Patent & IP news for August 19, 2013

Oklahoma—What the Heck! from dunlapcodding.com

Did you know that Oklahoma City has been ranked the #1 most affordable and a Top 5 fastest-growing city in America? The oil and gas industry is a big economic contributor, but we are also ...

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Book Review Monday: How to Write a Patent Application from www.patentbaristas.com

After receiving my copy of “How to Write a Patent Application” (Jeffrey G. Sheldon, Second Edition), I changed my opinion about it. I’ve certainly used the first edition over the years. However, I thought ...

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Due diligence: no joke? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Among the bits and pieces that float into this Kat's email in-box on Friday afternoon, when the pleasures of the weekend loom large and the effort to concentrate on work becomes disproportionately onerous, is ...

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USPTO to Host Next Software Partnership Meeting in Berkeley, California from www.patentabilityblog.com

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced that it will host its next Software Partnership Meeting on Thursday, October 17, 2013, at the U.C. Berkeley School of Law in Berkeley, California ...

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Monday miscellany from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Art & Artifice's Red Bus free event, on 24 October, was only launched this morning and has already attracted over 30 registrations, despite the fact that we are wallowing in the midst of the holiday ...

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Google makes 'defensive suspension' argument in FRAND contract dispute with Microsoft from www.fosspatents.com

In one week from today, the Microsoft v. Motorola breach-of-FRAND-contract trial in the Western District of Washington will start. And one week ago, Judge James Robart, the federal judge presiding over this case, handed down ...

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More on copyright in tattoos: a Belgian precedent from ipkitten.blogspot.com

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Hamilton v Sunbeam: when outsourcing triggers the on-sale bar from patlit.blogspot.com

On Wednesday, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an interesting judgment in Hamilton Beach Brands Inc. v Sunbeam Products Inc., affirming the applicability of the on-sale bar in a case where ...

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National filings: bad habit or necessary virtue? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Earlier this year, as part of its Balance of Competences Review, the UK's Intellectual Property Office published a document, Review of the Internal Market: Free Movement of Goods; including the EU Customs Union and ...

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ALJ Bullock Denies Motion For Reconsideration And Application For Interlocutory Review In Certain Wiper Blades (337-TA-816) from www.itcblog.com

On August 14, 2013, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued the public version of Order No. 75 (dated August 5, 2013) denying Respondents’ motion for reconsideration or, in the alternative, for interlocutory review of Order ...

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ITC lets Nokia assert another patent against HTC's Android devices in recently-launched investigation from www.fosspatents.com

On July 23 I reported on a Nokia motion to amend its second ITC complaint against HTC, the investigation of which is in the relatively early stages. Nokia had originally asserted U.S. Patent No ...

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Reasonable Belief in Noninfringement and Good Faith Design-Around Repel Attorneys’ Fee Claim from docketreport.blogspot.com

Following a bench trial on damages and attorneys' fees, the court denied plaintiff's motion for attorneys' fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285. "[A]lthough Defendants continued to sell and market infringing pool enclosures ...

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Softbank, Bloom Boxes, and Green Patenting in Japan from www.greenpatentblog.com

Softbank, a Japanese telecommunications and internet company, recently formed a joint venture with U.S. fuel cell maker Bloom Energy to sell electricity from Bloom’s natural gas fuel cells in Japan. A theme of ...

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Gugliuzza: How far will the Federal Circuit go? from writtendescription.blogspot.com

Does the Federal Circuit really ignore patent policy, as many of the court's judges have claimed?  In The Federal Circuit as a Federal Court, 54 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1791 (2013), Paul R. Gugliuzza ...

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PTAB Examiner assert material property no evidence from allthingspros.blogspot.com

Takeaway: The Applicant appealed an obviousness rejection of a claim to an aortic implant, arguing that the combination did not diclose the limitation "wherein the fixing ring is made of a ... rubber like material." The ...

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USPTO Opposes Certiorari in Finjan v. USPTO from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- Last month, in an opposition brief filed by attorneys for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Department of Justice, the Office asked the Supreme Court to deny petitioner's writ ...

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Momentum Events "International Congress on Paragraph IV Litigation," New York, September 23-24 from www.orangebookblog.com

Momentum Event Group will be holding its inaugural "International Congress on Paragraph IV Litigation" September 23-24 in New York City. The conference will feature a panel discussion with Judge Plager of the Federal Circuit and ...

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