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Patent Office Guidance for Examiners in wake of CLS Bank Decision: No Change for Now from www.reexamlink.com On May 13, 2013, the Patent Office issued a memo to USPTO examiners after the CLS Bank et al. v. Alice Corp. Federal Circuit en banc decision of last week. The memo instructs examiners to ...
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The Office finale: poorly protected trademarks #theoffice @theofficenbc from www.erikpelton.com The following is an update of a 2011 post, in honor of last night’s finale of The Office: A report in this 2011Wall Street Journal article discusses how Staples – a real office supply company ...
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Framing of videos: Court of Justice to rule from ipkitten.blogspot.com Merpel sniffs the water for
signs of pollution* Yesterday the First Civil Senate of the German Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) -- one of the most active and influential national intellectual property courts you can ever hope to find ...
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Carry-on over Cariou: when works are transformative 'as a matter of law' from ipkitten.blogspot.com In a world of fluctuating intellectual property law, we are used to seeing trends of judicial thought drifting first in one direction and then in another, as courts struggle to maintain the balance between rights ...
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The IP Lawyer's Nightmare: "But Everyone Else Does It" from ipkitten.blogspot.com This blog is about one of the most dreaded moments in the life of any IP attorney. You have been asked by your client whether it can take some action, such as use of certain ...
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Alexsam, Inc. v. Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Gap, JC Penney, McDonalds, et al.(E.D. Tex. 2013) Alexsam has asserted its gift-card patents against a host of accused infringers. U.S. Patent Nos. 6,000,608 and 6,189,787. These patents have been the subject... from www.patentlyo.com Alexsam, Inc. v. Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Gap, JC Penney, McDonalds, et al.(E.D. Tex. 2013) Alexsam has asserted its gift-card patents against a host of accused infringers. U.S. Patent Nos. 6,000 ...
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Is 35 USC 101 Judged by the Claims?: CLS Bank v. Alice Corp CAFC en banc decision: Nation of Men from hallingblog.com CLS Bank v. Alice Corp was an en banc decision that attempted to set the record straight on 35 USC 101. IT FAILED. The patents in suit deal with settlement risk in financial transactions. The ...
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Court Report Supplement from www.patentdocs.org By Ann Palma -- About Court Report Supplement: Periodically, we will report on biotech and pharma cases that were inadvertently omitted from our Court Report column. Tawnsaura Group, LLC v. Direct Digital, LLC 8:13-cv-00004; filed ...
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WIPO Reports Increase in International Application Filings in 2012 from www.patentdocs.org By Donald Zuhn -- In March, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced that International patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) increased by 6.6% in 2012. WIPO noted that of the 194 ...
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Down the Rabbit Hole from www.patenthawk.com Alice, a corporation from Down Under, got a family of system and method patents that broadly claimed computerizing escrow as a way of mitigating settlement risk. CLS got spooked and got a summary declaratory judgment ...
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German court stays Nokia-HTC patent case over enterprise admin feature from www.fosspatents.com Judge Andreas Voss ("Voß" in German) of the Mannheim Regional Court just announced an order to stay a Nokia v. HTC patent lawsuit over a feature giving enterprise IT administrators remote control over the availability ...
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Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com Here's a reminder for readers who quite properly concern themselves with such trivia as whether they are giving (or taking) legal advice that comes from a reliable source. The Official Journal of the European ...
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World Health Assembly Starts Next Week: R&D, NCDs, Pandemics Top Agenda from www.ip-watch.org With just days before the UN World Health Assembly opens, member states once again face a packed agenda with key decisions to be taken on some highly-politicised public health and intellectual property matters, including how ...
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Friday Foreign Filing Roundup from info.inovia.com Hello everyone and Happy Friday! Take a look at the latest in foreign filing news for the past week: In Bowman v. Monsanto Co., the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an Indiana farmer violated ...
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After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 from www.patentlyo.com From the PTO: Using information gathered from the After Final Consideration Pilot (AFCP), as well as input from stakeholders and examiners obtained through the RCE outreach initiative, the USPTO will launch the After Final Consideration ...
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WIPO Programmes Seek To Bridge IP And Climate Change, Global Health from www.ip-watch.org The World Intellectual Property Organization is involved in activities aimed at facilitating technology transfer for green technologies, and research and development for neglected diseases, malaria and tuberculosis. At the request of member states, WIPO's ...
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Patent Statistics and SPEs: Looking Beyond PAIR Data from www.ipwatchdog.com I wrote something incorrect about SPE Len Tran and for that I apologize to him and to the USPTO and to readers who were lead astray. The fact is that if you do a simple ...
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Apply to showcase your company at the IMPACT 2013 Mid-Atlantic Venture Summit from ipspotlight.com Are you an growing company in the Mid-Atlantic region that is seeking outside investment? If so, IMPACT 2013 may be the perfect opportunity for you. The IMPACT 2013 Venture Summit is an opportunity for growing ...
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After Final Consideration Pilot (AFCP), Version 2.0. from anticipatethis.wordpress.com The USPTO issued the following press release today, concerning the After Final Consideration (AFC) pilot program, which allows Examiners and Patent Applicants additional opportunities to reach agreement when the status of an outstanding Office Action ...
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MVS Filewrapper® Blog: Federal Circuit Deems Software Patent Ineligible, Provides Little Certainty from www.filewrapper.com In its recent en banc decision in CLS Bank v. Alice Corp, the Federal Circuit has affirmed the finding of subject matter ineligibility of Alice Corp's method and software for management of risk in ...
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Inadvertent Production of Counsel’s Analysis Acknowledging Weakness of Infringement Claim did not Justify § 1927 Sanctions from docketreport.blogspot.com The court denied defendants' motion for sanctions under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 after plaintiff inadvertently produced a document regarding the weakness of its claim. "[28 U.S.C. § 1927] allows sanctions when an attorney ...
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ALJ Rogers Denies Motion For Leave To Amend Complaint In Certain Wireless Devices With 3G And/Or 4G Capabilities (337-TA-868) from www.itcblog.com On May 10, 2013, ALJ Robert K. Rogers issued Order No. 27 denying Complainants InterDigital Technology Corporation, IPR Licensing, Inc. and InterDigital Holdings, Inc.’s (collectively, “InterDigital”) motion for leave to amend the complaint in ...
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Chisum Patent Academy Patent Law Seminar from www.patentdocs.org The Chisum Patent Academy will be offering its next Advanced Patent Law Seminars from July 31 to August 2, 2013 and from August 5-7, 2013 in Seattle, WA. The three-day seminar will focus on the ...
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IPLAC Program on IP Ethics from www.patentdocs.org The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) will be offering a program on "Ethics in IP Practice" on May 21, 2013 from 12:00 to 5:00 pm (Central) at the offices of Winston ...
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