Patent & IP news for September 18, 2013

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post image Wednesday whimsies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

IP and Fashion: coming soon.  This Kat and his friends are greatly looking forward to next month's IP in the Fashion Industry conference, at which a number of IP personalities, including several bloggers, will ...

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post image Patent litigation and stock market reactions: evidence from a recent study from patlit.blogspot.com

© Rob Tannenbaum/Nasdaq 'Certain patents' is the title of an interesting article, published in the Yale Journal of Law & Technology and now available on SSRN, in which Alan C. Marco and Saurabh Vishnubhakat estimated and ...

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post image Pros and cons of filing a continuation-in-part application from ocpatentlawyer.com

Pros and cons of filing a continuation-in-part application Bottom line: The pro for filing a continuation-in-part application is lower future costs. The cons are a shortened patent term and also your arguments and statements made ...

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USPTO Expands and Extends Patent Prosecution Highway Programs from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- USPTO Implements PPH 2.0 Programs with NRIP and DKPTO On September 12, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced the implementation of a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) 2.0 program ...

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More on the Unitary Patent - Two Misconceptions and One Uncertainty from ipkitten.blogspot.com

This Kat received a welcome email in response to last week's report of the AIPPI event on the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court. The questions asked were of a general nature, and therefore ...

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Inequitable Conduct Claim Based on Violation of Protective Order Requires Pleading with Specificity from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted plaintiff's motion to dismiss defendant's unenforceability counterclaim based on alleged violations of protective orders in two previous actions between the parties. "It is not clear from [defendant's] pleadings whether ...

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Call for Applications – Research Assistant Position (Copyright & IP Research) from www.iposgoode.ca

Professors David Vaver and Giuseppina D’Agostino are seeking a JD student to assist in general research of a copyright project, to help prepare some teaching materials for a short intensive course on international copyright ...

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Nokia fairly likely to win German injunction against HTC over USB configuration patent from www.fosspatents.com

Since Microsoft does not buy Nokia's utility (i.e., technical) patents, the remaining Nokia entity after the close of the transaction is going to continue to monetize one of the leading portfolios in the ...

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Can Ultrasolar’s Patented Pyrotechnics Boost Solar Cell Efficiency? from www.greenpatentblog.com

Ultrasolar Technology is a Silicon Valley startup that has developed a pyroelectric device to boost solar cell efficiency. We all know what “pyro” means, but what is “pyroelectric” all about?  According to this Greentech Media ...

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ALJ Bullock Denies InterDigital Motion to Compel in Certain Wireless Devices with 3G and/or 4G Capabilities (337-TA-868) from www.itcblog.com

On September 10, 2013, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued the public version of Order No. 64 (dated August 30, 2013) denying Complainants InterDigital Communications, Inc., InterDigital Technology Corp., IPR Licensing, Inc., and InterDigital Holdings ...

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ALJ Bullock Denies Respondent ZTE’s Motion to Certify Subpoenas to Intel in Certain Wireless Devices with 3G and/or 4G Capabilities (337-TA-868) from www.itcblog.com

On September 10, 2013, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued the public version of Order No. 63 (dated August 29, 2013) denying Respondent ZTE Corporation and ZTE (USA) Inc.’s (collectively, “ZTE”) motion to certify ...

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Electronic Contracts – Still as Good as Paper Ones from www.iposgoode.ca

The American courts have taken another pass at the recurring question of whether electronic documents and signatures are as good as written ones. The decision in Forcelli v Felco Corp finds that yes, an arrangement ...

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To Poach a Mockingbird: Harper Lee’s Trade-mark Battle from www.iposgoode.ca

So much for southern hospitality. Celebrated American author Harper Lee finds herself embroiled in a trademark clash for the right to register the title of her own 1961 Pulitzer-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Specifically ...

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