Patent & IP news for August 22, 2013

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post image Good news: speedypats die as Government listens from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Speediest isn't
always best
Back in April, this Kat expressed his concern (note for readers, 'concern' is a typically British understatement for 'anxiety bordering on panic') that the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) was ...

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post image "Patently Absurd": a brief review from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Never mind trolls, how about
a patent trolley for Kats ...
Hearing that the BBC was broadcasting a radio programme on Tuesday night with the title "Patently Absurd", this Kat's whiskers started to twitch.  Given ...

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post image Minnesota's AG Isn't so "Minnesota Nice" from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Merpel experiences another
thing Minnesota is known for:
Brutally cold winters This Kat recently returned to her hometown of New York City after spending a couple of years living in Minneapolis, one of the Twin ...

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post image How to write a broad patent application? from ocpatentlawyer.com

How to write a broad patent application? Inventors think that a broad patent (one that covers everything from A to Z) is one that describes in generic terms without describing the particulars of the invention ...

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post image Do 3D shape marks have a future in the European trade mark system? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The first 3D cat Given the popularity of 3D comics to 3D movies and printers today, consumers have marvelled at the possibility to see and create images beyond their 2D representation. By contrast, in the ...

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Federal Circuit Finds On Sale Bar From Purchase Order Between Patent Holder And Supplier from www.pharmapatentsblog.com

In Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. v. Sunbeam Products, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s finding that the asserted claims were invalid under the on sale bar of 35 USC § 102(b) due ...

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Federal Circuit Finds On Sale Bar From Purchase Order Between Patent Holder And Supplier from www.pharmapatentsblog.com

In Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. v. Sunbeam Products, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s finding that the asserted claims were invalid under the on sale bar of 35 USC § 102(b) due ...

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Small/Micro-Entities from inventivestep.net

Under PTO rules, a “Small Entity” is entitled to pay certain PTO fees associated with patent prosecution at a reduced rate, usually 50%.  As the PTO raises filing and post-issuance fees, it is important to ...

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CRTC Gives Rejection With a Silver Lining to Sun News from www.iposgoode.ca

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has rejected Sun News Network’s request for mandatory carriage, but there is still hope for the beleaguered network. In a detailed decision and accompanying press release, the ...

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Small/Micro-Entities from inventivestep.net

Under PTO rules, a “Small Entity” is entitled to pay certain PTO fees associated with patent prosecution at a reduced rate, usually 50%.  As the PTO raises filing and post-issuance fees, it is important to ...

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Verizon, advertising agencies and Ford can't participate in Google-Apple appellate hearing from www.fosspatents.com

Today the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied a motion by Verizon, the American Association of Advertising Agencies and the Ford Motor Company to participate in the September 11, 2013 hearing ...

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NPE Litigation Misconduct Does not Warrant Dismissal . . . Yet from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss a non-practicing entity's infringement action in light of litigation misconduct but reserved the right to consider such a sanction in the future. "[Plaintiff's founders] were ...

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A&J Manufacturing Files New 337 Complaint Regarding Certain Multiple Mode Outdoor Grills from www.itcblog.com

On August 21, 2013, A&J; Manufacturing, LLC of St. Simons, Georgia and A&J; Manufacturing, Inc. of Green Cove Springs, Florida (collectively, “A&J;”) filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence an investigation ...

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Judge Koh denies Samsung motions to delay Apple's November retrial on damages from www.fosspatents.com

On Thursday evening local time, Judge Lucy Koh, the federal judge presiding over two Apple v. Samsung lawsuits in the Northern District of California, entered a case management order that summarizes her rulings at a ...

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