Patent & IP news for October 7, 2012

University-generated information: Is it more public or private? from ipfinance.blogspot.com

The involvement of universities in commercial activities is a complex issue. Roughly speaking, these endeavours can be divided into two categories. First there is the commercialization of publicly-funded university research and the concomitant rise of ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Can ad revenue save the printed media? from ipfinance.blogspot.com

Do the printed media have a future? The answer is both yes and no, according to "Industry Analysis: Print Sales Still In Decline; New Copyright Law Not A Solution", a thoughtful and informative post by ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Phoning the rapporteur? Think again ... from patlit.blogspot.com

PatLit wonders what the
EPO's policy is with regard
to phone rage ... In T 1251/08 Serial bus simulation/TERADYNE, 29 June 2012, a Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) has ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Explaining patent litigation 3: All change for smaller businesses - tax benefits from patlit.blogspot.com

In this, the third in a series of six reader-friendly posts on patent litigation in England and Wales, Liz Cohen (partner, Bristows LLP) moves from activity in the courts to the quest for financial betterment ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

SpicyIP Weekly Review (October Week 1) from spicyipindia.blogspot.com


Top of the news this week is the decision of the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court which recognized the doctrine of 'international exhaustion' under domestic trademark law. The decision partially allowed the appeal ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

OECD Report Shows Rise Of Internet Services from www.ip-watch.org

Internet firms continue to drive global economic growth and job increases in the information technology sector, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) found in a new report. Related Articles:

• US Competitiveness Report Shows ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Samsung leverages jury verdict and preliminary ITC ruling against Apple's FRAND theories from www.fosspatents.com

We are now less than two months away from the big Apple v. Samsung post-trial hearing at which the parties will try to convince Judge Koh of their positions on what consequences the jury trial ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Article One Targets Patent Owned by Acacia Research from www.ipwatchdog.com

One of the newer prior art research studies currently underway at Article One Partners is one that relates to U.S. Patent No. 6,332,158, which relates to a system that assists user's ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

WIPO Members (Again) Intensify Talks On Genetic Material, TK, Folklore from www.ip-watch.org

World Intellectual Property Organization members this week agreed to a year-long plan to intensively negotiate for a legal instrument(s) on the protection of genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore. Next year’s annual WIPO ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

CBS Sunday Morning on October 7, 2012 from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Charles Osgood introduced the stories for October 7, 2012. Sometimes the name of the street says it all. Here "K Street". Cheryl Atkinson does the cover story on lobbying in Washington, the third largest business ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Experts Gather In Toronto To Assess ICANN And Internet Governance from www.ip-watch.org

Public interest groups will join government officials, academics, attorneys, industry representatives and others in Toronto, Canada, on Friday, 12 October alongside the meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to discuss ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

"60 Minutes" on October 7, 2012 from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Huawei in China is the first story. "If you care about your intellectual property," avoid it? Note there is report coming out from the House Intelligence Committee, which has been studying both Huawei and another ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Assignment Database and Alerts for free from www.lotempiolaw.com

My good friends down at MaxVal have announced a new tool to help patent attorneys and individuals interested in tracking information about corporate filings.

It is called the: Assignment Database and Alerts.

The Assignment Database ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

First sale doctrine in copyright from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The post Your right to resell your own stuff is in peril gets into
the case now before the Supreme court, Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, which concerns the first-sale doctrine in copyright law.

Kirtsaeng ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

October 10-11, 2012 - Maximizing Pharmaceutical Patent Lifecycles*** (ACI) - New York, NY October 10-11, 2012 - Biotech & Pharmaceutical Patenting*** (C5) - London, UK October 11, 2012 - 2012 Intellectual Property Continuing Legal Education Seminar (DuPont and the Widener University ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

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. AbbVie Inc. et al. v. Banner Pharmacaps Inc. 1:12-cv-01228; filed September 28, 2012 in the ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook