No Searches on Excluded Matter- the UKIPO Dig Their Claws In from ipkitten.blogspot.com This Kat has managed to tear himself away from the glorious July sunshine and get his whiskers into some recent UKIPO judgments. One decision in particular served to remind this moggy that, as a non-feline ...
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Myriad Sues Ambry For Offering BRCA1/BRCA2 Breast Cancer Genetic Testing from www.pharmapatentsblog.com On July 9, 2013, Myriad Genetics, Inc. brought suit against Ambry Genetics Corporation, alleging that Ambry is infringing ten (10) patents by offering breast cancer genetic testing for the BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 mutations associated ...
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Fresenius USA, Inc. v. Baxter International, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2013) from www.patentdocs.org By Alison Baldwin -- Just before the July 4th holiday, the Federal Circuit issued its ruling in Fresenius USA, Inc. v. Baxter International, Inc. ("Fresenius II"). The Federal Circuit framed the question at issue as: "Whether ...
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Myriad Sues Ambry For Offering BRCA1/BRCA2 Breast Cancer Genetic Testing from www.pharmapatentsblog.com On July 9, 2013, Myriad Genetics, Inc. brought suit against Ambry Genetics Corporation, alleging that Ambry is infringing ten (10) patents by offering breast cancer genetic testing for the BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 mutations associated ...
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ALJ Bullock Sets Target Date In Certain Windshield Wiper Devices (337-TA-881) from www.itcblog.com Further to our June 10, 2013 post, on July 9, 2013, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued Order No. 4 in Certain Windshield Wiper Devices and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-881). In the Order, ALJ ...
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The UK Intellectual Property Office on the Impact of Lookalikes from www.iposgoode.ca On May 31st, 2013 the UK Intellectual Property Office (“IPO”) released a report on its research into the “Impact of Lookalikes: Similar Packaging and Fast-Moving Consumer Goods”. The issue of lookalikes is a politically “hot ...
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Will I Am: Pharrell Williams and Will.i.am In Trade-Mark Dispute from www.iposgoode.ca Pharrell may currently hold the #1 and #2 spots on Billboard’s Hot 100, but in the past few weeks, he made headlines due to his ongoing trade-mark dispute with Will.i.am (coincidentally, the ...
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GI Proponents Seek Recognition In New Internet Domains Programme At ICANN from www.ip-watch.org In the run-up to next week’s meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a lobby group promoting the recognition and the protection of geographical indications has sent a letter to ...
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Will Ultramercial Patent Set Up an Ultra Supreme Court Appeal? from www.iposgoode.ca In late June, the Federal Circuit again decided Ultramercial v Hulu – a case brought by Ultramercial claiming infringement of their patent for serving online media preceded by advertising. Ultramercial’s patent has been widely criticized ...
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Monitoring Patent Costs: Translations from info.inovia.com In this installment of our Monitoring Patent Costs series, Ill be discussing translation costs that occur at the PCT national stage. When you’re filing internationally, many patent offices require translation of your application (presumably ...
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Disclosure of Protected Information to Advisory Board Waives Privilege from docketreport.blogspot.com The court denied plaintiff's motion for a determination that it did not waive privilege by disclosing protected material to its advisory board which was not a formal board of directors and was not paid ...
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EU High Court Upholds Private Copy Levies On First Sale Of Blank Media from www.ip-watch.org Setting general private copying levies on the first sale of blank media such as CDs and DVDs does not necessarily breach EU law, Europe's highest court said on 11 July. The law does not ...
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WHO Priority Medicines Report Sees Drop In R&D Productivity from www.ip-watch.org Decline in pharmaceutical research and development productivity is one of the main challenges addressed in the 2013 edition of the World Health Organization report, Priority Medicines for Europe and the World. Whether the decline in ...
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Nikola Tesla: Inventor, Engineer, Physicist and Futurist from www.patentbaristas.com Google.com today put up a special logo depicting the Tesla coil created by Nikola Tesla. Tesla was born on July 10, 1856 and he passed away on January 7, 1943. Without going into the ...
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ITC No Longer Favored Forum for NPEs from ocpatentlawyer.com For judges, patent litigation cases are one of the most complex types of cases. Patent cases by their nature involve unique inventions and a patent document which is sometimes difficult to read and understand because ...
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US Subcommittee Examines Toxic Substances Control Act, IP Protection from www.ip-watch.org A subcommittee of the United States House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee today heard arguments for and against greater chemical regulation and trade secret protection in its review of the Toxic Substances Control Act ...
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Manufacturing Innovation in America Act Introduced in House from www.patentdocs.org By Donald Zuhn -- On June 28, Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) introduced legislation (H.R. 2605) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for "patent box" profit from the use of ...
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