Patent & IP news for November 21, 2012

PerkinElmer Inc. v. Intema Ltd. (Fed. Cir. 2012) from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- The Federal Circuit made its first attempt to implement the Supreme Court's nearly opaque jurisprudence on the scope of patent eligibility for diagnostic method claims (as set forth in Mayo ...

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Unenforceability from www.patentlyo.com

By Jason Rantanen A few months ago Polk Wagner, Lee Petherbridge, and I circulated an early draft of our empirical study on the characteristics of patents that the Federal Circuit has held to be unenforceable ...

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Parmaceutical Patents Review from ipwars.com

Last month, the Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation, Mark Dreyfus, has appointed a panel to review the patenting of pharmaceuticals in Australia. Now the Panel have published a Background and Issues Paper. The Panel ...

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The Stalkers in our Computers – Online Ad Tracking + Privacy from www.iposgoode.ca

On 17 February, 2012 the Wall Street Journal published a story claiming that Google had bypassed Safari web-browser security settings on Mac and mobile devices in order to track users that did not wish to ...

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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 16, 2012, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued Order No. 28 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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Freelancer of "Live to Ride" Logo and Harley-Davidson Settle Their Dispute from www.iplawalert.com

Closing the loop on our previous report, freelance commercial artist Wayne W. Peterson and the Harley-Davidson motorcycle company have reached a confidential settlement in their copyright spat. Peterson had alleged that the iconic motorcycle maker ...

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ALJ Bullock Denies Summary Determination Motion For Failure To Meet And Confer In Certain Ink Application Devices (337-TA-832) from www.itcblog.com

On November 19, 2012, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued Order No. 12 in Certain Ink Application Devices and Components Thereof and Methods of Using The Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-832). In the Order, ALJ Bullock ...

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ALJ Pender Grants Motion To Terminate Investigation In Certain Light-Emitting Diodes (337-TA-785) from www.itcblog.com

On November 16, 2012, ALJ Thomas B. Pender issued Order No. 39 in Certain Light-Emitting Diodes and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-785). In the Order, ALJ Pender granted a joint motion filed by ...

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Governments’ Early Warning Notes Issued On New Internet Domains from www.ip-watch.org

No exclusive “.baby” top-level domain (TLD) for Johnson and Johnson, no exclusive “.blog” for Google, nor “.antivir” for Symantec or “.epost” for the German Postal Service. Of 242 government early warning notices to applicants for ...

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ALJ Bullock Sets Target Date And Procedural Schedule For Remand Proceeding In Certain Video Game Systems (337-TA-770) from www.itcblog.com

On November 16, 2012, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued Order No. 43 in Certain Video Game Systems and Wireless Controllers and Components Thereof (337-TA-770).  In the Order, ALJ Bullock set the target date and ...

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Report Seeks To Advance Global Debate On Technological Transfer from www.ip-watch.org

A new report from the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) proposes solutions to advancing the global technology transfer debate to better bridge the development gap between developed countries and the global South ...

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Overseas Manufacturing Creates Copyright Dilemma For US Supreme Court from www.ip-watch.org

Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons presents the United States Supreme Court with a stark and weighty choice. In the 29 October oral argument [pdf], Supap Kirtsaeng urged the court to uphold purchasers’ right to freely ...

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Calling All Farmers! Seed Sampling Prior Art for $5,000 Reward from www.ipwatchdog.com

In this agriculture search Article One Partners is not only looking for those with superior scientific training or advanced degrees. They are also hoping to expand the universe of those who will submit information relative ...

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Turkey Stuffing Innovation from intellogist.wordpress.com

Turkey gets all the credit this time of year, but I want you to focus your attention on the real star of the Thanksgiving show: the stuffing. The glorious, salty, carbohydrate-y, mushy, gravy-welcoming stuffing. Most ...

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In Final Stretch Of Drafting Of WIPO Treaty For The Blind, Tensions High from www.ip-watch.org

Pressure mounted as delegates at the World Intellectual Property Organization today engaged in what was planned to be the final day of negotiations on the text of a treaty on copyright exceptions for the blind ...

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World Conference On International Telecommunication: Is It About The Internet Or Not? from www.ip-watch.org

The debates are getting more heated with the December World Conference on International Telecommunication (WCIT) in Dubai coming closer. Google today (21 November) launched one of its big campaigns to rally support against what it ...

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