Patent & IP news for June 2, 2013

Small Entity Patenting from www.patentlyo.com

The chart above is based primarily on maintenance fee data that includes statements regarding whether the patentee is a "small entity" and also from the recent inclusion of small entity information in the USPTO annual ...

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IP TRANSLATOR One Year On: Quo Vadis? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

A week has famously been said to be a long time in politics, but when measured against the prospect of perpetual legal protection even a year seems a fairly short time in trade mark law ...

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ISP liability and the right to oblivion: a recent Spanish ruling from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Do not forget Spain.  Notwithstanding the fact that it is somewhere outside main European thinking when it comes to unitary European patent packages (on which see, most recently, Matthias Lamping's earlier Katpost here) and ...

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Indian publisher threatens blogger with 1 billion $ defamation suit: The Streisand effect? from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

Disturbing trend we have here with defamation law suits being used to quell free speech and public participation!
Last year Shamnad was sued by NATCO for alleged defamation (see his response here) and more recently ...

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Exploiting academic IP in Turkey and beyond: a conference report from ipfinance.blogspot.com

This year's “International Conference on Managing Intellectual Property in Universities” took place from 23 to 25 May 2013 at the Bogazici University, Istanbul,being the third of the annual conferences that have been held ...

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Artists unionize and register copyright societies to avail of benefits under the Amended Copyright Act. from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

The Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 brought about a number of changes to Indian copyright law. One significant change was allowing the authors of a work in cinematograph films, which includes singers, composers, lyricists etc, to ...

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Monday miscellany from ipkitten.blogspot.com

No resurrection: this man's Spanish
copyright never died in the first place Antonio Castán (Katfriend and, when not befriending cats and other quadrupeds, an IP lawyer with the Spanish law firm of ELZABURU) has ...

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Application Developers Alliance lashes out at Oracle over its Android-Java copyright appeal from www.fosspatents.com

The weather is lousy here this weekend, so I might as well comment on a third amicus curiae brief filed in support of Google against Oracle's Android-Java copyright appeal. Yesterday I already discussed the ...

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The Finale: Steve Kunin Interview Part 3 from www.ipwatchdog.com

"You’re going to get a claim construction early from the PTAB. In fact, one of the interesting results with the respect to a review of the decisions to initiate inter parted review or covered ...

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CBS Sunday Morning on June 2, 2013 from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Lee Cowan, not Charles Osgood, introduced the stories for June 2, 2013. Tracy Smith does the cover story "One small step beyond," involving discussion of Alex's Lemonade stand, and children who have benefitted. David ...

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Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack Seeks Electrical Patent Prosecution Associate from www.ipwatchdog.com

Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P. is seeking a Patent Prosecution Associate to join the firm's Electrical Group in the Washington, DC office. Related posts:

1. Job Opening – Midlevel Patent Prosecution Associate – DCThis prominent ...

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Patent Milestone in August? from patentlibrarian.blogspot.com

The USPTO is on track to issue patent no. 8,500,000 later this summer. At the current rate of about five thousand new patents each week, no. 8,500,000 should appear sometime in ...

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Statutory Invention Registration Abolished from patentlibrarian.blogspot.com

On March 16, 2013, the Statutory Invention Registration was abolished under the provisions of the America Invents Act. The purpose of the SIR was to allow an inventor who did not wish to get a ...

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IPO Webinar on USPTO Ethics Rules from www.patentdocs.org

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar on the "New USPTO Rules of Conduct" on June 6, 2013 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET). A panel consisting of Glenn Barrett, Counsel ...

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CLE on Bowman v. Monsanto from www.patentdocs.org

Law Seminars International (LSI) will be offering a one-hour telebriefing entitled "Bowman v. Monsanto: Practical Implications of the Supreme Court's Ruling" on June 5, 2013 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm (Eastern). Jeffrey I ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

June 5-7, 2013 - Advanced Forum on Biosimilars (American Conference Institute) - New York, NY June 5, 2013 - Bowman v. Monsanto: Practical Implications of the Supreme Court's Ruling (Law Seminars International) - 2:00 - 3:00 pm ...

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Court Report from www.patentdocs.org

By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. et al. v. Impax Laboratories, Inc. 3:13-cv-02416; filed May 29, 2013 in ...

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