South Africa To Launch National Traditional Knowledge Recording System from www.ip-watch.org While diplomats are trying to find consensus on an international instrument to protect traditional knowledge at the World Intellectual Property Organization, some countries are establishing systems to protect their traditional knowledge domestically. South Africa will ...
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Senators Back 12-Year Data Exclusivity Period for Biosimilars and President Obama (Once Again) Does Not from www.patentdocs.org By Donald Zuhn -- On March 22, Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate Committee on Finance, sent a letter to Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, the Acting ...
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Senate bill would expand definition of “covered business method patents” for invalidity challenge purposes from ipspotlight.com A new bill introduced in the Senate this week would expand the scope of patents whose validity may be challenged as a “Covered Business Method” patent under the America Invents Act (AIA). Under the AIA ...
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CLS Bank v. Alice Corp: Court Finds Many Software Patents Ineligible from www.patentlyo.com by Dennis Crouch CLS Bank v. Alice Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2013) (en banc) In a much awaited en banc decision, the Federal Circuit has affirmed the patent ineligibility of Alice Corp’s claims to a ...
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Intellectual Dishonesty About Bayh-Dole Consequences from www.ipwatchdog.com Witness Bahy-Dole Has its Consequences, written by Walter Valdivia, who is a Fellow in Governance Studies and the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution. His knowledge, or lack thereof, is breathtaking and his ...
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Obama Administration Backs New Open Data Policy from www.ip-watch.org US President Barack Obama yesterday signed an executive order that requires federal agencies to make data publicly open in machine-readable formats, while appropriately safeguarding privacy, confidentiality, and security.
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Federal Circuit Nightmare in CLS Bank v. Alice Corp. from www.ipwatchdog.com The only thing we know is this — the Federal Circuit issued an extraordinarily brief per curiam decision, which stated: "Upon consideration en banc, a majority of the court affirms the district court’s holding that ...
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Federal Circuit En Banc on Patentable Subject Matter from inventivestep.net A Federal Circuit panel had reversed a district court opinion that related to patent eligibility of computer-related claims. The details of the patent are related in my earlier post, but the salient issue is that ...
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ALJ Bullock Terminates Investigation Based On Settlement Agreement In Certain Sintered Rare Earth Magnets (337-TA-855) from www.itcblog.com On May 6, 2013, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued Order No. 100 in Certain Sintered Rare Earth Magnets, Methods of Making Same and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-855). According to the Order, Complainants ...
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ALJ Shaw Sets Target Date And Procedural Schedule In Certain Omeaga-3 Extracts From Marine Or Aquatic Biomass (327-TA-877) from www.itcblog.com Further to our April 15, 2013 post, on May 7, 2013, ALJ David P. Shaw issued Order No. 6 and Order No. 7 in Certain Omega-3 Extracts From Marine or Aquatic Biomass and Products Containing ...
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ALJ Gildea Denies Respondents’ Motion For Summary Determination In Certain Wireless Consumer Electronics Devices (337-TA-853) from www.itcblog.com On May 7, 2013, ALJ E. James Gildea issued the public version of Order No. 29 (dated April 17, 2013) denying Respondents LG Electronics, Inc. and LG Electronics USA, Inc.’s (collectively, “LG”) motion for ...
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ALJ Bullock Denies Respondents’ Motions For Summary Determination Of Noninfringement In Certain Sintered Rare Earth Magnets (337-TA-855) from www.itcblog.com On May 7, 2013, Chief ALJ Bullock issued Order No.102 and Order No. 103 in Certain Sintered Rare Earth Magnets, Methods of Making Same, and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-855). According to Order ...
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ALJ Essex Denies Motion For Leave To Supplement Notice Of Prior Art In Certain Reduced Folate Nutraceutical Products (337-TA-857) from www.itcblog.com On May 8, 2013, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued Order No. 10 denying Respondents Macoven Pharmaceuticals, LLC and Viva Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s (collectively, “Respondents”) motion seeking leave to submit a supplemental notice of prior art ...
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IP Business Congress 2013 from www.patentdocs.org Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine will be hosting its 6th annual IP Business Congress on June 9-11, 2013 in Boston, MA. The IP Business Congress brings together senior thought leaders who specialize in the business ...
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Cardozo School of Law Patent Law Summer Intensive from www.patentdocs.org The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law will host its first Patent Law Summer Intensive for students and practitioners on July 15-19, 2013. The week-long program will have two components -- participants may enroll in one ...
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