USPTO Proposes Update to Code of Professional Responsibility from www.patentdocs.org By Andrew Williams -- Last month, on October 18, 2012, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice of proposed rulemaking (77 Fed. Reg. 64190) to finally update its rules of professional conduct by ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
AIPLA Exclusive: On the Record with Todd Dickinson, Part 2 from www.ipwatchdog.com In this final installment of my interview with Dickinson we discuss the Federal Circuit, including the rumors that I have heard about him possibly being on a short list for a future appointment to the ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Film Industry Praises Obama’s “Understanding” Of IP’s Importance from www.ip-watch.org The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) last night quickly congratulated US President Barack Obama on his re-election for four more years, praising his “understanding” of the importance of intellectual property to the US economy ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Could US Election Result Reverse Ever-Stronger Copyright Protection? from www.ip-watch.org US voters returned President Obama for four more years, and kept his party's dominance of the US Senate as well as the opposition party's dominance of the House of Representatives. While the Obama ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Timing of the First Office Action on the Merits from www.patentlyo.com The average US patent issues about 3 ½ years after filing. The bulk of that time can be assigned to the initial examination queue. When USPTO officials refer to the "backlog" of patent applications awaiting ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Internet Governance Forum 2012 Opens In Baku from www.ip-watch.org Baku, Azerbaijan - Over 100 workshops related to policies and technologies of the internet – including side events, open fora by United Nations and internet governance organisations, and gatherings of the “dynamic coalitions” - are on the agenda ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
PhRMA Opposes FTC's Proposed Rules for Reporting Certain Pharmaceutical Licensing Transactions from www.iplawalert.com We recently reported that during the August doldrums the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed for comment amendments to the Hart-Scott-Rodino rules that would require reporting of licensing agreements under which a patent holder grants an ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
4 More Years: Patent Consequences and Other Election Musings from www.ipwatchdog.com In addition to the USPTO remaining in the capable hands of Director Kappos for the foreseeable future, with the reelection of President Obama that means that there could be a real possibility that AIPLA Executive ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
New Intellogist Report on Orbit.com! from intellogist.wordpress.com We’ve just released an Intellogist Report on an important patent search system, Orbit.com! Check out the new Intellogist Report to learn all the coverage details about this major player in the patent search ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
ALJ Essex Grants Motion To Terminate Investigation As To Micron Technology And Lexar Media In Certain Computers and Computer Peripheral Devices (337-TA-841) from www.itcblog.com On November 6, 2012, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued Order No. 28 in Certain Computers and Computer Peripheral Devices and Components Thereof and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-841). In the Order, ALJ Essex ...
Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook