Academic Publishers: An Insider's View from spicyipindia.blogspot.com In my previous post, I had written about the support for Delhi Universities from other student bodies in India and the
calls from several OUP authors to the publishers to drop the suit. With opposition ...
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Fenix Energy Makes Geo-Exchange Tech for Spaces with Low Max Headroom from www.greenpatentblog.com Fenix Energy (Fenix) is a Vancouver-based company that provides geo-exchange systems. Geo-exchange, also called geothermal heating and cooling, means tapping into the energy stored under the Earth’s surface and using it as a heating ...
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ACI’s 14th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents from www.patentbaristas.com What: “Effective and Practical Strategies for Prosecuting and Litigating Biotech Patents in an Increasingly Uncertain Legal Environment” American Conference Institute’s 14th Advanced Forum on Biotech Patents The ongoing implementation of the America Invents Act ...
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Should Presumptions Be Avoided in the Reverse Payment Debate? from www.patentdocs.org By Kevin E. Noonan -- Presumptions (rebuttable or otherwise) are, intentionally, distortions in the law that have the effect of increasing the difficulty of proving a proposition. Their purpose is typically policy-motivated, to indicate a favored ...
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Guest post: Distributor's rights in trademarks? from spicyipindia.blogspot.com SpicyIP brings you a guest post on the issue whether under current Indian trademark law, a distributor of goods has any rights in a trademark by Archana Sahadeva, a practicing advocate at the Delhi High ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Comparative Study of Post Issuance Review Options from www.reexamlink.com Today I had the pleasure of co-presenting at the Midwest IP Institute on various post-issuance proceedings with Kevin Rhodes, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel and President of 3M Innovative Properties Company. A PDF of our joint ...
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German court says Samsung and Motorola don't infringe Apple's touch event model patent from www.fosspatents.com This morning, the Mannheim Regional Court announced a decision against Apple's claim that Android-based devices infringe EP2098948 on a "touch event model". Technically, the panel presided by Judge Andreas Voss ("Voß") in German ruled ...
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Q1? from ipwars.com Mr Spagnuolo has been granted “special” leave to appeal to the Full Court from Reeves J’s dismissal of his opposition to Mantra registering Q1 for a range of accommodation, travel and holiday services. Some ...
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Transparency – Still An Uphill Battle In The EU from www.ip-watch.org Better access for the European Parliament to classified documents will be realised by an inter-institutional agreement passed nearly unanimously by the members of the European Parliament last week at their recent Strasbourg session.
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Opposing Views: The Impact Of Canada’s Access Copyright Decision from www.ip-watch.org One of the five Canadian Supreme Court cases handed down in mid-July considered whether photocopying by kindergarten to grade 12 teachers constitutes fair dealing. Since then, opinions have varied on whether the decision represents a ...
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Top 5: Patents to Celebrate Autumn from info.articleonepartners.com The weather has cooled down, it's time to get your winter sweaters from the attic, and spontaneous cravings for hot chocolate have begun. Fall starts tomorrow, September 22nd, and what better way to ring ...
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Timeshare Trading Patent Invalid for Failure to Claim Patentable Subject Matter Under Bilski from docketreport.blogspot.com The court granted defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's infringement action for failure to state a claim where the patent-in-suit for trading timeshare properties over a network did not cover patentable subject matter. "[T ...
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Good-Standing Licensee Must Prove Non-Infringement in DJ Action from www.patentlyo.com By Dennis Crouch In patent litigation, the patent holder ordinarily bears the burden of proving infringement. This case creates a limited exception for licensees in good standing who file declaratory judgment actions. In those cases ...
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Inter Partes Review Under AIA is Underway ... from www.iplawalert.com As we previously discussed, the new inter partes review (IPR) procedures went into effect September 16, 2012, along with several other significant changes.
The IPR procedure replaces the previous inter partes reexamination and applies to ...
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USPTO Press Release on Preissuance Submissions from www.patentlyo.com USPTO Encourages Third Parties to Participate in Review of Pending Patent Applications Crowdsourcing Initiative with Stack Exchange Enables Experts to Introduce Prior Art and Improve Quality of Examination Process WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of ...
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WTO Raises Attention To Multilateralism from www.ip-watch.org The World Trade Organization is drawing attention to the importance of multilateralism, suggesting that regional trade agreements may undermine it, that the global economy depends on it, and that it should undergo a thorough analysis ...
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Guest Post: The Problematic Origins of Nationwide Patent Venue. from www.patentlyo.com Guest Post by Professor Tun-Jen Chiang of George Mason University. Patent litigators are all familiar with the Eastern District of Texas. The reason that this otherwise-unexceptional district is able to dominate patent litigation comes down ...
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Decision on WIPO Design Treaty Left To General Assembly; Internet Issue Dropped from www.ip-watch.org World Intellectual Property Organization delegates today were unable agree to recommend to the upcoming WIPO General Assembly to convene a high-level treaty negotiation on industrial designs. Work on draft treaty articles demonstrated good spirit, according ...
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Skyhook Wireless files new lawsuit against Google over 9 U.S. geolocation patents from www.fosspatents.com Over the last eight days, Google has seen its subsidiary Motorola Mobility lose a couple of German patent lawsuits (1, 2) because its Android-based ddevices were found to infringe patents held by Apple and Microsoft ...
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Helpful Patent Scholarship from writtendescription.blogspot.com Do you know of an article that you think would be helpful in a pending patent case? The Green Bag has created a "
Helpful Scholarship" site for law professors to suggest scholarship that might be ...
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Copyright Industry Hard-Hitter Fritz Attaway Retires from www.ip-watch.org Fritz Attaway, a fighter for copyright in the international legal and policy trenches for nearly four decades has retired, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced today.
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Inventing 101: Protecting Your Invention When You Need Help from www.ipwatchdog.com So how do you decide whether you have a mere idea or a conception that is on the road to a full blown invention? That is a difficult question to answer and one that has ...
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DuPont & Widener University School of Law IP CLE Seminar from www.patentdocs.org DuPont and the Widener University School of Law will be holding its 2012 Intellectual Property Continuing Legal Education Seminar on October 11, 2012 at The DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware. Among the presentations being ...
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ACI Conference on Drug and Medical Device Litigation from www.patentdocs.org American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 17th annual Drug and Medical Device Litigation conference on December 3-5, 2012 in New York, NY. The conference will allow attendees to: • Assert a successful preemption defense ...
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