Patent & IP news for February 13, 2013

What is the Value of IP After A Country (Competitor) Steals It? Coordinating the Private Sector with Government to Protect Against the Theft of Trade Secrets from ipfinance.blogspot.com


A number of reports have issued from US government officials concerning the theft of trade secrets or cyber-espionage by government sponsored agents.  The countries regularly named as sponsors of cyber-espionage include China and Russia.  However ...

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Sale Price of Patents from hallingblog.com

According to IP Offerings the median value of patents sold in 2012 was $221,000 and the average price of patents sold in 2012 was $373,573.  The full report lists transactions by date, buyer ...

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SMEs, SSOs and Patent Thickets from ipfinance.blogspot.com

In this guest posting authored by regular IP Finance contributor Keith Mallinson (WiseHarbor), Keith considers the allegedly thorny issues with so-called patent thickets. The UK IPO’s October 2012 report entitled “A Study of Patent ...

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Of Smart Phone Wars and Software Patents from www.patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch Stuart Graham (USPTO's Chief Economist) and Saurabh Vishnubhakat recently published an interesting short paper entitled Of Smart Phone Wars and Software Patents. The paper largely defends the USPTO's examination of ...

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United States Asks Supreme Court to Affirm on cDNA, Reverse on Isolated, Unmodified DNA from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- In an amicus brief filed last month in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., the United States asks the Supreme Court to affirm the judgment of the Federal Circuit that ...

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WIPO Side Event Addresses Recent Developments Related To The Nagoya Protocol from www.ip-watch.org

At the World Intellectual Property Organization meeting on protection of genetic resources last week, the secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) organised a side event to introduce the key features and recent ...

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Grant Street Group and Realauction LLC Headed to Trial from www.ipwatchdog.com

The pending litigation between Grant Street Group and Realauction.com finally appears to be headed for trial. A trial date for Grant Street Group v. Realauction.com, LLC has been set for June 3, 2013 ...

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From trade to economic harmonization from www.athenaalliance.org

In last night's State of the Union address, President Obama called for the start of negotiations on a Trans Atlantic Partnership -- essentially a free trade agreement with the European Union. Interestingly, just hours before ...

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Selling Patents from www.patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch The folks at IP Offerings have released a summary of publicly available US patent sales from 2012. The 35 transactions on the list included 6,985 patents assigned at a total value ...

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Does the term “Invention” in the Specification Limit the Claims? from www.ipwatchdog.com

There are some that will tell you that the use of the term "invention" or "present invention" in the specification will limit the claims. This misguided belief suggests that merely using the word "invention" or ...

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Event Explains Partnerships In Natural Products Research Through Thai Experience With Novartis from www.ip-watch.org

Alongside the World Intellectual Property Organization meeting on protection of genetic resources last week, the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) organised a side event on natural product research. Related Articles:

• WIPO Side Event ...

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USPTO Publishes Final Rules and Guidelines Governing First-Inventor-to-File from www.ipwatchdog.com

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today published final rules of practice implementing the first-inventor-to-file provision of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). The USPTO also today ...

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The Next Google Scholar? Scholrly’s Potential for Locating Non-Patent Literature from intellogist.wordpress.com

Scholrly is a free search engine for academic writing that we first heard about back in the summer of 2012, and the public Beta version of this site was recently released in early January 2013 ...

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Canada’s IP Writing Challenge 2013 from www.iposgoode.ca

The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and IP Osgoode are delighted to announce our 2013 Canadian writing challenge in intellectual property law. We are excited to be running our fifth annual writing challenge.  Our ...

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USPTO Finalises Rules For ‘First-Inventor-To-File’ System Switch from www.ip-watch.org

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today published final rules of practice implementing the "first-inventor-to-file" provision of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). This comes just days after a change in patent fees ...

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NJ Seeks Partner to Create Life Sciences/Healthcare IT Accelerator from www.iplawalert.com

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) has announced its search for a private partner to manage the launch of a Life Sciences/Healthcare IT Accelerator.

According to yesterday’s EDA Press Release, New Jersey ...

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EU Digital Agenda 101: From Supporting Research To Meeting Social Challenges from www.ip-watch.org

The following is a reprint from the EU research and development network, Cordis, summarising recent activity on the EU Digital Agenda. The Digital Agenda for Europe and its 101 actions form a vital part of ...

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USPTO Publishes Final Rules On First-Inventor-to-File. from anticipatethis.wordpress.com

Press release 13-10 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  USPTO Publishes Final Rules and Guidelines Governing First-Inventor-to-File Actions Complete Implementation of America Invents Act Rules Washington— The U.S. Department of Commerce’s ...

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