Patent & IP news for November 8, 2012

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post image Overkill of the Best Mode from www.patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch Joy Mining Machinery v. Cincinnati Mine Machinery (Fed. Cir. 2012) (nonprecedential) In what may well be its final decision on the best mode requirement of 35 U.S.C. §112(1), the ...

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Oral Argument of Already v. Nike from www.717madisonplace.com

The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument today in the case of Already v. Nike.  The question presented is: Whether a federal district court is divested of Article III jurisdiction over a ...

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California Genetically Engineered Food Act Defeated from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- On Tuesday, while California voters were helping President Obama secure a second term in the White House, picking the President over Republican challenger Mitt Romney by a 59.1% to 38.6 ...

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Exelixis v. Kappos: Court Finds PTO is Still Undercalculating Patent Term Adjustments from www.patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch Exelixis, Inc. v. Mr. David Kappos (as PTO Director), Case No. 1:12cv96 (E.D. Va. November 1, 2012) Download Exelixis_and_Kappos Judge Ellis recently sided with the patentee Exelixis in ruling that ...

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FTC Settles Charges That Payday Loan Tossed Sensitive Consumer Data into Trash Dumpsters from www.ipwatchdog.com

A company that provides management services to more than 300 payday loan and check cashing stores, and an affiliated company that owns and operates several stores, will pay $101,500 to settle Federal Trade Commission ...

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Long live Einstein…? from www.iposgoode.ca

In the recent decision The Hebrew University of Jerusalem v. General Motors LLC, the US District Court of the Central District of California ruled that Albert Einstein’s publicity rights  now belong to the public ...

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September trade in intangibles from www.athenaalliance.org

Some good economic news this morning on trade. The BEA data shows the trade deficit declining by $2.3 billion in September to $41.5 billion from the revised August deficit of $43.8. August ...

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International IP Exhaustion from inventivestep.net

In the US, once a patented product has been lawfully sold, the patent rights are “exhausted.” This means that subsequent purchasers can obtain the product free of patent rights. The theory behind exhaustion is that ...

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Summary of Oral Argument in Already, LLC d/b/a Yums v. Nike, Inc. from www.patentlyo.com

Guest Post by Megan M. La Belle, Catholic University Columbus School of Law. Professor La Belle attended the oral argument in Already, LLC d/b/a Yums v. Nike, Inc. yesterday and was kind enough ...

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Polls, predictions and intangibles from www.athenaalliance.org

In the last few days of the Presidential election, an interesting side story developed in the form of a battle between the pollster's numbers and the pundits expertise and gut feel. A number of ...

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ALJ Shaw Grants Motion To Terminate Investigation As To Mitsubishi Electric In Certain Products Containing Interactive Program Guide And Parental Control Technology (337-TA-845) from www.itcblog.com

On November 6, 2012, ALJ David P. Shaw issued Order No. 16 in Certain Products Containing Interactive Program Guide And Parental Control Technology (Inv. No. 337-TA-845). In the Order, ALJ Shaw granted a motion filed ...

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Exceptions which Circumvent Logic from www.iposgoode.ca

Effective October 28, 2012, the US now has a new list of exceptions to its digital management circumvention laws in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (hereafter “DMCA”). These exceptions were granted by the Library of ...

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India’s Publishes Draft Guidelines For Patenting Of TK and Biological Material from www.ip-watch.org

The government of India has released a set of draft guidelines to be followed in the patenting of traditional knowledge and biological material. Comments are due by 22 November. Related Articles:

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Voter Verified: Online Periodical Held to be Printed Publication from www.ipwatchdog.com

In the end, Voter Verified reached the correct result that the Benson article was a “printed publication” bar. But the “publicly accessible” doctrine relied upon by Judge Lourie’s opinion was not the best (and ...

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Multi-Stakeholder Discussions á la Internet Governance Forum For WIPO? from www.ip-watch.org

Baku, Azerbaijan - The need to bring all stakeholders together to discuss the future of copyright appears to have gotten a push from this year’s UN-led Internet Governance Forum.Related Articles:

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ITC Decides to Review Initial Determination in Certain Video Game Systems (337-TA-770) from www.itcblog.com

On November 6, 2012, the International Trade Commission (the “Commission”) issued a notice in Certain Video Game Systems and Wireless Controllers and Components Thereof (337-TA-770).  In the notice, the Commission determined to review in part ...

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Recent Patently-O Posts from www.patentlyo.com

Overkill of the Best Mode Guest Post: Summary of Oral Argument in Already, LLC d/b/a Yums v. Nike, Inc. Important: Exelixis v. Kappos: Court Finds PTO is Still Undercalculating Patent Term Adjustments Best ...

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Technical Meeting Advances Ideas For WHO-Led R&D Financing Framework from www.ip-watch.org

An outside meeting of experts has prepared a report ahead of this month’s gathering of World Health Organization members hoping to agree on new models for financing research and development for diseases lacking adequate ...

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Twitter announces new policy to publicize copyright takedown notices from ipspotlight.com

Social media service Twitter recently announced a change to its Copyright and DMCA Policy that will result in more publicity for allegations that content posted on Twitter infringes a U.S. copyright law.   This publicity ...

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Voting Patents Past and Present from intellogist.wordpress.com

The election to decide the President of the United States, also known as the POTUS, was completed on Tuesday, with the exception of Florida which can’t ever seem to do these things in a ...

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