Patent & IP news for August 29, 2012

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post image Forbes, VentureBeat Consult Cheryl Milone on Apple v. Samsung from info.articleonepartners.com

Last week, Article One CEO Cheryl Milone provided insight regarding the Apple v. Samsung litigation case in a pair of articles featured in Forbes and VentureBeat. Her experience with patent research and litigation cases has ...

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Patent Valuations, Why do they Differ from Selling Price? from www.ipeg.eu

Owners and buyers are frequently out of sync w/ investors.Valuations that are either too high or low underscore the need to provide more bracketed price scenarios when it comes to selling a patent portfolio ...

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USPTO Requires New PRPS E-Filing System For New Patent Trials from www.pharmapatentsblog.com

The USPTO is developing a new electronic filing and case management system for the new patent trial proceedings that become available on September 16, 2012. According to new 37 CFR § 1.46(b) which takes ...

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"When someone keeps telling you he is telling you the truth, it makes you wonder whether he actually is." from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The text -- When someone keeps telling you he is telling you the truth, it makes you wonder whether he actually is. -- evokes the Emerson aphorism --"The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we ...

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Within a post on Hobbs, New Mexico from ipbiz.blogspot.com

From a post titled Hobbs, New Mexico, Home Of A Failed $1 Billion Ghost Town, Conducts Another Grand Experiment

In addition, last year, Massachusetts-based Joule Unlimited leased 1,200 acres--with the potential to scale up ...

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No damage for infringing copyright in questionnaire from ipwars.com

Besanko J has awarded Insight SRC $32,510.00 for the infringements of its copyright in the School Organisational Health Questionnaire by the Australian Council for Educational Reseaarch (ACER). The award consisted of $10 nominal ...

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CAFC discusses the interplay of 35 USC 282 and FRCP 26(e) from ipbiz.blogspot.com

In Woods and MEC v. DEANGELO , the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [CAFC] discusses the consequences of violation of FRCP 26(e). Oral argument at available at http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/oral-argument-recordings ...

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Post Grant Review, Inter Partes Review and Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents from www.ipwatchdog.com

Post Grant Review, Inter Partes Review and the Transitional Program for Covered Business Method Patents were instituted with the goal of improving patent quality by giving third parties methods to challenge patents that are less ...

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Patents are presumed valid from ocpatentlawyer.com

Presumed valid but rebuttable All issued United States patents are presumed valid but this presumption is rebuttable with clear and convincing evidence. During prosecution of a patent application, the examiner looks for prior art references ...

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Extra-Judicial Wi-Fi “Sniffing” to Determine Device Configurations Did Not Violate Wiretap Act from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court approved plaintiff's motion for a protocol allowing it to engage in Wi-Fi "sniffing" at defendants' hotels, coffee shops, restaurants, supermarkets, etc., to determine what devices and configurations were being used, even though ...

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Fuel economy regulations and innovation from www.athenaalliance.org

I have long argued that regulations can be used to push innovation. Here is a case in point: the Administration's recent announcement raising fuel economy standards to an average of 54.5 miles per ...

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Further thoughts on Graves and Donohue on anticipation under 35 USC 102 from ipbiz.blogspot.com

In patent interference 104,834, Genise v. Desautels ,action mailed 23 May 2011, one finds text relevant to the cases of In re Donohue and In re Graves on anticipation.

To the extent that Genise ...

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“Who Owns It? Copyright Ownership for the Collaborative Age,” Paradigm, Fall 2012 from dunlapcodding.com

Sn excerpt from the full article as it appeared in Paradigm, the magazine of Primerus, an international network of boutique law firms.

“Collaborate or die!”  Isolation can equal death.  Intricate projects today require the expertise ...

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Featured Researcher: Morris K. from info.articleonepartners.com

This month’s featured researcher comes to us from Maryland, USA. Morris K. won the first Study he ever participated in, with only his second submission ever! He is a professional researcher with a Ph ...

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Alison Frankel on standard essential patents of Motorola from ipbiz.blogspot.com

In a post titled Analysis: Apple's win dents Android's standard-essential patent hopes, Alison Frankel writes on "Standard-essential patents."

Within the post:

Meanwhile, standard-essential patents have taken a beating in smart-device litigation in the ...

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Revolving Door: US Copyright General Counsel Joins Music Industry from www.ip-watch.org

Continuing the revolving door tradition between the United States government intellectual property and trade officials and the industries they represent, David Carson, general counsel of the US Copyright Office, will join the top international music ...

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Public Library Must Provide Only Accessible E-Readers Under US Law from www.ip-watch.org

The United States Justice Department and the National Federation of the Blind have reached a settlement with the Sacramento, California Public Library Authority to fix violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act caused by using ...

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Judge Richard Linn to take Senior Status from www.patentlyo.com

Judge Richard Linn has announced his intention to take "senior status" effective November 1, 2012. Judge Linn has been sitting as a circuit court judge on the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit since ...

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CAFC affirms exclusion of allegedly comparable license and addresses marking law on method claims from patent-damages.com

On August 24, 2012, the Federal Circuit in ActiveVideo Networks, Inc. v. Verizon Communications, Inc., Case Nos. 2011-1538, -1567, 2012-1129, -1201 (Fed. Cir.), ruled on two interesting issues related to damages.  The first concerned an ...

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Applied Materials loses appeal of BPAI cases on re-exams from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Applied Materials, represented by Fish & Richardson, lost an appeal (by a 2-1 vote) concerning Reexamination Nos. 90/010,106; 90/010,107; 90/010,108; 90/010,109.

The CAFC ultimately affirmed the BPAI, but ...

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WIPO Drug Research Project Strikes First Agreements from www.ip-watch.org

A World Intellectual Property Organization project aimed at expanding research on diseases occurring predominately in developing countries using IP-protected material has announced its first research agreements.

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Judge Linn to Take Senior Status from inventivestep.net

Federal Circuit Judge Richard Linn will take senior status effective November 1.  Judge Linn was nominated to the court by President Clinton and began his service on January 1, 2000.  It has been my distinct ...

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CREATe to examine IP business models from ipfinance.blogspot.com

The Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in the UK has announced a new initiative which promises to frame IP business models within an academic framework.  According to the AHRC's website:
"​A pioneering initiative to ...

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More on UMissouri plagiarism from ipbiz.blogspot.com

An article in Indiawest titled Missouri Medical Researchers Accused of Plagiarism follows up on the plagiarism of Amar Jadhav and Anand Chockalingam.

See http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2012/08/plagiarism-problems-at-umissouri-med.html

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US Film Industry Praises Republicans On IP And Internet Freedom from www.ip-watch.org

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) today (29 August) issued a statement praising the platform language of the Republican Party, which is opposing President Obama in this year's presidential election. Related Articles:

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On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: UK Extends Meaning of IP in Phone Hacking Case to Remove Self-Incrimination Privilege from www.iposgoode.ca

In the latest portion of the legal fallout from the News of the World “phone hacking” scandal, the UK Supreme Court held that former footballer and private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire must reveal his contacts with ...

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News from Abroad: Australia Reforms Its Patents Act 1990 from www.patentdocs.org

By Craig Humphris & David McCarthy -- Australia is attempting to raise its patentability threshold and specification requirements. Significant amendments have been made to Australia's patent laws through enactment of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising ...

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