FTC Seeks Public Input On Investigating PAEs from ipkitten.blogspot.com Nearly ready for a cat nap... after commenting on the FTC. This Kat was preparing for an early start to the weekend when she noticed
this article in the
New York Times describing an
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Federal Circuit: Intentional Abandonment Equals Unintentional Abandonment? from www.patentlyo.com Network Signatures v. State Farm (Fed. Cir. 2013) Section 282 of the Patent Act lists the defenses to allegations of patent infringement. In recent years, the Federal Circuit has applied that statute somewhat strictly in ...
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Patent Litigation in Europe: a portrait of the recent past from patlit.blogspot.com ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-072,
Patent Litigation in Europe, is now available online -- you can click
here to access the 67-page pdf. The authors of this paper, which is packed with solid data, are the ...
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Trademarking Wine Goes Beyond Brand Names from www.lotempiolaw.com Registering a trademark can be vital to competing in the competition laden world of wine making. In fact, trademarks expand well beyond the wine industry into the alcohol industry as a whole. Because registered marks ...
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After Marrakesh, WIPO Copyright Committee Eyes Next Treaties from www.ip-watch.org The future work of the World Intellectual Property Organization on copyright policy after the success of the treaty to facilitate access to special format works for visually impaired people last June in Marrakesh is subject ...
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Sunovion wins appeal from DNJ at CAFC in eszopiclone [Lunesta] case from ipbiz.blogspot.com Sunovion v. Teva and Dr. Reddy'sThe CAFC reversed:
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Sunovion”) appeals
from the decision of the United States District Court for
the District of New Jersey granting summary judgment
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Rexam wins appeal as to nonobiousness from ipbiz.blogspot.com Meadwestvaco v. Rexam
We find that the district court erred in granting summary
judgment of nonobviousness in favor of plaintiffs
MeadWestVaco Corporation and MeadWestVaco Calmar,
Inc. (collectively “MWV”), the assignees of the ’132
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Representative Claim Charts Deemed Insufficient Absent Proof That Charted Products are Representative from docketreport.blogspot.com The court granted defendant's motion to compel further infringement contentions because plaintiff failed to show that claim charts for 7 accused products were representative of all 101 accused products. "[Defendant] argues that [plaintiff's ...
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Patent News Update from inventivestep.net There have been a number of patent-related news items making their rounds recently. PTO to Stay Open in Event of Government Shut Down Hal Wegner shared a memo from Acting PTO Director Teresa Rae to ...
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Big Pharmaceutical Firms Say MDGs Partnerships Are ‘Best-Kept Secret’ from www.ip-watch.org NEW YORK – The vast collaboration between the pharmaceutical industry, government and civil society is perhaps “one of the best-kept secrets of our industry,” the head of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) said ...
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FTC on Patent Trolls from www.patentlyo.com By Dennis Crouch The Federal Trade Commission has decided to move forward with a full study of patent assertion by companies who are in the business of buying and then asserting patents. In FTC lingo ...
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Friday Foreign Filing Roundup from info.inovia.com Hi everyone! Here's what we found in the way of foreign filing news from the week of September 23rd: The Unitary European Patent system is raising litigation concerns for US companies, including tech giants ...
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ALJ Pender Denies HTC Motion To Stay In Certain Electronic Devices, Including Mobile Phones And Tablet Computers (337-TA-847) from www.itcblog.com On September 20, 2013, ALJ Thomas B. Pender issued Order No. 36 in Certain Electronic Devices, Including Mobile Phones and Tablet Computers, and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-847). By way of background, the investigation is ...
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WIPO Members Reach Tentative Deal On TK Treaties; External Offices Mired from www.ip-watch.org World Intellectual Property Organization members this evening reached a hard-won preliminary agreement on a path to a high-level negotiation of treaties or other instruments for the protection of traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions and genetic ...
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ALJ Rogers Grants-In-Part and Denies-In-Part Motion To Compel Discovery In Certain Rubber Resins (337-TA-849) from www.itcblog.com On September 20, 2013, ALJ Robert K. Rogers, Jr. issued the public version of Order No. 37 (dated March 8, 2013) granting-in-part and denying-in-part complainant SI Group, Inc.’s (“SI Group”) motion to compel discovery ...
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ALJ Bullock Rules On Motion To Compel Discovery In Certain Wireless Devices With 3G And/Or 4G Capabilities (337-TA-868) from www.itcblog.com On September 26, 2013, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued the public version of Order No. 59 (dated August 26, 2013) granting in part Respondents Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung ...
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Pressure remains on HTC after preliminary ITC ruling: UK trial coming up, Italian lawsuits filed from www.fosspatents.com Nokia has been litigating against HTC for 17 months. Slowly but surely, it seems that even HTC's outstanding defensive skills and stalling tactics won't enable it to go on for too long without ...
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ACI "Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium," Chicago, October 3-4 from www.orangebookblog.com American Conference Institute will be holding its first-ever "Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium" next week, October 3-4, in Chicago. McAndrews, Held & Malloy Partner Scott McBride will be speaking at the conference on claim construction strategies ...
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Freedom Scientific Files New 337 Complaint Regarding Certain Handheld Magnifiers from www.itcblog.com On September 26, 2013, Freedom Scientific, Inc. of St. Petersburg, Florida (“Freedom Scientific”) filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence an investigation pursuant to Section 337. The complaint alleges that Aumed Group Corp. of ...
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Conference on Creating and Leveraging Intellectual Property in Developing Countries from www.patentdocs.org The Companies and IP Commission (CIPC) and National IP Management Office (NIPMO) of South Africa will be co-sponsoring a conference on "Creating and Leveraging Intellectual Property in Developing Countries: A Power Tool for Social and ...
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IPO Webinar on Post-grant Proceedings from www.patentdocs.org The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar on "Patent Owner Strategy in Post-grant Proceedings" on October 3, 2013 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET). A panel consisting of Matthew Cutler of ...
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European Biotech Patent Law Webinar from www.patentdocs.org D Young & Co will be offering its next European biotech patent law update on October 23, 2013. The 45-minute webinar will be offered at three times: 4:00 am, 7:00 am, 12:00 pm ...
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ACI Patent Litigation Conference from www.patentdocs.org American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its Advanced Forum on Patent Litigation -- Managing Modern IP Litigation before the Federal Courts, PTO and ITC on December 10-11, 2013 in New York, NY. The conference will ...
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