Patent & IP news for August 1, 2013

BP Off the Hook in Butamax Biobutanol Suit from www.greenpatentblog.com

Previous posts (e.g., here, here and here) discussed the biobutanol patent war between advanced biofuels company Gevo and BP-DuPont joint venture Butamax.  Some of the suits filed by Gevo named DuPont and BP as ...

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Geographical Names as Trade Marks: Think Twice from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Last week came news that ICANN would likely refuse amazon.com’s application for the top level domain .amazon because Amazon is a geographical region first and foremost (more on the topic here and here ...

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U.S. Department of Commerce Publishes Green Paper on Updating Copyright Policies for the Internet Age from www.patentabilityblog.com

The U.S. Department of Commerce released a green paper on Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy (Green Paper) to advance discussion on a set of policy issues critical to economic growth ...

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Act Soon To Obtain Additional Patent Term Adjustment For U.S. National Stage Applications from www.pharmapatentsblog.com

The AIA Technical Corrections Act made several changes to the Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) statute, including one that could mean additional Patent Term Adjustment for U.S. national stage applications. Although the law was enacted ...

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Act Soon To Obtain Additional Patent Term Adjustment For U.S. National Stage Applications from www.pharmapatentsblog.com

The AIA Technical Corrections Act made several changes to the Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) statute, including one that could mean additional Patent Term Adjustment for U.S. national stage applications. Although the law was enacted ...

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“The Hopper” Vaults Over Another Requested Injunction from www.iposgoode.ca

Watching a television program only to have it cut to commercial during a dramatic scene has always been a frustrating, yet accepted, experience for those of us watching primetime television – until now. The Dish Network ...

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Governments Disagree On Geographical Indication Protection At TLD Level from www.ip-watch.org

Governments met recently to try to decide: Should special protection be provided online for geographical indications, in addition to trademark rights, geographical names and names of international organisations? Related Articles:

• Governments Weigh Options On New ...

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Jersey Strong: Biotech's Continuing Strength in New Jersey from www.iplawalert.com

According to a recent e-mail alert by BioNJ, some of the top Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical companies in the world call New Jersey home, just as other Life Sciences and high tech businesses continue to move ...

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International Coalition Counters TPP Secrecy With Open Copyright Forum from www.ip-watch.org

A coalition of international public interest and business organizations has launched an open, crowdsourced platform to discuss what copyright should look like under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. Related Articles:

• On TPP Secrecy, US And ...

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RAND Obligation Extends to Claims Containing Non-Essential Elements from docketreport.blogspot.com

Following a bench trial regarding the impact of RAND obligations on plaintiff's potential damages for infringement of its wireless network patents, the court found that fifteen categories of claims were all standard-essential. "[Plaintiff] contends ...

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Mitsubishi, Philips, Thomson sue Google's Motorola Mobility over MPEG-2 codec patents from www.fosspatents.com

Google's Motorola Mobility is no stranger to video codec patent lawsuits. It's been asserting some allegedly H.264-essential patents against Microsoft for a couple of years, though a federal judge has found that ...

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Whether Prior Art Should be Presumed Enabled from www.patentlyo.com

Finjan v. Rea (Supreme Court 2013) In its recently filed petition for certiorari, Finjan asks the court to determine whether "prior art should be presumed enabled" when being applied during prosecution before the United States ...

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ITC postpones final ruling on Apple's complaint against Samsung by eight days to August 9, 2013 from www.fosspatents.com

The United States International Trade Commission (USITC, or ITC) has just given notice of its decision to postpone by eight days its final ruling on Apple's patent infringement complaint against Samsung. The ruling was ...

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Welcome Judge Chen! from www.patentlyo.com

This morning the Senate unanimously confirmed Raymond T. Chen for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Soon-to-be Judge Chen comes to court with extensive experience in patent law ...

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