Patent & IP news for October 15, 2012

The Mysterious Disappearance of Functionality Considerations in Apple v. Samsung Design Patent Claim Construction from www.ipwatchdog.com

The functionality issue, as it relates to design patent claim scope, mysteriously vanished from the district court’s application of design patent law between the December 2011 issuance of the Order denying preliminary injunction and ...

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Global Fund Nears Selection Of New Director For Transformed Organisation from www.ip-watch.org

The Geneva-based Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is in the final phases of selecting its next executive director. In the run-up to the decision, the international financing institution is multiplying signs of ...

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THOSITA: Obvious to a Team Having Ordinary Skill in the Art from www.patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch Inventors Per Patent: The number of inventors per patent has risen fairly steadily for the past 40 years. Today, most patents are directed toward inventions created by teams of two or more ...

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Civil Society Network Issues Proposals On Climate Change And IPRs from www.ip-watch.org

An international network of civil society groups has issued a set of proposals for governments to encourage innovation and access to key technologies against climate change while taking intellectual property rights into account. Related Articles ...

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EU Rights Owners Blast ICT Industry For Trying To “Hijack” Copyright Levy System Talks from www.ip-watch.org

Copyright collective management and creators' organisations Monday accused digital technology industry group DIGITALEUROPE of trying to hijack a mediation process aimed at straightening out the EU's messy system of private copying and reprographic levies ...

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Clifton McCann Joins DC Offices of Thompson Hine from www.ipwatchdog.com

McCann, who is now a partner in the firm's Intellectual Property group, joins Thompson Hine in the firm's Washington, D.C. office, coming over to the firm from Venable LLP. The addition of ...

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50th anniversary of Cuban missile crisis from ipbiz.blogspot.com

CBS Evening News on Oct. 15, 2012 ended with a clip on the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

On Oct. 16,1962, the CIA warned President Kennedy of missiles in Cuba. Sidney Graybeal ...

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