Patent & IP news for September 11, 2013

New improved Dyson sucks up German infringements from London from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Bagpuss On the whole, felines are not fond of vacuum cleaners. Even the best of them have yet to be fitted with silencers, which is bad news for any animal that sleeps 18 hours a ...

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Betting on Biobutanol and Battling Butamax: A Conversation with Gevo’s General Counsel from www.greenpatentblog.com

One of the biggest green patent stories in the last few years has been the burgeoning biobutanol battle between Gevo and BP-DuPont joint venture Butamax Advanced Biofuels. As with other industries, clean tech companies engage ...

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Provisional protection for patent applications: is it time to revisit this topic? from patlit.blogspot.com

This morning's IPKat post, "New improved Dyson sucks up German infringements from London" (here), reflects on the fickle nature of litigants' attitudes towards bringing patent infringement proceedings in on jurisdiction in preference to another ...

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Resolving IP Disputes: Calling for an Alternative Paradigm from www.patentlyo.com

I hope that you'll join us here at the University of Missouri School of Law for our upcoming Symposium on October 4, 2013 focused on Resolving Intellectual Property Disputes (with particular focus on patents ...

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Wednesday whimsies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

One of the treasures of Holborn,
deep in Dickens' legal London
and in the CIPA heartland ... Reminded of the existence the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) by this morning's media release from that ...

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Patent Practitioners from www.patentlyo.com

The USPTO lists 42,000 registered patent practitioners (including both patent attorneys and patent agents). The chart above groups those practitioners by registration year. The most recent enrollees are Thomas Dunham, Alexander Farrell, Erin Foley ...

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NEJM Perspective Calls for Recalibration of Bayh-Dole Act from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- In a perspective published in the August 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Howard Markel outlines the events leading up to the enactment of the Bayh-Dole Act and ...

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Top 10 New IP Paper Downloads from writtendescription.blogspot.com

Here's an updated list of the most downloaded IP papers that were posted on SSRN in the past 60 days (and I'm happy to be at #4!):

1. Social Mobilization and the Networked Public ...

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They Invented What? (No. 230) from anticipatethis.wordpress.com

U.S. Patent No. 230,067:  Method of precipitating rain falls. JW Note:  It’s so crazy, it might just work! I Claim– The mode herein described of producing rain-fall, said mode consisting in conveying ...

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“Abuse of Patent System” Renders Patent Unenforceable Regardless of Materiality from docketreport.blogspot.com

Following a bench trial, the court found that plaintiff's drug manufacturing process patent was unenforceable for inequitable conduct and determined that plaintiff's conduct was so egregious a finding of materiality was unnecessary. "[T ...

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USPTO to Host 18th Annual Independent Inventor Conference from www.patentabilityblog.com

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it will host its 18th Annual Independent Inventor Conference on October 11-12, 2013, at the USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. Attendees will have an opportunity ...

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Apple winning Posner appeal -- Chief Judge describes Google's royalty demands as 'crazy' from www.fosspatents.com

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has already issued one ruling in Apple's favor against Google's Motorola (reversing and remanding an ITC ruling, which Google just asked it to ...

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What a Potential Blackberry Sale Says About Canadian Innovation from www.iposgoode.ca

In a recent Globe and Mail op-ed, columnist Konrad Yakabuski argues that the likely sale and potential breakup of Blackberry would be a major setback to Canada’s innovation agenda. And as has been common ...

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ALJ Gildea Sets 15-Month Target Date In Certain Flash Memory Chips (337-TA-893) from www.itcblog.com

Further to our September 9, 2013 post, on September 10, 2013, ALJ E. James Gildea issued Order No. 2 in Certain Flash Memory Chips and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-893). According to the Order ...

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Verizon No Longer on the Canadian Wireless Horizon from www.iposgoode.ca

Verizon CFO, Fran Shammo, set off a firestorm of speculation in June this year when he mentioned that Verizon was “looking at the opportunity” to enter the Canadian wireless market. In response to this statement ...

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A Reply to the New England Journal of Medicine from www.patentdocs.org

Editor's Note: Yesterday, we reported on a perspective, entitled "Patents, Profits, and the American People -- The Bayh–Dole Act of 1980," that was published in the August 29 issue of the New England Journal ...

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