Patent & IP news for July 1, 2013

World’s poorest countries get 8 yrs grace on IP rules from www.lotempiolaw.com

Negotiators have been locked in talks in Geneva discussing giving the poorest countries in the world an additional eight years in which to adhere to international intellectual property laws as set out by the WTO ...

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Board appeal examiner personal knowledge from allthingspros.blogspot.com

Takeaway: Ex parte Moody was a rare case in which an Examiner relied on personal knowledge in a rejection. During prosecution of claims directed to a paper towel dispenser, the Examiner used, as prior art ...

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Confused about the effects of IP Translator? The tmdn offers help ... from ipkitten.blogspot.com

As many of our readers will recall, about a year ago the CJEU delivered its eagerly awaited ruling in IP Translator (C-307/10, see IPKat reports here), inter alia and most notably calling for convergence ...

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Patent litigation survey: can you help? from patlit.blogspot.com

Lord Justice Jackson Afro-IP blogger and intellectual property enthusiast Kingsley Egbuonu, who is currently studying for a LLM at City Law School specialising in civil litigation & dispute resolution, has asked us for some help. He ...

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Over 50 Countries Sign Marrakesh Treaty On Copyright Exceptions And Limitations For The Blind from www.ip-watch.org

Marrakesh, Morocco - The 28 June signing of the new international treaty to improve access to published materials for the visually impaired brought relief to the beneficiaries and satisfaction to delegations. But some underlined the need ...

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Call for Papers: Innovation Law Beyond IP from writtendescription.blogspot.com

Next spring (on 3/30/14), the Yale Law School Information Society Project will host a one-day conference, Innovation Law Beyond IP:

Intellectual property law is only one of many legal institutions that can help ...

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Update: Pritzker Confirmed at Secretary of Commerce from inventivestep.net

Penny Pritzker has been confirmed as Secretary of Commerce by a vote of 97-1.  Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT) cast the lone dissenting vote. Now we await Pres. Obama’s pick for the new Undersecretary and ...

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Update: Pritzker Confirmed at Secretary of Commerce from inventivestep.net

Penny Pritzker has been confirmed as Secretary of Commerce by a vote of 97-1.  Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT) cast the lone dissenting vote. Now we await Pres. Obama’s pick for the new Undersecretary and ...

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PATENT Jobs Bill Introduced in House from inventivestep.net

Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Mike Honda (D-CA), and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced the Patents and Trademarks Encourage New Technology (PATENT) Jobs Act that seeks to exempt the PTO from $150 million in sequestered funds. The ...

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PATENT Jobs Bill Introduced in House from inventivestep.net

Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Mike Honda (D-CA), and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced the Patents and Trademarks Encourage New Technology (PATENT) Jobs Act that seeks to exempt the PTO from $150 million in sequestered funds. The ...

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How The Main Issues Of The Marrakesh Treaty For The Blind Were Solved In The Nick Of Time from www.ip-watch.org

It is no secret that the negotiations were arduous leading up to the this week’s Marrakesh treaty on exceptions and limitations to copyright for the blind, to the point where they were doubts halfway ...

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When groovy fingers don't make for good trade marks from ipkitten.blogspot.com

A generous katpat goes to aspiring young barrister Katherine Moggridge (a pupil at 3 New Square: both a Kat and a Mog, which scores pretty well on this weblog) for alerting the Kats to a ...

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Gibbons IP Department Featured in 2013 Chambers Edition from www.iplawalert.com

The 2013 edition of the Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business features the largest number of Gibbons practice areas (10) and individual attorneys (26) ever ranked in the top tiers of ...

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ALJ Gildea Sets 16-Month Target Date In Certain Consumer Electronics With Display And Processing Capabilities (337-TA-884) from www.itcblog.com

Further to our June 24, 2013 post, on June 27, 2013, ALJ E. James Gildea issued Order No. 2 in Certain Consumer Electronics With Display And Processing Capabilities (Inv. No. 337-TA-884). According to the Order ...

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Does Profit-Distribution to Professors Spoil Princeton’s Non-Profit Status? from www.patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch Like many universities, Princeton University (my Alma Mater) receives millions of dollars in patent royalty revenue. By agreement, some of that money goes directly to individual inventor/professors as an equity-type profit ...

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2nd Circuit rejects class certification in the Google Books saga (and evokes fair use defence for G) from ipkitten.blogspot.com

This Kat has always been a fan of endless stories.
This is why she was so pleased to learn that, after Before Sunrise, Before Sunset and Before Midnight [which she all equally loved], there might ...

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IP Enforcement in Honduras – Patent Enforcement Proceedings from info.inovia.com

Ricardo Mejia, Partner and Intellectual Property Director of  Bufete Mejia & Asociados, recently shared some important information on patent enforcement proceedings in Honduras. See below for a selection of excerpts from Mejia's article, which appeared ...

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Global Innovation Index: Most Innovative Keep Top Spots from www.ip-watch.org

Innovation is a main focus of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) substantive session taking place in Geneva this week. Today, at the ECOSOC opening session, the 2013 Global Innovation Index (GII) was ...

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ALJ Essex Grants-In-Part Motion To Quash Subpoena In Certain Products Having Laminated Packaging (337-TA-874) from www.itcblog.com

On June 12, 2013 ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued the public version of Order No. 9 (dated May 1, 2013) granting-in-part non-party Atlas Holdings LLC’s (“Atlas”) motion to quash multiple subpoenas filed by Respondents ...

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Contractual Override of Trade Secret Law from www.patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch Convolve and MIT v. Compaq and Seagate (Fed. Cir. 2013) MIT has a long history with patent enforcement, including its historic link with Franklin Pierce Law Center (now UNH) and housing of ...

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ACI "Legal and Regulatory Summit on Generic Drugs," New York City, July 17-18 from www.orangebookblog.com

ACI will be holding its first "Legal and Regulatory Summit on Generic Drugs" in New York City on July 17-18. The conference co-chairs are Shashank Upadhye, formerly of Apotex, and Kurt Karst of FDA Law ...

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What extremely secretive talks are or were Nokia and Samsung having about patents? from www.fosspatents.com

On Monday afternoon local time, Nokia filed a motion to seal all the meaningful parts of... a motion to seal (a motion for a protective order concerning confidential information, to be precise). Nokia wants some ...

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