Patent & IP news for January 28, 2013

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post image Antigua to Reject US Intellectual Property Rights as WTO Authorized Trade Sanction for Killing Offshore Online Gambling from www.patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch The Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda has won its case against the United States at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and is now authorized and moving forward with the granted sanction ...

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post image Dutch sandwich in danger, but most of the pie remains untaxed from ipfinance.blogspot.com

From Mary-Ellen Field (Chairman, Brand Finance), via Mark Colvin, comes news of "No more “Dutch Sandwich”? The Netherlands reviews its role in tax avoidance" by Cyrus Farivar, posted on Ars Technica last week (here). According ...

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post image Design Patent Litigation: Notice Pleading Requirements Remain Low from www.patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch Hall v. Bed, Bath & Beyond, Inc. and Nachemin, __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2013) This design patent decision is interesting and important on several levels and so I have divided the ...

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post image The Decline in Law School Applications from www.patentlyo.com

Law school applications down 20% from last year and 38% from 2010. [Link][ATL] If projections hold there will be about 54,000 law school applicants this season — the lowest since before 1984. (i.e ...

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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. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. et al. v. Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. et al. 1:13-cv-00124; filed January 22 ...

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WHO Plan For Pandemic Flu Proceeds With Questions from www.ip-watch.org

The World Health Organization has not completed negotiations with industry on a formula for contribute toward the new WHO framework for pandemic influenza. But industry is paying to access the virus anyway. Related Articles:

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Debate Erupts At WHO Over “Consensus” On Financing R&D For The Poor from www.ip-watch.org

World Health Organization members on Friday held a tense discussion over legal and political aspects of a consensus reached by a small number of member states in November on implementing a plan to address the ...

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Apple Seeks Patent on Selling Subscriptions to Magazines from www.ipwatchdog.com

Last week’s published patent applications include a more space-effective design for mobile devices as well as an innovation that may possibly be revolutionary for the entire subscription publication industry. The Apple subscription patent application ...

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Research Universities File Amicus Brief In Support of Affirming the Federal Circuit in Bowman v. Monsanto Supreme Court Case from www.orangebookblog.com

By Christopher P. Singer, Ph.D. On January 23, 2013, a group of major universities and technology transfer offices filed an urging the United States Supreme Court to affirm the Federal Circuit in Monsanto v ...

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Get a New Patent Law Job: Recent Patent Law Job Postings from www.patentlyo.com

Here are a set of recently-posted patent law jobs posted to our Patently-O Job Board: Holland & Hart is seeking junior level EE patent attorneys and patent agents for its Boulder, Salt Lake City, and Washington ...

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McDonald’s Australian Rebrand: “Macca’s”, a Local Slang Name from www.ipwatchdog.com

But this article is less concerned with actual imperialism, and more with cultural imperialism –particularly the “invasion” of this country by that once all-American, but now global, fast-food chain known variously in its land of ...

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Going Gaga for Music Samples from www.ipwatchdog.com

A Chicago musician called Rebecca Francescatti says that Lady Gaga stole part of her song “Juda” for the hit song “Judas”. More specifically, the complaint alleges that a particular portion of “Judas” violates Francescatti’s ...

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MDFL takes an expansive view of comparable licenses from patent-damages.com

The MDFL in Harris Corp. v. Ruckus Wireless, Inc., Case No. 6:11-CV-618-Orl-36KRS (M.D. Fla. January 16, 2013), ruled on plaintiff Harris’s motion to strike the expert report and exclude testimony (i.e ...

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Epic and Limelight File Petitions for Certiorari in Induced Infringement Matters from www.iplawalert.com

We previously reported on the Federal Circuit’s twin en banc decisions in Akamai Techs., Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc. and McKesson Techs. Inc. v. Epic Sys. Corp., 692 F.3d 1301 (Fed. Cir. 2012 ...

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WHO Board Approves Resolution On Neglected Diseases; Sets Next Meeting On Substandard Medicines from www.ip-watch.org

The World Health Organization Executive Board today approved a modified resolution on neglected tropical diseases – after removing a reference to a working group on R&D; for neglected diseases as “irrelevant”. The Board also discussed ...

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ALJ Bullock Denies Motion To Compel In Certain Sintered Rare Earth Magnets (337-TA-855) from www.itcblog.com

On January 24, 2013, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued the public version of Order No. 45 (dated January 14, 2013) in Certain Sintered Rare Earth Magnets, Methods of Making Same and Products Containing Same ...

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ALJ Shaw Grants Motion To Terminate Investigation As To VIZIO In Certain Products Containing Interactive Program Guide And Parental Control Technology (337-TA-845) from www.itcblog.com

On January 22, 2013, ALJ David P. Shaw issued Order No. 21 in Certain Products Containing Interactive Program Guide And Parental Control Technology (Inv. No. 337-TA-845). In the Order, ALJ Shaw granted a joint motion ...

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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 January 22, 2013, ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued the public version of Order No. 44 (dated January 8, 2013) in Certain Sintered Rare Earth Magnets, Methods of Making Same and Products Containing Same (Inv ...

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WTO: Antigua To Retaliate Against US By Suspending IP Rights Protection from www.ip-watch.org

After years of unsuccessful negotiations between nations, the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body today gave Antigua and Barbuda the right to impose sanctions against the United States for blocking online gambling. The US was ...

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Rexnord v. Kappos from www.patentlyo.com

By Jason Rantanen Rexnord Industries, LLC v. Kappos and Habasit Belting, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2013) Download 2011-1434.Opinion.1-18-2013.1 Panel: Newman (author), Lourie, Prost In Rexnord v. Kappos, the Federal Circuit reversed the Board ...

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ALJ Shaw Sets Target Date In Certain Electronic Devices, Including Wireless Communication Devices, Tablet Computers, Media Players and Televisions (337-TA-862) from www.itcblog.com

Further to our January 7, 2013 post, on January 22, 2013, ALJ David P. Shaw issued Order No. 4 setting a target date in Certain Electronic Devices, Including Wireless Communication Devices, Tablet Computers, Media Players ...

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ITC Institutes Investigation (337-TA-863) Regarding Certain Paper Shredders from www.itcblog.com

On January 22, 2013, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a press release announcing their vote to institute an investigation of Certain Paper Shredders, Certain Processes for Manufacturing or Relating to Same, and Certain ...

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