Choosing the right trademark from www.lotempiolaw.com I just put my most recent Ask the Patent Attorney video up on YouTube about what makes a strong trademark. In deciding what trademark you should use to market your product you should consider its ...
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News from Abroad: Patentees Denied Opportunity to Correct European Patent Text After Grant from www.patentdocs.org By Charlotte Teall -- Background Rule 140 EPC does not explicitly relate to the correction of patents, but to the correction of EPO decisions. However, until now, the European Patent Office (EPO) has allowed patentees to ...
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News from Abroad: Bill to Diminish Term of Patents for Medicaments from www.patentdocs.org In January, the Mexican Senate published a Bill adding article 23 bis to the Industrial Property Law (IP Law). This Bill intends to establish a "special" life term for patents claiming a substance or a ...
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New from Abroad: Broadening of UK Bolar Defence from www.patentdocs.org On 26 February 2013, the UK government announced a proposed change to the Patents Act to exempt clinical and field trials, as well as "health technology assessments," e.g., tests to obtain data to support ...
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Economics of Access to Medicines: The Challenges of Pharmaceutical Patents, Innovation and Access for Global Health from www.ipwatchdog.com While it is easy to point to patents and blame the industry and international trade agreements for barriers to access to medicines in developing nations, the reality of the situation is more nuanced and not ...
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European Patent Office Reports Record Patent Filings In 2012 from www.ip-watch.org The European Patent Office today announced that 2012 saw a new record for patent filings in the office, and equating the rise to Europe’s “innovative powers”. But while 36.5 per cent of applications ...
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ALJ Pender Grants Motion To Terminate Investigation In Certain Cases For Portable Electronic Devices (337-TA-861/867) from www.itcblog.com On March 1, 2013, ALJ Thomas B. Pender issued Order No. 6 in Certain Cases For Portable Electronic Devices (Inv. No. 337-TA-861/867). According to the Order, ALJ Pender granted a motion filed by Complainant ...
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ALJ Rogers Sets Procedural Schedule In Certain Wireless Devices With 3G And/Or 4G Capabilities (337-TA-868) from www.itcblog.com Further to our February 1, 2013 and February 8, 2013 posts, on February 28, 2013, ALJ Robert K. Rogers, Jr. issued Order No. 6 in Certain Wireless Devices With 3G and/or 4G Capabilities and ...
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ALJ Shaw Grants Motion To Terminate Investigation As To Mitsubishi Respondents In Certain Products Containing Interactive Program Guide And Parental Control Technology (337-TA-845) from www.itcblog.com On February 27, 2013, ALJ David P. Shaw issued Order No. 34 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 Shaw Grants Canon’s Summary Determination Motion And Recommends General Exclusion Order In Certain Toner Cartridges (337-TA-829) from www.itcblog.com On February 28, 2013, ALJ David P. Shaw issued a notice in Certain Toner Cartridges and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-829). In the notice, ALJ Shaw indicated that he issued an Initial Determination (“ID”) granting ...
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ALJ Shaw Grants Motion To Terminate Investigation As To LG Respondents In Certain Products Containing Interactive Program Guide And Parental Control Technology (337-TA-845) from www.itcblog.com On March 1, 2013, ALJ David P. Shaw issued Order No. 36 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 Essex Issues Notice of Remand Initial Determination In Certain Devices For Improving Uniformity Used In A Backlight Module (337-TA-805) from www.itcblog.com On February 28, 2013, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued a notice in connection with the Initial Determination on Remand regarding Validity and Enforceability (“RID”) in Certain Devices for Improving Uniformity Used in a Backlight Module ...
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Non-US Companies Dominate IP Industries, Report Finds from www.ip-watch.org A majority of leading firms in IP-related industries are foreign-owned, according to a new report, which argues that this should change the focus of US policymakers on domestic IP protection.
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Academics Criticise Handling Of Cultural Diversity, Traditional Knowledge At International Level from www.ip-watch.org At a recent conference jointly organised by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID, Geneva) and the Museum of Art and History of Geneva, academics tackled the question of the preservation of culture ...
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Judge Koh Throws Out Damages Award in Apple v. Samsung from ipcloseup.wordpress.com Apple’s high-profile and short-lived win against Samsung may turn into the licensing agreement that it should have been in the first place. On Friday Judge Lucy Koh halved the $1.05 billion award that ...
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Guest Post: What is Next in Design Patents for On-Screen Icons? from www.patentlyo.com By Tracy-Gene G. Durkin The recent Apple v. Samsung litigation has consumed the media since August when a California Jury awarded Apple more than $1 billion for infringement. Of the three design patents involved in ...
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Job Opening – Midlevel Patent Prosecution Associate – Silicon Valley from www.ipwatchdog.com This Silicon Valley stalwart is expanding its operation and is seeking patent prosecution associates to join their Silicon Valley industry leading team. Related posts:
- Job Opening – Midlevel Patent Prosecution Associate – DCThis prominent international firm ...
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Intellectual Ventures Reaches Another Semiconductor Patent Settlement from www.ip-watch.org Intellectual Ventures (IV) announced today that another settlement has been reached in one of its three patent infringement cases involving nine manufacturers in the semiconductor industry.
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Bringing Digital Government to the Patent Office from www.ipwatchdog.com In order to file an application or view outgoing correspondence online, the practitioner must authenticate using a private certificate and password. The process relies on an antiquated browser plugin, Java, that has not been welcomed ...
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Who Owns the Firms That Own IP? from ipfinance.blogspot.com Jonathan Band and Jonathan Gerafi have recently released at infojustice.org (March 5, 2013) a paper entitled, “Foreign Ownership of Firms in IP-Intensive Industries.” In this paper, the authors examine the question of whether firms ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
WTO: Wide Support For LDC TRIPS Transition Extension, With A Hitch from www.ip-watch.org The World Trade Organization committee on intellectual property rights met this week and addressed a request by least developed countries for an extension of the period to enforce WTO intellectual property rules. LDCs want that ...
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