Thesaurus of Claim Construction from www.lotempiolaw.com Guest Blogger: David Stephenson, Rochester, NY patent attorney
The Thesaurus of Claim Construction is an essential tool for patent litigators, prosecutors and general counsel.
The authors Stuart B. Soffer and Robert C. Kahrl have taken ...
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Smartphone Wars: Micron’s Slide-to-Unlock Patent from www.patentlyo.com by Dennis Crouch Adding a bit of drama to the slide-to-unlock debate, Micron has just received its own patent covering a "system and method for controlling user access to an electronic device." U.S. Patent ...
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Allergan, Inc. v. Barr Laboratories, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2013) from www.patentdocs.org By Micheal Greenfield -- Those of you who dabble with chemical structures while prosecuting or litigating pharmaceutical patents may find Allergan v. Barr Laboratories, Inc., interesting. In this ANDA litigation brought by Allergan against Barr, Teva ...
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Who reads Patently-O: Top Corporate and Governmental Subscribers from www.patentlyo.com USPTO GE Samsung Qualcomm Pfizer Microsoft IBM Dow Dr. Reddy's LGE USCourts DuPont Intellectual Ventures HP Monsanto J&J; Sony Google Intel P&G; CPA Global Philips Huawei 3M GlaxoSmithKline NIH ZydusCadila Genentech Eli ...
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Important Changes to Patent Sequence Search Tools from intellogist.wordpress.com Major updates have been added on two of the largest search platforms for locating peptide and nucleic acid sequences within patent records, and Intellogist is here to bring you all the details on these recent ...
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On the Record with Manny Schecter, Part II from www.ipwatchdog.com In Part II of the interview, which is the final segment, we discuss how IBM keeps a watchful eye on the industry to learn from the mistakes of others, what the conversion to first to ...
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ALJ Essex Grants Joint Motion To Terminate Investigation In Certain Consumer Electronics And Display Devices (337-TA-836) from www.itcblog.com On January 28, 2013, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued the public version of Order No. 30 in Certain Consumer Electronics and Display Devices and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-836). In the Order, ALJ Essex ...
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Focus back on growth rather then austerity? 4Q GDP down from www.athenaalliance.org It might be the proverbial warning shot across the bow. The U.S. economy shrank by 0.1% in the last three months (fourth quarter - 4Q) of 2012 according to news from BEA this morning ...
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SDCA broadly construes comparable licenses and allows profit split/Nash bargaining from patent-damages.com The SDCA in Gen-Probe Inc. v. Becton Dickinson & Co., Case No. 09-CV-2319 BEN NLS and 10-CV-0602 BEN NLS (S.D. Cal. November 26, 2012), ruled on Daubert motions by plaintiff Gen-Probe and defendant Becton Dickinson ...
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Neptun Light Files New 337 Complaint Regarding Certain Compact Fluorescent Reflector Lamps from www.itcblog.com On January 28, 2013, Andrzej Bobel and Neptun Light, Inc. (“Neptun”) (collectively, “Complainants”) filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence an investigation pursuant to Section 337. The complaint alleges that the following entities (collectively ...
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USPTO to Update Patent Registration Exam April 2013 from www.ipwatchdog.com The Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OED) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), has announced that the patent bar examination, which is sometimes called the patent registration exam or patent agent's ...
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No Disclaimers Or Diavowals from www.patentlyo.com What do you think of the following boiler-plate language that some applicants are including in their office-action responses: NO DISCLAIMERS OR DIAVOWALS Although the present communication may include alterations to the application or claims, or ...
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Discovery of Source Code in Patent Litigation from www.iplawalert.com Introduction
Discovery of computer source code—either through production, inspection, or deposition—is one of the more contentious aspects of patent litigation. Indeed, “few tasks excite a defendant less . . . . Engineers and management howl at the ...
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White House Petition Seeks Take Down of Jerk.com from www.ipwatchdog.com Last week, a petition was created to petition the White House to take down the website Jerk.com. To date the petition has unfortunately not received many votes. Earlier today I was the 28th e-signer ...
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ITC Institutes Investigation (337-TA-864) Regarding Certain Mobile Handset Devices And Related Touch Keyboard Software 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 Mobile Handset Devices and Related Touch Keyboard Software (Inv. No. 337-TA-864). The ...
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When Trade and Intellectual Property Collide from www.iposgoode.ca When trade and intellectual property collide, strange things happen. In a dispute opposing Antigua and Barbuda to the United States at the World Trade Organization (WTO), that organization authorized Antigua and Barbuda to suspend the ...
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ALJ Essex Grants Joint Motions To Terminate Investigation In Certain Consumer Electronics, Including Mobile Phones And Tablets (337-TA-839) from www.itcblog.com On January 29, 2013, ALJ E. James Gildea issued the public versions of Order No. 32, Order No. 33 and Order No. 34 in Certain Consumer Electronics, Including Mobile Phones and Tablets (Inv. No. 337-TA-839 ...
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File a non-provisional patent application pre-AIA from ocpatentlawyer.com On March 16, 2013, the United States will transition from a first to invent system to a first to file system under the America Invents Act (“AIA”). In my opinion, it is more advantageous to ...
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