CIRM grants, Bayh-Dole and stem cells: should one size fit all? from ipfinance.blogspot.com Last Thursday IP Finance welcomed a
guest post by Mike Mireles on the current performance of the United States' Bayh-Dole Act. Today we are happy to host a follow-up from the same author, also on ...
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Congressional Misunderstandings (Apparently) Motivate H.R. 6621 from www.patentdocs.org By Kevin E. Noonan -- The House passed H.R. 6621 last night, on a vote of 308-89 (the roll call being demanded by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher over a request for a voice vote from the ...
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Moving forward with a small claims patent court from www.patentlyo.com The Patents County Court has been deciding "small" patent cases for the past 20 years. Under Hon. Colin Birss, the court now limits claims to £500,000. Larger claims can be brought in the High ...
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Don’t be Fooled, Drafting Patents is Complicated from www.ipwatchdog.com I understand it is prudent to proceed with care and not needlessly waste money, which is why I try and help inventors understand how best to start the patent process on a budget, but a ...
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Structural or cyclical? Yes, kind of, maybe says JEC from www.athenaalliance.org The Congressional Joint Economic Committee has released its 2012 Joint Economic Report. Besides giving an overview of the state of the economy (and providing a platform for differing partisan views on the economy and current ...
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European Human Rights Court: Internet Restriction Violates Freedom Of Expression from www.ip-watch.org The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled this week that “restriction of Internet access without a strict legal framework regulating the scope of the ban and affording the guarantee of judicial review to ...
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CAFC Sanity on Permanent Injunctions. A Twisted Sister Moment? from www.ipwatchdog.com the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit determined that the United States Federal District Court for the Southern District of California abused its discretion when it refused to award a victorious patent ...
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In re Rosuvastatin Calcium Patent Litigation from www.patentlyo.com By Jason Rantanen In re Rosuvastatin Calcium Patent Litigation (Fed. Cir. 2012) Panel: Newman (author), Plager (concurring), Mayer (dissenting) This appeal arises in the context of the patent war over rosuvastatin, a multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical ...
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Patents for Celebrating the Holidays with your Pets from intellogist.wordpress.com The holidays are a wonderful time of year for humans and a terrifying time of year for pets. Christmas is filled with terrible temptations and unspeakable horror for dogs and cats. A dog will desperately ...
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ALJ Gildea Grants Motions To Terminate Investigation In Certain Blu-Ray Disc Players (337-TA-824) from www.itcblog.com On December 10, 2012, ALJ E. James Gildea issued Order Nos. 38, 39, and 40 in Certain Blu-Ray Disc Players, Components Thereof and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-824). According to Order No. 38, ALJ ...
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How Long Does Patent and Trademark Prosecution Take? (2012 update) from ipspotlight.com The USPTO recently issued its Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2012. This means that it’s time for IP Spotlight’s annual analysis of the question: “how long does it take to obtain ...
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ALJ Gildea Denies Motion For Sanctions In Certain Blu-Ray Disc Players (337-TA-824) from www.itcblog.com On December 14, 2012, ALJ E. James Gildea issued the public version of Order No. 36 (dated December 5, 2012) in Certain Blu-Ray Disc Players, Components Thereof and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-824 ...
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UN Official Stresses Importance Of Civil Society In Internet Future from www.ip-watch.org Frank La Rue, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, in a statement about last week's World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), underlined the importance of civil ...
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