Patent & IP news for July 10, 2013

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post image Celebrity Tattoo News: Kate Moss’s Partnership with Carphone Warehouse from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Do you think of your mobile phone as a fashion accessory to complement your wardrobe?  This Kat has only changed her iPhone case once – when she dropped her phone and broke the first case.  But ...

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post image HADOPI to disappear and the French graduated response system to be partially dropped. from ipkitten.blogspot.com


Following a long awaited decision, the implementing decree revising the French graduated response to online piracy (not streaming, just peer-to-peer) has been issued yesterday, July 8th. For French readers, the (short) decree n° 2013-596 can ...

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post image OQT joins PGI, PDO and TSG in EU from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The IPKat approves greatly of initiatives taken by his readers. Earlier today this Kat praised their parodistic lyrics; now he praises their commitment to the IP community.  The author of the post below is Andrea ...

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post image How Tufty’s Law detoxicates poisonous priority from ipkitten.blogspot.com

It's not the coffee that kills;
it's the poisonous priority ...
In "Poisonous priority – how many ways can a patent be toxic?", back on 7 May, Darren the Kat initiated an enthusiastic discussion of ...

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post image Today's European Parliament Health Committee vote on plain packaging from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The IPKat has just received this news from Christopher Morcom QC (Hogarth Chambers):
European Parliament Health Committee has voted against ‘Plain Packaging’ today -- but supported 75% size Health Warnings for tobacco products
It is time ...

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post image If Mercury estate goes ape over gorilla, what will it do to THIS? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Here's a riposte to those humourless humanoids who represent Freddie (Queen) Mercury's estate, from some talented sympathisers with Go Go Gorilla who have plundered Bohemian Rhapsody in their parodies [for a background to ...

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Abraham Lincoln — Patent Prosecutor? from www.717madisonplace.com

I was reading the book “Lincoln the Inventor” over the holiday weekend.  One of the interesting tidbits from the book is that in 1848 Abraham Lincoln called on the Patent Office on at least two ...

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Myriad Genetics Files Suit Against Ambry Genetics for Genetic Diagnostic Testing of BRCA Genes from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- Today Myriad Genetics sued Ambry Genetics, Corp. in the District of Utah, Central Division for patent infringement of ten patents relating to genetic diagnostic testing (Case No. 2:13-cv-00640-RJS; complaint). Ambry ...

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“Trilateral” Symposium Addresses Topics Of Global Public Health And IP from www.ip-watch.org

The themes of innovation, collaboration, and policy coherence shared the spotlight during panel discussions at the 5 July technical symposium on Medical Innovation: Changing Business Models. The event was jointly hosted by the World Health ...

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WTO Aid For Trade Review Looks At LDCs And Value Chains from www.ip-watch.org

Trade, development and value chains were a subject of discussion at this week’s World Trade Organization 4th Global Review of Aid for Trade, an initiative that encourages developing country governments and donors to recognise ...

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USPTO launches Global Patent Search Network with searchable database of Chinese patents from ipspotlight.com

This week the USPTO announced the launch of the Global Patent Search Network, a database that allows users to search non-U.S. patents in both English and the patent’s native language.  The initial effort ...

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USPTO launches Global Patent Search Network with searchable database of Chinese patents from ipspotlight.com

This week the USPTO announced the launch of the Global Patent Search Network, a database that allows users to search non-U.S. patents in both English and the patent’s native language.  The initial effort ...

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Mutual Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. v. Bartlett from www.iplawalert.com

The generic pharmaceutical industry faced a Catch-22 when a serious adverse reaction arose from use of a generic drug product, and the manufacturer was restrained from unilaterally amending the product label to conform to state ...

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MVS Filewrapper® Blog: New and Useful - July 10, 2013 from www.filewrapper.com

·         In Convolve v. Compaq Computer the Federal Circuit affirmed in part the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruling that Compaq Computer Corp., Seagate Technology, LLC., and Seagate Technology, Inc ...

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Survey of Defendant’s Customers Authorized to Investigate Indirect Infringement Claims from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted in part plaintiff's motion to send a survey to defendant’s customers concerning potential indirect infringement. However, rather than compel defendant to produce customer names and email addresses, the court ordered ...

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Bits & Bytes from Jonathan Hummel from www.patentlyo.com

RECENTLY #1. House Bill Would Exempt USPTO from Sequestration. Tony Dutra at Bloomberg BNA reports a Bill has been introduced into the House that would exempt the USPTO from government cuts forced by sequestration. The ...

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Dani Rodrik on sources of growth from www.athenaalliance.org

I recently came across Dani Rodrik's piece on The Past, Present, and Future of Economic Growth. As the introduction notes: The paper emphasizes two key dynamics behind growth. The first is the development of ...

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ITC Decides to Review-In-Part Remand Initial Determination in Certain Video Game Systems (337-TA-770) from www.itcblog.com

On July 8, 2013, the International Trade Commission (the “ITC” or the “Commission”) issued a notice in Certain Video Game Systems and Wireless Controllers and Components Thereof (337-TA-770).  In the notice, the Commission determined to ...

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Myriad Genetics Files Infringement Suit Against Gene by Gene for Genetic Diagnostic Testing of BRCA Genes from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- A day after Myriad Genetics sued Ambry Genetics for patent infringement, the company filed suit in the District of Utah, Central Divisions against Gene by Gene Ltd. (Case No. 2:13-cv-00643-EJF ...

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