response to the parties' proposals to further narrow their ...

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Microsoft's prior user rights may trump Motorola's push notification patent in Germany from www.fosspatents.com

At least for the time being, German users of Hotmail and Microsoft Exchange are going to continue to receive BlackBerry-style push notifications of new emails despite a patent lawsuit by Motorola. At this stage, Motorola ...

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PCT patent statistics for 2011 from britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk

WIPO has published a press release on PCT patent statistics for 2011, together with an annex giving data. PCT is what many call the World patent. Nearly all large companies, and many medium-sized...

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IP Community: Raising Autism Awareness from www.ipwatchdog.com

It is important for employers to be open-minded when considering employing someone with autism or other disabilities. Those who are open-minded will find employees who are diligent, hard-working, and who take extreme pride in their ...

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IP Tweeters You Should Be Following on Twitter from www.ipwatchdog.com

Those with Twitter accounts who are looking for some good folks to follow look no further. Likely everyone in the industry is already familiar with folks like Professor Dennis Crouch of PatentlyO, who tweets @patentlyo ...

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Most of Apple's German lawsuits get stayed (the latest one today): here's why from www.fosspatents.com

This morning, just before the Mannheim Regional Court announced an order to continue its analysis of a Motorola complaint against Microsoft over a push notification patent (a patent that is already being enforced against Apple ...

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Epilogue: Intellectual Ventures’ New Deal With Cypress Semiconductor from gametimeip.com

Earlier this week, reports of Intellectual Ventures recent license agreement with Cypress Semiconductor surfaced.  Cypress requested confidential treatment in an SEC filing disclosing that the semiconductor maker “agreed to pay a license fee and to ...

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Inovia Travels: The 2012 INTA Annual Meeting from info.inovia.com

This past week a group us from inovia attended the 2012 INTA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.  It was quite an event and we’re all hoping to catch up on some sleep this weekend ...

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Friday Foreign Filing Roundup from info.inovia.com

Hello to all of our IP friends! Take a look at the foreign filing/patenting news for the week of May 7th: The USPTO is testing a new pilot program allowing applicants to have an ...

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Patent Litigation and the Western District of Pennsylvania from ipspotlight.com

Today’s Pittsburgh Business Times includes an article discussing the Patent Pilot Program and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.  The article begins by pointing out:  ”Last year, 738 patent ...

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Fast By Senior WIPO Official Raises Old Staff Questions At UN Agency from www.ip-watch.org

A senior official at the World Intellectual Property Organization recently sent an internal letter to WIPO Director General Francis Gurry announcing that he would be undertaking a fast, depriving himself of food during a period ...

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ICANN IP Advisory Group: Whois, Dot-Brands, Contracts Key Sticking Points In New Domains from www.ip-watch.org

Washington, DC – Wary eyes are on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which on 12 January opened a first window for applications for new generic top level domains (gTLDs), expected to be ...

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DNDi Backs WHO Neglected Patients R&D Treaty from www.ip-watch.org

The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) has released a policy brief in support of the proposed R&D; convention to be considered at the upcoming World Health Assembly. Related Articles:

• Neglected Diseases R&D ...

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Patent Institutions Summit from www.patentdocs.org

The Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology and the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology will be co-sponsoring a Patent Institutions Summit on May 21, 2012 at Sanford law School. The Summit will bring together the ...

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CLE on FDA Biosimilar Guidelines from www.patentdocs.org

Law Seminars International (LSI) will be offering a one-hour telebriefing on the "FDA's New Biosimilar Guidances" on May 15, 2012 from 3:00 - 4:00 pm (Eastern). Timothy J. Shea, Jr. of Sterne Kessler ...

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GW and BIO Roundtable on Patent-Eligible Subject Matter from www.patentdocs.org

The George Washington University Law School and Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) will be holding a public roundtable entitled "Patent-Eligible Subject Matter after Mayo v. Prometheus: Exploring the Path Forward" from 2:00 - 5:00 pm ...

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Chisum Patent Academy Intensive Patent Law Seminar from www.patentdocs.org

The Chisum Patent Academy will be offering its next Intensive Patent Law Seminar from July 30 to August 1, 2012 in Seattle, WA. The three-day seminar will focus on recent and important legislative and case ...

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