Patent & IP news for January 7, 2013

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post image Junk -- or a valuable asset? Time to re-evaluate secondary protection from ipfinance.blogspot.com

Junk ... in the best
sense of the word
Writing for Business Insider, Beijing-based IP/IT Professor Stan Abrams ("The Economist Pops the China Patent Bubble") has some strong words to say about a phenomenon that ...

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post image Zumbiel v. Kappos from www.patentlyo.com

By Jason Rantanen The C.W. Zumbiel Company, Inc. v. Kappos (Fed. Cir. 2012) Download 11-1332 Panel: Prost (dissenting-in-part), Moore, Wallach (author) Prior to KSR v. Teleflex, the Federal Circuit granted significant deference to the ...

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post image Does License of Future Inventions Invoke Patent Law Based Court Jurisdiction? from www.patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch National Pasteurized Eggs v. Davidson (Fed. Cir. 2012) In yet another patent contract dispute, the Federal Circuit has transferred appellate jurisdiction back to the regional circuit. Here, it appears that the mistake ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

January 10, 2013 - China's Patent Regime and its Quest to Become an Innovation Economy (The George Washington University Law School and Fordham University School of Law) - Washington, DC January 10, 2013 - European Unitary Patent ...

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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. Life Technologies Corp. et al. v. Kappos et al. 1:12-cv-01518; filed December 28, 2012 in ...

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News from Abroad: Availability of Documents at the EPO from www.patentdocs.org

EPO Board of Appeal Decision T1839/11 By Christopher Bond -- Background The patent Following grant of a patent to Novozymes in November 2009, the patent was asserted in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK ...

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Taking Directions from the Lost from www.ipwatchdog.com

The report ignores actual practice. Universities rarely have multiple companies fighting to license their inventions. They’re lucky to find one. The rule of thumb is that a promising university technology requires 5-7 years of ...

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Judge Bryson Assumes Senior Status from www.patentlyo.com

Today, Judge William C. Bryson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit assumed senior status. Judge Bryson joined the court in 1994. A true career civil servant, his experience prior to ...

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Cooperative Patent Classification System Underway to Streamline Prior Art Searching from www.iplawalert.com

As we previously reported, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) jointly launched the Cooperative Patent Classification System (CPC) with the aim of producing a common classification system for ...

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DOJ: Patent Licenses Should Discharge in Bankruptcy from www.ipwatchdog.com

The dispute at issue here regarding Qimonda arose when the company went bankrupt and seven licensees invoked the protection of § 365(n) to retain patent rights. This became an issue because there is no similar ...

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ALJ Gildea Issues Claim Construction Order In Certain Semiconductor Chips With DRAM Circuitry (337-TA-819) from www.itcblog.com

On December 19, 2012, ALJ E. James Gildea issued the public version of Order No. 17 (dated December 6, 2012) construing the disputed terms of the asserted claims in Certain Semiconductor Chips with DRAM Circuitry ...

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Video Game Consoles: The Gift that Keeps on Giving (Personal Info) from www.iposgoode.ca

‘Twas the season for video games. And what better way to top up the coolest gift you gave over the holidays than with an accompanying list of privacy warnings for your loved one?   The practical ...

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ALJ Gildea Grants Motion To Terminate Investigation In Certain Electronic Devices With Graphics Data Processing Systems (337-TA-813) from www.itcblog.com

On December 13, 2012, ALJ E. James Gildea issued Order No. 32 in Certain Electronic Devices with Graphics Data Processing Systems, Components Thereof, and Associated Software (Inv. No. 337-TA-813). In the Order, ALJ Gildea granted ...

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ALJ Gildea Grants Motion To Terminate Investigation In Certain Portable Electronic Devices (337-TA-797) from www.itcblog.com

On December 13, 2012, ALJ E. James Gildea issued Order No. 75 in Certain Portable Electronic Devices and Related Software (Inv. No. 337-TA-797). In the Order, ALJ Gildea granted a joint motion filed by Complainant ...

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ITC Institutes Investigation (337-TA-862) Regarding Certain Electronic Devices from www.itcblog.com

On January 3, 2013, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a press release announcing their vote to institute an investigation of Certain Electronic Devices, Including Wireless Communication Devices, Tablet Computers, Media Players and Televisions ...

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