Patent & IP news for June 25, 2012

Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility denies that its royalty demand letters said what they said from www.fosspatents.com

Later today (unless there's a delay) the ITC will decide on Apple's and Microsoft's petitions for review of the preliminary findings on Motorola's complaints against them. I also saw that Microsoft ...

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Practice Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board from www.ipwatchdog.com

The one thing that will be markedly different from federal court practice, however, is that for the most part only registered Patent Attorneys or Patent Agents will be able to appear before the Patent Trial ...

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Off Topic: Google Policy Fellowship Program: Call for Applications from spicyipindia.blogspot.com


The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is inviting applications for the Google Policy Fellowship program. Google is providing a USD 7,500 stipend to the India Fellow, who will be selected by August 15, 2012 ...

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After Final Consideration Pilot (AFCP) from www.postgrant.com

The USPTO is currently testing The After Final Consideration Pilot (AFCP) program through September 30, 2012.  The AFCP authorizes extra time for examiners to consider responses filed after a final rejection. Examiners now have the ...

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CFAA is applicable only to computer hackers and not to employees who have authorized access from ocpatentlawyer.com

Scope of CFAA In U.S. v. Nosal, the scope of liability under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) was at issue. The CFAA was primarily enacted to combat the problem of computer hacking ...

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A Bigger, Meaner Patent War from www.ip-watch.org

It’s been called a patent war, and it’s raging over much of the globe. In at least ten countries - including the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia and South Korea - Apple is locked ...

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Rio+20 Climate Talks Finish With Little IP; Flexibilities Under Fire from www.ip-watch.org

RIO DE JANEIRO - Many of the technologies that can make the world more sustainable are available today. But how to transfer such green technologies to those most in need of them remains a question on ...

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HTC writes another letter to the ITC opposing Apple's request for an immediate import ban from www.fosspatents.com

Yesterday I reported on an Apple letter to the ITC in support of its recent enforcement complaint against HTC. A new HTC letter has now shown up on the ITC document server. HTC filed it ...

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New policy limits copyright protection for dance steps, exercise routines from ipspotlight.com

On June 18, 2012, the U.S. Copyright Office issued a Statement of Policy that limits copyright protection for exercise routines, sequences of yoga poses, compilations of dance steps and other compilations that the Office ...

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Off Topic: Course announcement: NUJS Diploma course on Entrepreneurship Administration and Business Law and How it is useful for Law Students from spicyipindia.blogspot.com


Course announcement: NUJS Diploma course on Entrepreneurship Administration and Business Law and How it is useful for Law Students
Law schools or colleges in India do not really focus on teaching practical skills – they rather ...

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IPBC 2012, IP more like a 6 year old than at a Tipping Point from www.tangible-ip.com

Executive summary. Opportunity missed to set the business tone. Is IP at a Tipping Point? According to IPBCs keynote opening address it is. Six speakers on the keynote panel, four US accents (very able but ...

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ITC starts thorough review of preliminary Google-Apple ruling, including key FRAND issues from www.fosspatents.com

The United States International Trade Commission just given notice that it will review in part -- actually, in many parts -- a preliminary ruling that held Apple to infringe a wireless standard-essential patent (SEP) held by Google ...

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ITC postpones decision on review of preliminary Google-Microsoft ruling by one week from www.fosspatents.com

The ITC just announced a thorough review of a preliminary ruling on Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility's complaint against Apple. It also had a target date today for a decision on whether (and, if so ...

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Lobster Lure Saves Money from patentlibrarian.blogspot.com

A Nova Scotian inventor has designed a device that will allow lobster fisherman to leave their traps in the water for longer periods of time, thus reducing the number of trips they have to make ...

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USPTO Takes Next Step Towards Cooperative Patent Classification System from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- In a notice published in today's Federal Register, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it will be hosting a Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) External User Day event from ...

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