Dawson v. Dawson (Fed. Cir. 2013) from www.patentdocs.org By Donald Zuhn -- On March 25, the Federal Circuit in Dawson v. Dawson affirmed a determination by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences that the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) failed to establish ...
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Design Patents in China: Applications, Infringement and Enforcement from www.ipwatchdog.com Nothing has fundamentally changed about the nature of design patents. The first US design patent was granted in 1842. The Statue of Liberty, Coke bottle, Volkswagen Beatle, Stealth Bomber and Star Wars’ Yoda are all ...
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Penny Pritzker Nominated as Commerce Secretary; PTO Director Next? from inventivestep.net President Obama has nominated Penny Pritzker to replace John Bryson who resigned as Secretary of Commerce last June. Pritzker is a billionaire business executive, entrepreneur, civic leader, and philanthropist. Pritzker has served in numerous roles ...
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ALJ Bullock Grants Non-Party Motion To Quash Subpoena In Certain Sintered Rare Earth Magnets (337-TA-855) from www.itcblog.com On April 16, 2013, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued the public version of Order No. 90 (dated April 2, 2013) in Certain Sintered Rare Earth Magnets, Methods of Making Same, and Products Containing Same ...
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ALJ Bullock Denies Motion To Compel For Failure To Include Separate Memorandum In Certain Sintered Rare Earth Magnets (337-TA-855) from www.itcblog.com On April 16, 2013, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued Order No. 95 in Certain Sintered Rare Earth Magnets, Methods of Making Same, and Products Containing Same (337-TA-855). In the Order, ALJ Bullock noted that ...
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The Curious Case of Fake Beijing Olympics Merchandise from www.iposgoode.ca This chapter closely scrutinizes the intellectual property developments during the Beijing Olympics to determine whether this important world event has provided the much-needed example to show that China could effectively address the counterfeiting problem when ...
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About the Boundaries of Fairness in Fair Use from www.iposgoode.ca The re-posting of this analysis is part of a cross-posting collaboration with MediaLaws: Law and Policy of the Media in a Comparative Perspective. On the 20th of March this year, the United States District Court ...
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Viewing Cached Copyrighted Content Isn’t Infringing, UK Supreme Court Says from www.ip-watch.org Internet users who merely read or view copyright-protected webpages enjoy a temporary copying exception under European Union and United Kingdom law and do not need permission from rights holders, the UK Supreme Court said in ...
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Joint Task Force Formed On Global Networked Media from www.ip-watch.org Three media standards bodies have formed a Joint Task Force on Networked Media (JT-NM) to define a strategy to develop a packet-based network infrastructure for the professional media industry.
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Hispanic National Bar Association IP Institute from www.patentlyo.com In a program sponsored by Microsoft, the Hispanic National Bar Association is setting up an IP Institute for the Summer 2013(July 7-12). The IP Law Institute will select up to 25 law students from ...
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Is it Finally Here? ProQuest Dialog Shows Off at PIUG 2013 from intellogist.wordpress.com The annual Patent Information Users Group (PIUG) 2013 conference took place in late April in Alexandria, VA, and I hope you were following @Intellogist for all the up-to-the-minute details! One of the most fun things ...
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Dr. Oz Fights Fraudulent Claims of Endorsement from www.ipwatchdog.com Mehmet Oz, M.D. is taking the fight to the scam operators who have been duping the public using his good and extremely popular name. Indeed, the two-time Emmy Award-winning, nationally syndicated daytime series The ...
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Motivation for voluntary corporate disclosure about human capital from www.athenaalliance.org Here is an interesting study on corporate reporting: "Factors explaining the level of voluntary human capital disclosure in the Brazilian capital market". The study used content analysis of corporate annual reports to measure the level ...
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ALJ Shaw Grants Motion To Strike Testimony And Grants-In-Part Motion To Strike Defenses In Certain Audiovisual Components (337-TA-837) from www.itcblog.com On April 17, 2013, ALJ David P. Shaw issued Order No. 89 and Order No. 90 (both dated April 16, 2013) in Certain Audiovisual Components and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-837). By way ...
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ALJ Pender Denies Motion For Summary Determination Of Non-Infringement In Certain Electronic Devices, Including Mobile Phones And Tablet Computers (337-TA-847) from www.itcblog.com On April 15, 2013, ALJ Thomas B. Pender issued Order No. 11 denying Respondents HTC America, Inc. and HTC Corporation’s (collectively, “HTC”) motion seeking summary determination of non-infringement of certain method claims of the ...
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ALJ Shaw Grants Motion To Quash In Certain Microprocessors (337-TA-781) from www.itcblog.com On April 19, 2013, ALJ David P. Shaw issued the public version of Order No. 50 (dated August 9, 2012) granting Complainant X2Y Attenuator (“X2Y”) and non-parties Messrs. Draganic and Wish’s motion to quash ...
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Richard Taranto Era Begins from www.717madisonplace.com Circuit Judge Richard Taranto sat for his first oral argument at the Federal Circuit yesterday. Chief Judge Rader offered these welcoming remarks: [Listen]. The Federal Circuit also has a visiting judge this month. Judge Dee ...
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