Patent & IP news for December 16, 2012

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post image Smith on Design Patents from www.patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch When I began writing Patently-O in 2004, design patents were largely thought of as akin to a pre-ball Cinderella: In rags, forlorn, and quite pitiful. Things have changed. Design patents are more ...

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post image Judicial Network of the PTAB from www.patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch Here is an image from a project that I'm working on with PTAB/BPAI decisions. Each node (circle) represents on of the 160 or so PTAB judges that have participated in ...

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US IP Officials Blast NGOs In Geneva; Trying To Change Views On IP from www.ip-watch.org

Washington, DC - United States attachés stationed around the world in order to promote intellectual property rights reported on their activities to US industry here last week. And the attachès posted in Geneva had strong words ...

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Great Expectations For WIPO Extraordinary General Assembly On Treaty For Blind from www.ip-watch.org

An Extraordinary General Assembly will take place tomorrow at the World Intellectual Property Organization to decide on convening a high-level meeting in 2013 to agree on a treaty on exceptions and limitations to copyright for ...

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Google Settles Copyright Dispute with Belgian Newspaper from www.ipwatchdog.com

This case started back in 2006, when the newspaper publishers took Google to court, stating that the popular search engine was infringing on their copyright. They had been trying to get Google to compensate them ...

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Publishers Seek Support For Their Approach To WIPO Treaty from www.ip-watch.org

As the World Intellectual Property Organization prepares to hold an Extraordinary General Assembly this week to decide on convening a high-level meeting to negotiate a new treaty on limitations and exceptions for blind and other ...

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Northern Exposure: Pfizer Canada’s Viagra® Patent Invalidated from www.ipwatchdog.com

The Supreme Court of Canada rendered a decision on November 8, 2012 effectively canceling Viagra® Canadian patent a year and a half before its natural expiration date. This ends Pfizer’s exclusivity on the blockbuster ...

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WIPO Visually Impaired Treaty: Voices From Africa On Dire Situation from www.ip-watch.org

The World Intellectual Property Organization is on the verge of deciding on a high-level meeting paving the way for a new treaty to facilitate access to books to visually impaired people. Meanwhile, in Africa, far ...

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European Union Announces Unified Patent System from ipspotlight.com

Currently, the European Patent System permits applicants to file a single patent application to cover all of Europe.  However, when the patent issues the applicant must validate the patent and pay annuities in each individual ...

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