Patent & IP news for March 26, 2013

By Dennis Crouch The chart below shows the number of applications abandoned and allowed each month for the past several years. These include utility, plant, and reissue applications - although the results are overwhelmed by the utility applications. As you... from www.patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch The chart below shows the number of applications abandoned and allowed each month for the past several years. These include utility, plant, and reissue applications - although the results are overwhelmed by the ...

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Case Brief: Federal Trade Commission v. Watson Pharmaceuticals from www.patentdocs.org

By Kwame Mensah -- [Ed. The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in Federal Trade Commission v. Watson Pharmaceuticals. While Patent Docs will provide analysis regarding the oral argument in a subsequent post, we provide the ...

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Resale Royalty Right in Australia from ipwars.com

The 1709 Blog has a report about the operation of the resale royalty right scheme (here or here) given by the (then) Minister for the Arts to the Senate. Some highlights: since the scheme started ...

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Chubby Checker Brings Lawsuit Against Hewlett-Packard, Palm for Trademark Infringement from www.ipwatchdog.com

In the complaint, Willie Gary and his team claim that HP and Palm's infringing use of the name Chubby Checker in relation to its software application is likely to cause confusion or mistake in ...

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Innovation, IPR Cooperation Among Top Priorities For BRICS from www.ip-watch.org

The trade ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) today concluded a framework for cooperation that includes innovation and intellectual property rights, but separately. Related Articles:

• Serageldin: IPR Adaptation Needed To Help ...

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ALJ Shaw Denies Motion To Strike In Certain Audiovisual Components (337-TA-837) from www.itcblog.com

On March 21, 2013, ALJ David P. Shaw issued Order No. 79 denying Respondents Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Funai Corporation, Inc., P&F; USA, Inc., Funai Service Corporation, and Realtek Semiconductor Corporation’s (collectively, “Respondents ...

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United States Chided As TRIPS Scofflaw At WTO from www.ip-watch.org

A clause unfairly protecting a rum company’s US market by denying trademark rights quietly stuck into a US Congress appropriations bill in the deep of night in the late 1990s continues to haunt the ...

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Rules For Life Sciences Tech Transfer, IP Are Changing, Speakers Say from www.ip-watch.org

Lyon, France – Participants at a the Biovision international life sciences forum aimed at encouraging collaboration and integrating innovation shared experiences and discussed a number of topics including intellectual property strategy, technology transfer and the way ...

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Call for Applications – Summer Research Assistant Positions in Copyright / IP Research from www.iposgoode.ca

Professor David Vaver and Professor Giuseppina D’Agostino are seeking two JD students to assist in the research of a copyright project to be undertaken in Summer 2013 as well as other research in IP ...

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US Justice Dept. Antitrust Concerns Over IPXI Patent Exchange from www.ip-watch.org

The United States Department of Justice today said it has not yet settled concerns about the possible negative effect on competition of a proposed patent exchange. Related Articles:

• IP Exchange ‘Getting Some Teeth’; First Offerings ...

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ITC Institutes Investigation (337-TA-875) Regarding Certain Radio Frequency Identification (“RFID”) Products from www.itcblog.com

On March 26, 2013, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a press release announcing their vote to institute an investigation of Certain Radio Frequency Identification (“RFID”) Products and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-875). The ...

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Reflecting On A Day Of Discussions Surrounding The Important Student Role From Invention To Commercialization from www.iposgoode.ca

On March 22, 2013, IP Osgoode and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) co-hosted a conference examining the role of student researchers in commercializing intellectual property. Inspired by her SSHRC-funded research, IP Osgoode’s Professor ...

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The copyright claws come out in EU catwalk photo battle from www.iposgoode.ca

Tout arrive en France, especially for folk following recent intellectual property news. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) released a key judgment in January in a case that pitted copyright against freedom of expression ...

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