Patent & IP news for May 8, 2013

Rubin v. General Hospital Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2013) from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- On March 28, the Federal Circuit in Rubin v. General Hospital Corp. affirmed judgment by the District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissing the suit brought by Drs. Berish Rubin and ...

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A Battle For Open Public Data In South Africa from www.ip-watch.org

Cape Town, South Africa - Amid growing calls for the controversial Protection of State Information bill to be referred to the Constitutional Court of South Africa, open data activists are fighting a separate but related battle ...

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Microsoft Patents Identifying Different Users on Touchscreen from www.ipwatchdog.com

As always, many patent applications show Microsoft’s focus on improving their software for business applications. Different Microsoft patent applications this week provide for systems of sharing meeting notes within office software, mapping identities to ...

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New Book – The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law from www.iposgoode.ca

In the summer of 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a series of rulings in five major copyright cases (referred to as the “copyright pentalogy”). A new book has just been released that examines ...

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Business Method Review Bill Introduced from inventivestep.net

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) has introduced a bill in the Senate that would expand the AIA’s temporary review of business method patents in the financial services industry.  The bill would simply delete the sunset ...

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IPRs And The WTO’s New Brazilian President: Heading South, Hopefully Up from www.ip-watch.org

Benny Spiewak writes on the intellectual property system and a Brazilian as head of the WTO. How an emerging economy national may affect the rules of the game. Related Articles:

• WTO TRIPS Council To Consider ...

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Call for Nominations for 40th Annual Inventor of the Year Award from www.ipwatchdog.com

Nominations are due by May 15, 2013, and the winner (and the nominators) will be honored on Monday, December 10, 2012, in Washington, D.C. at a gala event. The purpose of the award is ...

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WTO Announces Steps For Azevedo To Become New Director from www.ip-watch.org

The World Trade Organization today announced that the three facilitators charged with consulting WTO members have recommended Brazilian Amb. Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo become its next director general. Related Articles:

• Race For WTO Director General ...

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Is This True?: The Most Innovative Products are Not Being Patented from www.patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch Mike Masnick at techdirt highlights an interesting new academic study by article by a group of international economists. The paper examines winners of the R&D; 100 award published annually by R ...

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ALJ Shaw Issues Public Version Of Rulings On Discovery Motions In Certain Video Analytics Software (337-TA-795) from www.itcblog.com

On April 23, 2013, ALJ David P. Shaw issued the public versions of Order No. 21 and Order No. 25 (dated April 16, 2012 and June 21, 2012, respectively) in Certain Video Analytics Software, Systems ...

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ALJ Gildea Rules On Motions To Compel In Certain Wireless Consumer Electronics Devices (337-TA-853) from www.itcblog.com

On April 23, 2013, ALJ E. James Gildea issued the public versions of Order No. 23 (dated April 4, 2013), Order No. 24 (dated April 8, 2013) and Order No. 27 (dated April 11, 2013 ...

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ALJ Rogers Issues Notice Of Initial Determination On Violation Of Section 337 In Certain Digital Models, Digital Data, And Treatment Plans For Use, In Making Incremental Dental Positioning Adjustment Appliances Made Therefrom (337-TA-833) from www.itcblog.com

On May 6, 2013, Chief ALJ Robert K. Rogers, Jr. issued a notice regarding his Initial Determination (“ID”) on violation of Section 337 and Recommended Determination (“RD”) on remedy and bond in Certain Digital Models ...

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ALJ Gildea Denies Motion To Strike Inequitable Conduct Defense In Certain Wireless Communications Equipment (337-TA-866) from www.itcblog.com

On May 7, 2013, ALJ E. James Gildea issued the public version of Order No. 20 (dated April 29, 2013) denying Complainants Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC’s (collectively, “Samsung”) motion ...

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