Beware the US jury: two $1 billion dollar patent damage awards in August from patlit.blogspot.com PatLit is delighted to host a second guest piece by
Marian T. Flattery (Finnegan), following the warm reception of her first post, on pay-to-delay,
here. Following the flood of comment on the Apple/Samsung damages ...
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Apple v. Samsung: Don't Take Your Eyes Off the Brand and User App Ball from ipfinance.blogspot.com Should I or shouldn't I? Should I or shouldn't I? With so much commentary about last Friday's jury verdict in the
Apple v Samsung trial in the U.S., I have thought ...
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Solicitor General Recommends the Supreme Court Deny Cert in Bowman v. Monsanto from www.patentdocs.org By Kevin E. Noonan -- Earlier this year, the Supreme Court asked the Solicitor General for his views on whether the Court should grant certiorari in Bowman v. Monsanto. The Solicitor has now given the Court ...
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First To File Practice: Mandatory Derivation Proceedings? from www.pharmapatentsblog.com This is the fourth 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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Anatomy of an intern agreement from www.erikpelton.com I am frequently asked about our intern program. Our firm works with law students almost every semester and summer to provide them mentoring, education, and experience in the field of trademark law. We have been ...
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Conclusory Allegations Insufficient to Plead Invalidity Counterclaim from docketreport.blogspot.com The court granted plaintiff's motion to dismiss defendant's invalidity counterclaim for failure to state a claim. "I must apply the general guidance from [Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009)] and [Bell ...
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Friday Foreign Filing Roundup from info.inovia.com Hi everyone! Before you take off on your Labor Day weekend, have a look at the foreign filing/patenting news for the last week of August: More on the America Invents Act: Can any patent ...
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Top 5: Patents to Help You Stay in Shape from info.articleonepartners.com Although we hate to admit it, the end of August means that summer is winding down. While many people set a plan each year that helps them get in shape for the summer, that doesn ...
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Jury Awards Apple more than $1 billion from www.postgrant.com Recently, in a lawsuit that may have huge ramifications in the intellectual property world in general and the smartphone technology space in particular, a federal jury in California ordered Samsung to pay more than $1 ...
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Joint Infringement: Federal Circuit Changes the Law of Inducement from www.patentlyo.com by Dennis Crouch Akamai Tech v. Limelight Networks (Fed. Cir. 2012) (En Banc) In a 6–5 en banc decision, the Federal Circuit has loosened the rules for proving liability under the doctrine of inducing ...
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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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Protection Of Geographical Indications In Russia: Is Russian Vodka A Protected GI? from www.ip-watch.org For those who might be curious, the short answer is yes. For those who might be interested to learn more about the protection of geographical indications (GIs) in Russia, this article provides some insights into ...
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UK IPO Endorses Streamlined Copyright Hub from www.iposgoode.ca In July the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) released a report on copyright licensing in the digital age. The report details the response of the UK Government to Professor Ian Hargreaves’ recommendation of a Digital ...
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CAFC clarifies EMVR test, propriety of relying on settlement agreements from patent-damages.com On August 30, 2012, the Federal Circuit in LaserDynamics, Inc. v. Quanta Computer, Inc., Case Nos. 2011-1440, -1470 (Fed. Cir.) ruled on two important issues related to damages law – the entire market value rule and ...
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Senators Submit Patent Law Treaty Implementation Act from www.ipwatchdog.com Implementation of the Hague Treaty will also bring some welcome changes to U.S. patent law -- for example, the term of design patents will extend to 15 rather than 14 years from the patent's ...
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PTO Hosting Public Information Events on America Invents Act from www.ipwatchdog.com Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and USPTO Director David Kappos will participate in both events, joined by several senior USPTO officials. An in-person roundtable addressing the upcoming shift to a first-inventor-to-file system will ...
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The National Buffalo Wing Festival from www.lotempiolaw.com As a trademark attorney in Buffalo, New York I pay particular attention as to how trademarks are used in advertisements and news articles.
Today I spotted the trademark for the National Buffalo Wing Festival® prominently ...
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US$25K: Donations Rise For Wikileaks To Post Trans-Pacific Partnership Text from www.ip-watch.org Nearly US$25,000 - and growing - in donations has been collected to hand over to Wikileaks if it successfully leaks the top-secret text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement currently under negotiation. The draft text ...
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Announcing Text2PTO: Online Filing of Your Patent Applications as Text Documents from www.uspto.gov Efficiency drives innovation, and the USPTO is determined to offer innovators the most efficient patent application process in the world. The latest improvement we plan to introduce to the application process will enable our Office ...
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Apple adds Galaxy S III, Note and Note 10.1 to Samsung lawsuit, insists on billion-dollar bond from www.fosspatents.com On Friday, Apple made a total of three filings in its two federal lawsuits pending against Samsung in the Northern District of California -- the one filed in April 2011 that is now famous for the ...
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Webinar on Inter Partes Review from www.patentdocs.org The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar on "Inter Partes Review: Rules and Strategy" on September 5, 2012 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET). A panel consisting of the Hon. Sally ...
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Webinar on Supplemental Examination from www.patentdocs.org The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar on "Supplemental Examination: Rules and Strategy" on September 18, 2012 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET). A panel consisting of Robert Bahr, Deputy Commissioner ...
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