Patent & IP news for August 10, 2012

Hammer but no Horror: a personal view of the Olympics from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The IPKat has written at length about the Olympic Games (see eg posts here, here, here, here and here) -- but he has been too busy meditating about the event's many economic and legal ramifications ...

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The Not-So Friendly Skies: Virgin Atlantic v Contour et al (Part I) from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Mr Justice Floyd  - the latest of the 
High Court judges to see the
"flat-bed" wars Never one of the lucky travellers to enjoy a flatbed experience on her airplane journeys, the AmeriKat was eagerly awaiting ...

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Clean Tech in Court: Green Patent Complaint Update from www.greenpatentblog.com

A number of green patent complaints have been filed in the last several weeks in the areas of biofuels, LEDs, gasoline recycling, and smart grid.   Biofuels Butamax Advanced Biofuels v. Gevo, Inc.; Gevo, Inc. v ...

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Guest Post: Airtel pays penalty for indiscriminate blocking - ISPs stuck between a rock and a hard place? from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

Adithya Reddy, a practising advocate before the Madras High Court, has sent us this excellent post on the various issues that arise out of the decision of a court to impose a penalty on Airtel ...

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Not on your Nellie! "Authentic" fashion meets Implied endorsement from ipkitten.blogspot.com

It was one of those things which, when first mentioned to this Kat, sounded too good to be true: Nelson Mandela, the great statesman from South Africa, launched a fashion line at the South African ...

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The Not-So Friendly Skies: Virgin Atlantic v Contour et al (Part II) from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Infringement of 908


The Solar Eclipse headrest With claim construction out of the way, the Judge took a quick trot through the infringement claims. Virgin's main claim was that the requirement for a triangular ...

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Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2012) from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- It is a truism that each case that comes before an appellate court is decided on its own facts and on the court's application of the law to those facts ...

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Streaming Media Technology and the Olympics from intellogist.wordpress.com

Dear readers, the Olympics are in full swing, as Chris mentioned last week. Some interesting stories have come out of these games: how many Subway sandwiches did Michael Phelps eat on way to his record-breaking ...

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First To File Practice: Grace Period Non-Inventor Disclosures from www.pharmapatentsblog.com

This is the second article in my First-To-File Friday series. On each Friday in August, I am publishing an article that takes an in-depth look at one of the prior art exceptions of the first-to-file ...

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Samsung complains about Apple attaching large exhibit labels to backside of devices from www.fosspatents.com

Samsung just brought a motion for a court order to "to label joint exhibit devices in a manner not obscuring trade dress". Apple apparently has custody over those joint exhibit devices, most of which are ...

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The cold fusion "patent" from britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk

Martin Fleischmann, co-inventor of the notorious cold fusion patent application, has died, and his obituary is in the Daily Telegraph. The claim to have achieved cold fusion in a glass jar, rather...

(From Steve van ...

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Bob Stoll Part 3 – SCOTUS, the Future CAFC, Inequitable Conduct from www.ipwatchdog.com

In this final installment, Bob Stoll and I discuss the United States Supreme Court. We spend some time talking about the Supreme Court's recent patent eligible subject matter decisions. We also discuss the problem ...

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SDCA rules on Daubert motions related to both Lost Profits and Reasonable Royalty from patent-damages.com

In Area 55, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., Case No. 11-CV-00145-H-NLS, the Court issued an opinion on July 24, 2012 regarding pending Daubert motions relating to both lost profits and reasonable royalty. The lost profits ...

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“No” to Software Patents Per Se: Software is Only a Means to an End. from www.patentlyo.com

Guest Post by Martin Goetz In Dennis Crouch's July 29, 2012 Patently-O essay "Ongoing Debate: Is Software Patentable?" he concludes by writing "It is simply ridiculous that after 40 years of debate, we still ...

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Top 5: Patent Research Tools from info.articleonepartners.com

The patent research world is constantly changing and improving upon its databases and search engines. As the search tools evolve, so do the strategies of our Researchers.  While each person may have their own favorites ...

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Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Becomes Patent Trial and Appeal Board from tacticalip.com

TweetBy: Mark R. Malek I was reading through my daily update this morning from Patently-O and noticed a bulletin that the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences has changed it’s name to the Patent...

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Tacit knowledge in the standardized production process from www.athenaalliance.org

The New Yorker has a great article by Atul Gawande ("Can Hospital Chains Improve the Medical Industry?") that looks at whether standardization of processes is possible and worthwhile in hospitals. The answer is yes. For ...

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Top 10 Weekly Patent & IP News Update from info.articleonepartners.com

Welcome to Article One's Top 10 Weekly News Update. Each week, Article One provides a quick list of the top news in patents and IP. Here are some of the stories that we've ...

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Friday Foreign Filing Roundup from info.inovia.com

Hi everybody! Here’s a look at the foreign filing/patenting news from the week of August 6th: More on the America Invents Act: Our friends at IPWatchdog share some additional changes that will be ...

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Apple Sanctioned For “Impeding and Frustrating” Deposition of Engineer from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted in part plaintiff's motion for sanctions after defendant halted the deposition of its engineering manager and allowed defendant to choose either (1) monetary sanctions with a new deposition of the witness ...

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The proposed Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes (SHIELD) Act from www.postgrant.com

To deter predatory patent troll lawsuits, US Congressional Representatives Peter DeFazio and Jason Chaffetz have introduced the Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes (SHIELD) Act. The proposed bill states, inter alia, Notwithstanding section 285 ...

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CNBC Interview with Chip Lutton: Bull Market for Tech Patents from info.articleonepartners.com

Technology patents are making their way into mainstream news like never before.  The sale of valuable patent portfolios and the increase of high-profile litigation continue to drive the importance of patents across every aspect of ...

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Gevo prevails against Butamax on motion for stay from ipbiz.blogspot.com

In Gevo v. Butamax in D. Delaware (Judge Sue Robinson):

Gevo moved for a stay, pending appeal, of an injunction entered by D. Del. The CAFC granted the motion. DuPont v. Phillips, 835 F.2d ...

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Web Conference on AIA Implementation from www.patentdocs.org

Foley & Lardner will be offering a web conference entitled "AIA Post-Grant Implementation Begins – Is Your Business Strategy Aligned?" on August 27, 2012 at 3:00 pm (Eastern). The web conference features USPTO Deputy Director Teresa ...

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ABA Webinar/Teleconference on Written Description Requirement from www.patentdocs.org

The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law, Section of Science and Technology Law, and Center for Professional Development will be offering a live webinar and teleconference entitled "The Written Description Requirement: Are ...

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Tech Transfer Summit North America from www.patentdocs.org

Tech Transfer Summit Ltd. will be holding its third annual Tech Transfer Summit (TTS) North America on October 22-23, 2012 at John Hopkins University in Montgomery County, MD. The Summit focuses on dialogue, partnering, licensing ...

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TIME columnist Fareed Zakaria snagged for plagiarism from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Related to the suspension of the column of Fareed Zakaria for one month, a spokesperson for TIME noted: “Time accepts Fareed’s apology, but what he did violates our own standards for our columnists, which ...

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The Schox Patent Group from ipbiz.blogspot.com


The Schox method revolves around teaching startups to view intellectual property as a weapon. How might a rival get around those patents? What features might they think of? Schox often asks engineers who haven't ...

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Fraud in the biofuels area from ipbiz.blogspot.com


Jeffrey David Gunselman of Absolute Fuel was charged with wire fraud in connection with the sale of Renewable Identification Numbers [RIN] .

Of the ill-gotten loot:

Gunselman allegedly made several lavish purchases with the money: $1 ...

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