Patent & IP news for April 13, 2013

Top Phrases by the Federal Circuit from www.patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch Google's ngram viewer shows that the phrase "ordinary skill in the art" took-off shortly before implementation of the 1952 patent act that includes the identical wording. From the corpus of all ...

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Washington College of Law Post Argument Discussion of AMP v. Myriad from www.patentdocs.org

As part of its ongoing Supreme Court series, the American University Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice & Intellectual Property, along with the Federal Circuit Bar Association, will be hosting a post argument discussion ...

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Frito-Lay Loses SCOOPS!® Patent, Trademark Infringement Case from www.ipwatchdog.com

Frito-Lay brought a lawsuit against Medallion Foods for allegedly trademark infringement, trade dress infringement, unfair competition, and dilution under United States Trademark Act. Frito-Lay also alleged willful patent infringement under the patent laws of the ...

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Micro entity lower fee for independent inventor from www.lotempiolaw.com

The micro entity provision of the Americas Invent Act is now law. Now all the rule changes mandated by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) have been implemented by the United States Patent and Trademark ...

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