News from Abroad: UK Government Considers Broadening Bolar Exemption from www.patentdocs.org When a generic pharmaceutical company seeks approval for a generic version of a reference product, it must necessarily perform certain tests on its product. If the product in question is patented, then obtaining the product ...
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AMP v. Myriad Briefed and Distributed for Conference - Update from www.patentdocs.org By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, the Supreme Court updated its docket for the Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. case to indicate that it has been distributed for conference on November 30. In ...
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How to invalidate a patent under the America Invents Act (AIA)? from ocpatentlawyer.com Basic Structure Under the America Invents Act, the public can submit evidence to the Patent Office in an attempt to prevent issuance of a patent. Under the basic structure of the regulations, if the patent ...
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Universities: Get One More Year on your PCT Patent Filing from www.ipwatchdog.com Scientifically speaking, there is really very little time the point in time that work in a university laboratory is concrete enough to call "an invention" and capable of description in a patent application until the ...
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The changing nature of manufacturing from www.athenaalliance.org The McKinsey Global Institute has released a new report: Manufacturing the future: The next era of global growth and innovation. (See also Neil Irwin's summary in the Washington Post: "American manufacturing is coming back ...
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Cooley Lands Chadbourne & Parke’s Top IP & Litigation Partners from www.ipwatchdog.com I don't know what is going on at Chadbourne & Parke, but I do know I know that Walt and John were both at Morgan & Finnegan and left for Chadbourne over 7 years ago. Morgan ...
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ALJ Shaw Grants Motion To Terminate Investigation In Certain Video Analytics Software (337-TA-795) from www.itcblog.com On November 14, 2012, ALJ David P. Shaw issued Order No. 39 in Certain Video Analytics Software, Systems, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-795). According to the Order, ALJ Shaw granted a ...
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Treaty For Visually Impaired Advancing At WIPO; Countries Ask For More Transparency from www.ip-watch.org The first results of the World Intellectual Property Organization negotiations on the draft text of a treaty to facilitate visually impaired persons’ access to books in special formats were presented this morning. Progress was reported ...
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WTO Dispute Body Hears Sides On Australia Tobacco Law from www.ip-watch.org The World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body yesterday heard arguments by parties in a dispute about Australia’s new public health law requiring tobacco imports to be in plain packaging as a way to discourage ...
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Costs for Preparing Patent Applications from inventivestep.net There are a large number of inventors and companies out there now that want patent work done as cheaply as possible. Especially since the economy has tanked, many inventors and companies are attempting to low-ball ...
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Patenting Food – A Healthy Way Forward? from www.iposgoode.ca Obesity and chronic diseases, like diabetes and heart disease, are on the rise. To solve this crisis, we seem to be searching for the next super food, known as functional food, which will lower our ...
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EU Patent, Patent Court Could Finally Be Approved In Coming Weeks from www.ip-watch.org A new proposal by European Union governments could signal the end of a years-long struggle for a unified European patent and patent court. The compromise, which has the support of the European Commission (EC), appears ...
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6 Free IP Databases on the French Patent Office (INPI) Website from intellogist.wordpress.com Most intellectual property offices have their own websites, and these sites can host an incredibly broad variety of information, ranging from national news on patents, trademark, designs, and copyright to instructions on how to register ...
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ITC Decides To Review Initial Determination In Certain Electronic Devices, Including Wireless Communication Devices, Portable Music And Data Processing Devices, And Tablet Computers (337-TA-794) from www.itcblog.com On November 19, 2012, the International Trade Commission (the “Commission”) issued the public version of a notice in Certain Electronic Devices, Including Wireless Communication Devices, Portable Music and Data Processing Devices, and Tablet Computers (Inv ...
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ALJ Bullock Grants Motion To Terminate Investigation In Certain Sintered Rare Earth Magnets (337-TA-855) from www.itcblog.com On November 14, 2012, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued Order No. 27 in Certain Sintered Rare Earth Magnets, Methods of Making Same, and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-855). According to the Order, ALJ ...
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The America Invents Act: Basic Information for Patent Owners and Inventors from www.orangebookblog.com by George F. Wheeler The United States passed a radically new patent statute, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA"), on September 16, 2011. The AIA has some provisions already in effect and others that will ...
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Ritz Camera v. SanDisk: Expansion of Standing for Walker Process claims from www.patentlyo.com By Jason Rantanen Ritz Camera & Image, LLC v. Sandisk Corporation (Fed. Cir. 2012) Download 12-1183 Panel: Bryson (author), Dyk, and Moore In Walker Process Equipment, Inc. v. Food Machinery & Chemical Corp., 382 U.S. 172 ...
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