Patent & IP news for March 18, 2013

After Megaupload: what actually happens in the marketplace? from ipfinance.blogspot.com

"Gone in 60 Seconds: The Impact of the Megaupload Shutdown on Movie Sales" is a fascinating piece of research by Brett Danaher (Wellesley College, Department of Economics) and Michael D. Smith (Carnegie Mellon University, H ...

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Steve Forbes is Wrong on Patent Pools from hallingblog.com

In an opinion piece on Fox News entitled “America’s patent system is all wrong for today’s high-tech world”, Mr. Forbes argues that “patent holding entities that do not produce anything in the way ...

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Creating markets from research results: a new EPO event from ipfinance.blogspot.com

Do you fall within the class of persons described as "senior-level decision-makers concerned with the commercialisation of public research, including national representatives of technology transfer offices (TTOs), representatives from ministries for education and research, higher ...

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Frolow v. Wilson: Marking Estoppel and Arising Under Jurisdiction from www.patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch Jack Frolow v. Wilson Sporting Goods (Fed. Cir. 2013) The decision here focuses on the evidentiary value associated with the fact that a patent licensee marked its products as patented but then ...

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African Ministers Focus On IP Role In Innovation For Development; Less On Flexibilities from www.ip-watch.org

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – The role of innovation as a driving force of social, economic, and environmental development is one of the central themes in post-2015 global development agenda discussions. In a ministerial-level meeting with ...

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Apple Protects Fiber Optic Cable Connection that Self-Cleans from www.ipwatchdog.com

Electronic device developer and manufacturer Apple Inc. has recorded another big week with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. On Tuesday, the California corporation was issued 36 patents, and the USPTO published another 32 patent ...

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USPTO Fee Change on March 19 from www.patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch On March 19, the USPTO's new fee structure becomes effective. Some fees are going down, others are going up. "Micro entities" will likely wait until tomorrow to take action in their ...

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ICANN advierte a EE.UU. de no socavar el Modelo Multisectorial from www.ip-watch.org

La “Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers” (ICANN) ha emitido un nuevo comunicado sobre un futuro contrato con Estados Unidos para la gestión de la zona raíz y otras funciones de infraestructura de la ...

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Beware of Public Disclosure from inventivestep.net

The United States patent system is now officially First-to-File. A new website was brought to my attention of the weekend:  First to Disclose.  The website indicates that it is a “community-powered” site that was created ...

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Professionals Discuss Interconnection Between Professional Sports And IP from www.ip-watch.org

A recent conference of AROPI (Association Romande de Propriété Intellectuelle), an association of intellectual property practitioners in French-speaking Switzerland, examined how sports and IP interact. Related Articles:

• IP Professionals Discuss Tech Transfer Potential In Humanitarian ...

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2013 Economic Report of the President from www.athenaalliance.org

The 2013 Economic Report of the President came out last week covering many of the economic issues that the Obama Administration is likely to concentrate on. The Report had sections on macroeconomics, fiscal policy, tax ...

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ALJ Shaw Grants Canon Motion For Summary Determination Concerning the Economic Prong In Certain Toner Cartridges (337-TA-829) from www.itcblog.com

On March 14, 2013, ALJ David P. Shaw issued the public version of Order No. 24 (dated February 26, 2013) granting Complainants Canon Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc., and Canon Virginia, Inc.’s (collectively ...

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The Living Daylights (…Scents, Tastes, and Sounds): Bill C-56 Forebodes Drastic Trade-mark Reform from www.iposgoode.ca

Bill C-56, a new and inevitably controversial piece of proposed legislation, was introduced on March 1, 2013. With the short title, Combating Counterfeit Products Act, the message seems simple, but contained within it are extensive ...

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UN Agencies To Examine International Standards, Potential Value For Developing Countries from www.ip-watch.org

Five United Nations agencies are joining efforts to tackle the rising issue of private standards which they say are affecting developing countries' exports by creating market entry hurdles for those countries. A new forum will ...

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Bowman v. Monsanto and Patent Exhaustion: To Be, or Ought to Be? from www.iposgoode.ca

More of a cautionary winter’s tale than a midsummer night’s dream, an Indiana farmer facing legal action from a certain biotech and chemical multinational behemoth recently reached the U.S. Supreme Court. The ...

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USPTO Update: Track One Has 50% Allowance Rate from www.ipwatchdog.com

Hanlon started with statistics relating to the variety of new procedures that were ushered in as part of either phase one or phase two implementation of the America Invents Act (AIA). He started with prioritized ...

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ALJ Shaw Rules On Motion To Preclude Reliance On Documents In Certain Audiovisual Components (337-TA-837) from www.itcblog.com

On March 14, 2013, ALJ David P. Shaw issued Order No. 68 denying Respondents Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Funai Corporation, Inc., P&F; USA, Inc., and Funai Service Corporation’s (collectively, “Funai”) motion to preclude ...

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PCT Applications as Prior Art from www.patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch International Patent Applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) are ordinarily published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 18-months after the filing date. In a prior comment section, some debate ...

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Nearly 50 Groups Demand IPRs Out Of EU-US FTA from www.ip-watch.org

Upwards of 50 civil society groups have issued a declaration asking for the exclusion of all forms of intellectual property rights from the upcoming Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the United ...

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Tuberculosis: WHO, Global Fund Call For Mobilisation Of Funds As Resistance Rises from www.ip-watch.org

Tuberculosis is now a renewed threat, with strains that prove resistant to multiple drugs and are transmissible and the potential to spread widely, according to the World Health Organization and the Global Fund, which are ...

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Bill C-56 Remedies: Rights Holders Can All Feel a Little Safer from www.iposgoode.ca

Bill C-56, the “Combating Counterfeit Products Act”, went through its first reading on March 1st 2013. The primary goal of the bill, from the perspective of the government, is to modernize our infringement legislation in ...

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