PTO Post-Issuance Filings from www.patentlyo.com By Jason Rantanen This afternoon my frequent collaborator Lee Petherbridge will be presenting Unenforceability (which we wrote with Polk Wagner) at the Houston Intellectual Property law Association's annual IP Institute. As we were talking ...
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Chinese Eco-mark Madness and Related News from www.greenpatentblog.com There have been a few recent developments in Chinese eco-marks (my term for marks used in connection with green goods or services), both in China and in the United States. Starting with by far the ...
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Business First of Buffalo “2013 Legal Elite Awards” from www.lotempiolaw.com The 2013 Legal Elite of Western New York will be featured in the Business First of Buffalo when it hits newsstands tomorrow, but was previewed today on the Business First of Buffalo homepage. Buffalo Law ...
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Compact Prosecution 2.0 — Changing The U.S. Patent Examination Paradigm from www.pharmapatentsblog.com William F. Smith of Woodcock Washburn LLP and Joseph Mallon of Knobbe Martens (colleagues on the IPO Patent Office Practice Committee)** have prepared a white paper that encourages us to take a step back from ...
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IPO White Paper Calls for Update to Patent Examination System from www.patentdocs.org By Donald Zuhn -- A white paper authored by two members of the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) U.S. Patent Office Practice Committee argues that the current patent examination system "has run its course," and ...
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Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of the Copyright Court from www.iposgoode.ca What makes a fictional character who they are? Would Darth Vader be Darth Vader without being Luke Skywalker’s father? Would Harry Potter be Harry Potter without defeating Voldemort? An American court will be asked ...
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REMINDER: UGC Under Canadian Copyright Law Symposium from www.iposgoode.ca User-Generated Content Under Canadian Copyright Law Featuring Professor Victor Nabhan Genest Global Faculty Thursday October 10, 2013, 9:30am to 5:00pm Osgoode Hall Law School, York University IP Osgoode and the Pierre Genest Memorial ...
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Tardy Request for Profitability Discovery Via 30(b)(6) Deposition Denied from docketreport.blogspot.com The court denied defendants' motion to compel plaintiff to produce a 30(b)(6) witness for deposition regarding profitability and license agreements. "Defendants contend that profitability is relevant to commercial success, which is a secondary ...
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Swift Start On WIPO General Assembly Agenda But Sticky Issues Kept For Later from www.ip-watch.org Agenda items appeared to move swiftly in the first days of this week’s World Intellectual Property Organization annual assembly, but tricky issues are being left for later and actively discussed in informal consultations. Examples ...
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Proposed Troll-Fighting Reforms Would Pick Up Where AIA Left Off from patlit.blogspot.com This week, U.S. Representative
Bob Goodlatte (R-Va) floated a discussion draft of a bill that would amend the U.S. Patent Act to make it more difficult for some NPEs (aka “patent trolls”) to ...
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US Ambassador: WIPO Needs More Balance – Toward Rightsholders from www.ip-watch.org This week, US Ambassador to the UN Betty King told Intellectual Property Watch that WIPO is still out of balance – against intellectual property rights holders.
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Development Agenda At WIPO: Still Waiting For Cultural Change from www.ip-watch.org Progress on mainstreaming a development dimension into all World Intellectual Property Organization activities and its assessment by a dedicated committee has been called into question by developing countries concerned that the mandatory effort has slipped ...
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IP5 Offices Agree on Joint PPH Pilot Program from info.inovia.com The five largest Intellectual Property Offices in the world - the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), and the ...
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ALJ Essex Sets Procedural Schedule In Certain Wireless Devices, Including Mobile Phones And Tablets (337-TA-889) from www.itcblog.com Further to our July 31, 2013 and September 12, 2013 posts, on September 23, 2013, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued Order No. 4 in Certain Wireless Devices, Including Mobile Phones And Tablets (Inv. No. 337-TA-889 ...
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ALJ Pender Sets Target Date And Procedural Schedule In Certain Sleep-Disordered Breathing Treatment Systems (337-TA-890) from www.itcblog.com Further to our August 20, 2013 post, on September 13, 2013, ALJ Thomas B. Pender issued Order No. 3 in Certain Sleep-Disordered Breathing Treatment Systems and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-890). According to the Order ...
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ALJ Bullock Sets Procedural Schedule In Certain Laundry And Household Cleaning Products (337-TA-891) from www.itcblog.com Further to our August 26, 2013 and September 17, 2013 posts, on September 24, 2013, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued Order No. 6 in Certain Laundry And Household Cleaning Products and Related Packaging (Inv ...
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Acting USPTO Director Vows Office Will Remain Open Even If Federal Government Is Shut Down from www.patentdocs.org Acting Director Teresa Stanek Rea (at right) sent the following memo to USPTO employees regarding the possibility that the government will be shut down if Congress fails to agree to a continuing resolution to fund ...
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Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2013) from www.patentdocs.org By Andrew Williams -- Saying "But I won't do it" is not sufficient to avoid infringement in a Hatch-Waxman litigation, according to the Federal Circuit in the recently decided Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals ...
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