Patent & IP news for August 30, 2013

Can Patent Judges "Colloquy" Themselves To Greater Uniformity? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

This Kat has gone silent for the last week or so while taking part in the Fourth Global Forum on Intellectual
Property in Singapore, here. One of the overarching themes of the conference was the ...

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Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Snooker ace Hurricane Higgins
created his own micro-climate Via a Tweet from Matthew Rimmer @DrRimmer comes this clip, promoting an uproarious idea: why not name hurricanes and cyclones after notable climate change deniers?  This clever ...

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Should Clean Tech Fear India’s Pharma Patent Loathing? from www.greenpatentblog.com

The continual news out of India about legal rulings breaking or invalidating pharmaceutical patents has become too much for the clean tech industry to ignore.  I’m not equating or conflating green technologies and pharmaceuticals ...

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Adverse Claim Construction and Evidentiary Rulings Do Not Justify Immediate Appeal Under Rule 54(b) from docketreport.blogspot.com

Following claim construction and an order in limine precluding testimony by plaintiff's damages expert, the court ordered additional briefing on the parties' stipulated motion for judgment of noninfringement under Rule 54(b). "[T]he ...

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Hiring New Law Professors from www.patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch I posted earlier that we're looking to hire a new intellectual property law professor here at the University of Missouri School of Law. At least two other schools are looking for ...

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Trading Technologies v. Open E Cry: Doctrinal Formalism in Patent Law from www.patentlyo.com

By Jason Rantanen Trading Technologies International, Inc. v. Open E Cry, LLC (Fed. Cir. 2013) Download Trading Tech v Open E Cry Panel: Lourie (author), Plager, Benson (District Judge) The traditional - and certainly most widely ...

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41st IPO Annual Meeting, Boston, September 15-17 from www.orangebookblog.com

The Intellectual Property Owners Association will hold its 41st Annual Meeting on September 15-17 in Boston. The keynote speakers include David Goulden, President and COO, EMC Corporation, and Hon. Kathleen O'Malley, Circuit Judge, U ...

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Draeger Medical Systems Files New 337 Complaint Regarding Certain Thermal Support Devices For Infants from www.itcblog.com

On August 29, 2013, Draeger Medical Systems, Inc. of Telford, Pennsylvania (“Draeger”) filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence an investigation pursuant to Section 337. The complaint alleges that Atom Medical International, Inc. of ...

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ABA Webinar on Biosimilars and the BPCI Act from www.patentdocs.org

The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Science and Technology, Section of Intellectual Property Law, and Center for Professional Development will be offering a live webinar entitled "Biosimilars and the BPCI Act: Where Are We ...

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Web Conference on Post-Grant Proceedings from www.patentdocs.org

Foley & Lardner will be offering a web conference entitled "Lessons from the Inaugral Year of New Post-Grant Patent Office Proceedings: What Separates the Winners from the Losers?" on September 10, 2013 from 1:00 to ...

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IPO Webinar on Post-grant Proceedings and Concurrent Litigation from www.patentdocs.org

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Filing a Post-grant Proceeding with Concurrent Litigation: Strategic Considerations" on September 4, 2013 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET). A panel consisting of ...

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