Patent & IP news for July 31, 2012

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post image AOP Clash: Broad vs. Narrow Search Tools from info.articleonepartners.com

Every Researcher has their own techniques and strategies, but the biggest debate in the patent research community is about which types of resources yield the best results. Should you use broad databases, like Google Scholar ...

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post image Patent "Perception": A Contemptuous Natco? from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

For the longest time, Cipla ranked as our leading poster child for the debate on patents and access to affordable medicines. It took on the multinational drug majors at the drop of a hat and ...

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post image DOLPHIN: Assessing the Similarity Between Goods for Identical Word Signs from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The names that we give to objects, norms, types, classes and many other things, be they corporeal or incorporeal, and how we define such things are often sources of contention. Perhaps this is due to ...

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post image Tuesday tiddlywinks from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Have you checked out the IPKat's Forthcoming Events page recently? Quite a few new items have been added of late, so make sure you mark your diaries for the ones you fancy.


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USPTO Expands and Extends Patent Prosecution Highway Programs from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- Since implementing its first Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program with the Japan Patent Office (JPO) on July 3, 2006, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had established some thirty PPH programs ...

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Court Report from www.patentdocs.org

By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Alcon Pharmaceuticals Ltd. et al. v. Lupin Ltd. et al. 1:12-cv-00973; filed July 24, 2012 ...

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Quick grant patents impress investors? from ipfinance.blogspot.com

"The green channel patent system adopted by the UK Intellectual Property Office has, from the start, been central to our company patent strategy, allowing us to obtain patents on our innovative green technology within a ...

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Comments re: IPEC’s Development of the Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement from www.erikpelton.com

Comments from Erik M. Pelton & Associates, PLLC Regarding U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator’s Development of the Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement The following are the comments of the firm of Erik ...

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Describing the knowledge economy from www.athenaalliance.org

I recently came across this paper by Noble Laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz "Public Policy for a Knowledge Economy." Written back in 1999, it provides a great framework for describing the knowledge economy. Much of the ...

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USPTO Expands Trademark Law School Pilot Program from www.ipwatchdog.com

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced the selection of nine additional law schools to join the Trademark Law School Clinic Certification Pilot Program this fall ...

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US Industry IP Campaign Aims To Dispel Misconceptions About Commercial Interests from www.ip-watch.org

Intellectual property promotion is at the heart of a new campaign launched yesterday by the United States Chamber of Commerce with the aim of convincing decision-makers and the public at large of the value of ...

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“Fake” Products Pose Real Dangers from www.ipwatchdog.com

Counterfeiting is now one of the fastest growing and profitable industries in the world. With an average of 5 - 7% of the world trade market, it is a $600 billion per year industry. The U ...

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Daintree Wireless Systems Keep Your Lights Under Control from www.greenpatentblog.com

Daintree Networks (Daintree) is a Silicon Valley smart lighting company that provides wireless lighting controls solutions. Daintree owns U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2012/0112654 (’654 Application), entitled “Wireless adaptation of lighting power supply ...

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Miami court grants HTC request to transfer Apple's claims to Delaware -- Motorola might benefit from www.fosspatents.com

Judge Robert N. Scola, the federal judge presiding over a Motorola Mobility v. Apple lawsuit filed in the Southern District of Florida in 2010 (to which Apple added HTC as a defendant against counterclaims over ...

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New Apple filing includes charts comparing its market share to Samsung's from 2004 to 2012 from www.fosspatents.com

Today Apple filed its response to Samsung's appeal of the preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Nexus, and included two charts that show how Samsung's and Apple's smartphone market shares evolved in the ...

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Winners of the Gowlings Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize from www.iposgoode.ca

IP Osgoode would like to congratulate the winners of the Gowlings Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize for 2011-2012.  Four prizes in total are awarded each year to Osgoode students.  The winning blog ...

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Low R&D Cost Per-Patent is a Poor Indicator of Good Return from ipcloseup.wordpress.com

Patent Yield-Per-R&D; Dollar Varies Widely by Industry, Technology & Business Model For most businesses obtaining patents and costly R&D; go together like love and marriage – you can’t have one with out the other ...

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Sr. Staff Counsel, Intellectual Property – Licensing & Transactions from www.ipwatchdog.com

Ingersoll Rand seeks to hire an attorney with 10 years combined legal and technical experience, including (1) at least 5 years patent/IP transactional or licensing management experiences particularly in inventor-facing and strategy-oriented aspects involving ...

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New Statute of Limitations for Disciplinary Proceedings from www.patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch The USPTO has issued its final rules relating to changes to the statute of limitations for initiating disciplinary proceedings against US patent attorneys and agents. 77 FR 45247. The change is required ...

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USPTO Issues Final Rule for Implementing Statute of Limitations Provisions for Office Disciplinary Proceedings from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published its final rule to implement the statute of limitations provisions for office disciplinary proceedings of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (77 Fed. Reg. 45247 ...

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