Patent & IP news for September 5, 2012

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post image Recent Trademark Registrtaions XXXIV from www.erikpelton.com

Here is another update of recent client registrations from the public records for readers to see real examples of brands and marks which are being protected [click trademark or logo to open USPTO records in ...

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post image Google's "Find Prior Art" Demonstrates the Research Process from info.articleonepartners.com

Most Researchers start their prior art search by learning about the specific technology and then running early searches for background information on a variety of search engines. These broad searches can help illuminate different paths ...

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post image Inducing Insanity from www.patenthawk.com

Last week, in Akamai Technologies v. Limelight Networks (CAFC 2009-1372), a CAFC en banc 6-5 divided court fabricated its own law of induced infringement; which got ignored a few days later.

The majority (in Akamai ...

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post image USPTO Patent Grants: Another Record Year (3rd in a Row) from www.patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch I am now projecting that the USPTO will issue a record total of more than 250,000 utility patents this calendar year (2012) that is an 11% jump over the previous record ...

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Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc. and McKesson Technologies, Inc. v. Epic Systems Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2012) (en banc) from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- Last Friday, the Federal Circuit reconsidered en banc the Court's decisions in Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc. and McKesson Technologies, Inc. v. Epic Systems Corp. Long awaited, the ...

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Minesoft’s Tmquest database for US trademarks from britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk

The British search company Minesoft has introduced a free database for searching US trade marks (trademarks, US style), Tmquest. I found this to be a delight as I have long found the official US...

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Akamai and McKesson: dramatic changes in the law of infringement from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled on August 31 in Akamai and McKesson.

From the decision:

Much of the briefing in these cases has been directed to the question whether direct infringement ...

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USPTO Patent Grants Hit Another Record for a Third Straight Year from tacticalip.com

TweetBy: Mark R. Malek In my morning slew of emails that I receive regarding intellectual property updates, I noticed that Dennis Crouch, author of Patently-O posted an article that he projects that...

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Freelancer Survives "Live to Ride" Logo Dispute with Harley-Davidson -- For Now from www.iplawalert.com

A pending action in the Eastern District of Wisconsin serves as a reminder of the need for clarity and specificity in any IP-related deal, and in this case, in a matter involving copyright.

Wayne W ...

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Alleging Infringement by “At Least” Certain Products was “Deliberately Vague” and Failed to State a Claim of Infringement from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's direct infringement claims for failure to state a claim. "[I]t is far from obvious from the Complaint that [two products] are the sole products at ...

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Apple continues design rights enforcement against Samsung in Germany -- two hearings coming up from www.fosspatents.com

The post-trial proceedings in California will take until at least December, but in the meantime there will be news from other countries as well. For example, on Friday there will be news from a Dutch ...

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PTO Proposes New Fee Schedule from inventivestep.net

Utilizing its new power to set its own fees, the PTO has proposed a new fee schedule for implementation in 2013:  http://www.uspto.gov/aia_implementation/Proposed_Fee_Schedule.pdf The proposed schedule shows significant fee increases ...

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Patently-O Bits & Bytes by Lawrence Higgins from www.patentlyo.com

USPTO Patent Review Processing System Preview The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will preview the new electronic filing system for the trials established under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. The preview will take ...

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Job Opening: Entry Level Patent / IP Lawyer Position from www.ipwatchdog.com

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (“SABIC”) is one of the world’s leading and most profitable manufacturers of chemicals, plastics, fertilizers and metals. With annual revenues of $50 billion and around 40,000 employees in 40 ...

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The Discordant En Banc Ruling in Akamai Technologies and McKesson Technologies Part II* from www.ipwatchdog.com

In challenging the correctness of the per curiam majority ruling, Judge Linn’s dissenting opinion makes four points. Point No. 1 is that the per curiam majority’s approach “is contrary to both the Patent ...

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Color Trademarks Remain in Fashion: Second Circuit Sides with Louboutin from www.iplawalert.com

Earlier today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its long-awaited decision in Christian Louboutin S.A. v. Yves Saint Laurent America Holding, Inc.. The Appellate Court decision reversed the lower ...

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US Congressional Push For Release Of TPP Text; US Pressuring Nations Bilaterally? from www.ip-watch.org

With talks on the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement about to resume, members of Congress are putting pressure on the Obama administration to disclose what it's seeking on intellectual property rights. And civil society ...

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AIPF Annual Meeting October 1 and 2: "Intellectual Property as a Corporate Asset" from allthingspros.blogspot.com

If you're interested in learning about using IP as a corporate asset, and in getting your CLE at the same time, check out the upcoming program put on by the AIPF (Association of Intellectual ...

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Updates to Sequence Searching in US Patents: 10 Changes to the USGENE® BLAST® Search Portal from intellogist.wordpress.com

We’ve taken a brief look at the USGENE® BLAST® Search Portal, a subscription online platform created by SequenceBase Corporation that gives users access to the USGENE® database.  Through the USGENE BLAST Search Portal, users ...

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News from Abroad: EPO Codifies CJEU's Decision on Human Embryonic Stem Cells from www.patentdocs.org

On 8 October 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union's (CJEU) handed down a landmark judgment on the correct interpretation of Article 6(2)(c) of the Biotechnology Directive (98/44/EC ...

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USPTO News Briefs from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- USPTO Seeks Comments on Proposed Fee Schedule Yesterday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it would be publishing a notice in the Federal Register on September 6, 2012, seeking ...

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