Patent & IP news for September 23, 2012

Flower-Power from www.patentlyo.com

We having a small flower-bulb fundraiser for my son Charly's preschool. Plant the bulbs this fall and be surprised as they emerge in the spring. 50% goes to the school. Follow the link below ...

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Samsung figured out how the jury arrived at its damages figures (except for the Galaxy Tab 10.1) from www.fosspatents.com

On August 24, after only three days of deliberations, a jury awarded Apple damages from Samsung amounting to $1.049 billion. As I reported yesterday, Apple is seeking a substantial increase of that amount.

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Explaining patent litigation I: New Term from patlit.blogspot.com

In this, the first in a series of six reader-friendly posts on patent litigation in England and Wales, Liz Cohen (partner, Bristows LLP and a previous PatLit guest blogger here) introduces the subject for the ...

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Outside The Box Innovations v. Travel Caddy: Is a Misstatement of Small Entity Status Per Se Material to Patentability?* from www.ipwatchdog.com

In partially dissenting, Judge Newman’s beef with per curiam panel opinion on the small entity status issue was in “declin[ing] to correct the district court’s ruling that improper payment of the small ...

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Speaking at China IP Focus 2012, Shanghai, Sept. 20-21, 2012 from sharpip.blogspot.com

One of my favorite recent IP conferences was just held in Shanghai. It was the China Intellectual Property Focus 2012 held at the Doubletree Hotel in PuDong. We got to hear extensively from a recently ...

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CBS Sunday Morning on September 23, 2012 from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Charles Osgood introduced the stories for September 23, 2012, the first full day of fall. The cover story was by David Martin. Second story was Bill Whitaker on art at Cedars of Sinai Hospital, a ...

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Article One Partners Hunts for Prior Art for European Patents from www.ipwatchdog.com

I have not previously noticed AOP doing Studies relative to foreign patents, but the hunt for prior art knows no boundaries and it seems only logical that some outside the United States would want to ...

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Some Recent Functional Language Decisions from www.717madisonplace.com

It is worth highlighting that in the recent opinion of Medtronic v. Boston Scientific Corp. et al., App. No. 2011-1313 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 18, 2012) the Federal Circuit noted the limiting effect of functional language ...

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Webinar on Scope of § 271(e)(1) Safe Harbor from www.patentdocs.org

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Cross Winds in the Safe Harbor: Classen v. Biogen and Momenta v. Amphastar" on September 27, 2012 beginning at 1:00 pm (ET ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

September 24-25, 2012 - Biosimilars and Biobetters*** (SMi) - London, UK September 25-26, 2012 - EU Pharma Regulatory Law*** (C5) - Brussels, Belgium September 27, 2012 - Cross Winds in the Safe Harbor: Classen v. Biogen and Momenta v. Amphastar ...

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Court Report from www.patentdocs.org

By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Hospira Inc. 1:12-cv-01142; filed September 17, 2012 in the District Court ...

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