Patent & IP news for December 31, 2012

Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

January 2-5, 2013 - National CLE Conference (Law Education Institute, Inc.) - Snowmass, Colorado January 10, 2013 - China's Patent Regime and its Quest to Become an Innovation Economy (The George Washington University Law School and Fordham ...

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How to obtain foreign patent protection? from ocpatentlawyer.com

Overview To obtain foreign patent protection, you must file a separate patent application in each country in which you desire to seek patent protection.  A single, world-wide patent does not exist. Moreover, most foreign countries ...

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Court Report from www.patentdocs.org

By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Eli Lilly and Company v. Kappos et al. 1:12-cv-01491; filed December 26, 2012 in the ...

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The Status Quo Reigns in Senate's Version of H.R. 6621 from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- The Senate on Saturday passed an amended version (S. Amendment 3344) of H.R. 6621, Rep. Lamar Smith's bill "To correct and improve certain provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents ...

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Looking Back at U.S. Patent Law – Big Changes in 2012 (part 2) from ipspotlight.com

U.S. patent law experienced a significant number of changes in 2012, as the America Invents Act, new regulations, USPTO actions and court decisions all left an impact that will affect patent filings for years ...

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Talking Tech Transfer with Todd Sherer, AUTM President, Part II from www.ipwatchdog.com

Todd Sherer: "And what we’re seeing, what the AUTM survey is showing, is that patent budgets are going down. And that’s of concern to me, because everything has to go through that funnel ...

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2013: The IP Law Year Ahead from www.iplawalert.com

Like 2012, 2013 promises to be a busy and significant year for intellectual property law.

The Supreme Court is slated to decide a number of IP cases, including: Already, LLC d/b/a Yums v ...

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ITC Decides Not To Review Final ID In Certain Computer Forensic Devices (337-TA-799) from www.itcblog.com

On December 21, 2012, the International Trade Commission (“Commission”) issued a notice of its determination not to review the Initial Determination (“ID”) of Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock finding no violation of Section 337 in ...

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Essential New Year’s Eve Innovations from www.ipwatchdog.com

Every year we all gather around and celebrate the new year. So that got us to thinking — what patents are there for devices that any self respecting raucous reveler ought to have on New Years ...

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ALJ Gildea Denies Motion For Supplemental Protective Order In Certain Consumer Electronics (337-TA-839) from www.itcblog.com

On December 21, 2012, ALJ James E. Gildea issued Order No. 26 denying a motion by Complainant Pragmatus AV, LLC (“Pragmatus”) to enter a supplemental Protective Order to govern the discovery of nonparty Google Inc ...

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ALJ Shaw Rules On Motions In Certain Microprocessors (337-TA-781) from www.itcblog.com

On December 21, 2012, ALJ David P. Shaw issued the public versions of Order Nos. 36 (dated June 19, 2012), 42 (dated July 17, 2012), 44 (dated July 20, 2012), 51 (dated August 15, 2012 ...

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