Patent & IP news for September 8, 2013

BGH: Beuys' art not deformed after all? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The great Joseph Beuys - not overrated This Kat has been investigating the outcome of some of the cases she reported on before her recent sabbatical.  One of the cases concerned a German copyright collection society ...

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Is innovation always the best choice? A review of the Global Innovation Index 2103 from ipkitten.blogspot.com

How do you measure innovation? Is the exercise meaningful? Can any county innovate? And does it matter? These are some of the questions which are raised in the Global Innovation Index 2103 -- or which you ...

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CBS Sunday Morning on September 8 2013 from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Lee Cowan, not Charles Osgood, hosted the stories for September 8. The cover story, done by Cowan, was on the "art of the fake", featuring Ken Perenyi (author of Caveat Emptor). Honoring genuine talent is ...

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Patently-O Bits & Bytes by Lawrence Higgins from www.patentlyo.com

Patent Jobs: Steven Rinehart is looking to hire a former US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) examiner/patent agent for patent prosecution work. Any patent agents hired can work from home anywhere in the US ...

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USPTO to Host AIA Forum from www.patentdocs.org

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be hosting an America Invents Act (AIA) Second Anniversary Forum from 1:00 to 5:00 pm (ET) on September 16, 2013 at the Madison North Auditorium ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

September 10, 2013 - Lessons from the Inaugral Year of New Post-Grant Patent Office Proceedings: What Separates the Winners from the Losers? (Foley & Lardner) - 1:00 to 2:00 pm (Eastern) September 15-17, 2013 - 41st IPO ...

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Accenture Global Services, GmbH v. Guidewire Software, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2013) from www.patentdocs.org

By Michael Borella -- Recipe for a contentious Federal Circuit decision: empanel two judges who have different understandings of the patent-eligibility of computer-related inventions, sprinkle in a claim or two that could be viewed as a ...

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