Piercing the Corporate Veil: Corporate Officers Are Liable for Their Own Torts 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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Government Sticks to Its Guns in Bowman v. Monsanto Amicus Brief from www.patentdocs.org By Kevin E. Noonan -- Over the past decade, the Supreme Court's increased interest in patent law cases was paralleled by briefs from the Solicitor General advising the Court to grant certiorari. The apparent influence ...
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AuDRP review from ipwars.com auda is conducting a review of the auDRP – the dispute resolution policy covering domain names registered in the .au domain name space. The auDRP was derived from the UDRP, so many of the principles worked ...
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Potential Elements Of The WHO Global R&D Treaty: Tailoring Solutions For Disparate Contexts from www.ip-watch.org Prof. Ryan Abbott analyzes the key components of the WHO proposal for a Global R&D; Treaty and their potential impact on public health. The article proposes strategies to convert parties currently opposing the treaty ...
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David Kappos – The Exit Interview from www.ipwatchdog.com The Kappos era at the USPTO also largely coincides with the time frame where I started to write daily (sometimes more). I attend public events at the USPTO and have interviewed Director Kappos several times ...
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Apply for the Brian Stockdale Memorial Award to Attend the PIUG 2013 Annual Conference for Free! from intellogist.wordpress.com The mission of the Patent Information Users Group (PIUG) is to “support, assist, improve and enhance the success of patent information professionals through leadership, education, communication, advocacy and networking.” This year, the PIUG 2013 Annual ...
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Small/Micro-Entity Status from inventivestep.net Under PTO rules, a “Small Entity” is entitled to pay certain PTO fees associated with patent prosecution at a reduced rate, usually 50%. As the PTO raises filing and post-issuance fees, it is important to ...
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Student Writing Competition from www.patentlyo.com Georgia State University College of Law has announced a Student Intellectual Property Writing Competition. First Place: $3,000; Second Place: $2,000; Third Place: $1,000. Winning papers will be published in the conference materials ...
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ALJ Bullock Grants Motion To Show Cause In Certain Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (337-TA-739) from www.itcblog.com On January 25, 2013, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued Order No. 75 granting Complainant Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.’s (“Leviton”) motion for an order directing Respondents Shanghai ELE Manufacturing Corp., Shanghai Jia AO Electrical ...
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Job Announcement: NIST Seeks Patent Agent or Attorney from www.ipwatchdog.com The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a federal agency within the Department of Commerce, anticipates the need for a Patent Agent/Attorney employee to represent NIST in performing the full range of patent ...
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Ethics & OED: Practitioner Discipline at the USPTO June 2012 from www.ipwatchdog.com George Reardon was a registered patent agent (Registration No. 53,505). He was also the President and Executive Director of the National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP). He was alleged to have misappropriated at least ...
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The NY Times Says Streaming Sticks it to Musicians from ipcloseup.wordpress.com Royalties from so-called legitimate Internet streaming sites, including Pandora and Spotify, pay most musicians less than a penny on a dollar of revenue generated. In a page one article in today’s New York Times ...
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ITC Institutes Investigation (337-TA-865) Regarding Certain Balloon Dissection Devices from www.itcblog.com On January 25, 2013, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a press release announcing their vote to institute an investigation of Certain Balloon Dissection Devices and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-865). The investigation ...
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ITC Institutes Investigation (337-TA-866) Regarding Certain Wireless Communications Equipment from www.itcblog.com On January 25, 2013, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a press release announcing their vote to institute an investigation of Certain Wireless Communications Equipment and Articles Therein (Inv. No. 337-TA-866). The investigation is ...
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ITC Institutes Investigation (337-TA-867) Regarding Certain Cases For Portable Electronic Devices from www.itcblog.com On January 25, 2013, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a press release announcing their vote to institute an investigation of Certain Cases For Portable Electronic Devices (Inv. No. 337-TA-867). The investigation is based ...
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Covenants Not to Sue Are Licenses in Bankruptcy from www.iplawalert.com The on-going Kodak bankruptcy has engendered interest in understanding the role of IP-related licenses in bankruptcy.
The recent decision in In re Spansion also merits consideration. There, following settlement of Spansion’s 2008 ITC patent ...
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WHO Executive Board Concludes After ‘Unpredecented’ Workload from www.ip-watch.org The World Health Assembly’s rotating Executive Board meets twice a year, and on 29 January concluded its 132nd meeting with what the WHO director general termed an “unprecedented” amount of agenda items and documents ...
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