Patent & IP news for April 19, 2013

Unfair Competition Book Raises Unfair Competition Claims Against Kenyon from www.patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch Duvall v. Kenyon & Kenyon (D.D.C. 2013) In 1990, ITC Chief Judge Donald Duvall published his treatise titled Unfair Competition and the ITC: Actions Before the International Trade Commission under Section ...

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Patents for Humanity Winners from www.lotempiolaw.com

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Patents for Humanity awards were handed out in a ceremony on Capitol Hill last week. In addition to receiving the award and national recognition winners get ...

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What We May Learn from the Myriad Oral Argument from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. on Monday, and many have commented on the Court's interrogation of the parties ...

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ISOC, IETF Promote Open Standardisation, Consider What’s “Open”? from www.ip-watch.org

Berlin - Open standardisation processes, their problems and their value for economy and society were the subject of discussion at a conference on 17 April at the German Ministry of Economy and Technology in Berlin. Related ...

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Bio-Pharma at the U.S. Supreme Court from www.ipwatchdog.com

Since my last article here on IPWatchdog.com, the pharmaceutical industry has been simply overflowing with interesting developments, including the US Supreme Court hearing arguments concerning three significant cases. The first case argued at the ...

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United Nations Economic Commission For Europe Looks At Innovation from www.ip-watch.org

Last week’s event on the “the role of innovation in creating a dynamic and competitive economy,” held at the 65th session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), gave an opportunity to ...

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PTO Numbers – March 2013 from inventivestep.net

We have now reached the half-way point of FY2013.  It’s time to review PTO numbers again. The following is a comparison of the PTO’s numbers from March 2013 with the end of FY2012 ...

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Time Ticking For WIPO Delegates On Copyright Exceptions Treaty from www.ip-watch.org

A new text has been the subject of negotiation today by a committee seeking to finalise a draft treaty providing exceptions and limitations to copyrights so that blind and visually impaired people have facilitated access ...

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ALJ Shaw Denies Request For In-Person Conference On Proposed Motion In Certain Compact Fluorescent Reflector Lamps (337-TA-872) from www.itcblog.com

On April 17, 2013, ALJ David P. Shaw issued Order No. 12 in Certain Compact Fluorescent Reflector Lamps, Products Containing Same and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-872).  In the Order, ALJ Shaw denied Respondents Satco ...

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ACI Biosimilars Conference from www.patentdocs.org

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 4th Advanced Forum on Biosimilars on June 5-7, 2013 in New York, NY. ACI faculty will provide information on: • Complying with the FDA standards on the abbreviated ...

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IPO Conference on a Harmonized Patent World from www.patentdocs.org

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) European Practice Committee will be hosting a one-day conference entitled "A Harmonized Patent World -- Are We Getting There?" on May 27, 2013 in Brussels, Belgium. The conference will analyze ...

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Webinar on AIA and Patent Due Diligence from www.patentdocs.org

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "AIA and Patent Due Diligence Understanding the AIA Impact and Best Practices for the Due Diligence Process" on May 29, 2013 from 1:00 - 2:30 pm ...

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