Licensee Underreporting from www.patentlyo.com By Dennis Crouch One problem with royalty agreements is the annual fight over whether the licensee is paying full royalties to the licensor. In a recently released report, the technology-license auditors at Invotex say that ...
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Some IP weblogs: the IPKat and his friends from ipkitten.blogspot.com The Kat's blog friends. Every few months this weblog lists, in no particular order, a number of IP -flavoured weblogs with which members of the IPKat's blogging team are associated. If you've ...
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Aussie “Soccer Ball” Scores Twice with Wave Energy and Fresh Water from www.greenpatentblog.com Carnegie Wave Energy (Carnegie) is an Australian company that develops and commercializes wave energy technology that can not only provide power but also desalinated water. Carnegie says it will build the world’s first wave-powered ...
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Monday miscellany from ipkitten.blogspot.com Still time to vote. There's just one short day to go in the IPKat's sidebar poll on what should be done with the Washington Redskins brand: should supporters fight to the death to ...
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Geographical distribution of patent applications in Italy - where do inventors hide? from patlit.blogspot.com Last week, several newspapers and websites reported news of a study on the number of patent applications filed in Italy, in the period January - August 2013 (see Adnkronos
here - data can also be directly sourced ...
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No shutdown planned at the USPTO from ipspotlight.com If a U.S. government shutdown takes effect on October 1, 2013 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will continue its usual operations. According to the USPTO: In the event of a general government ...
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Cultural Cognition of Patents from writtendescription.blogspot.com I just posted a new essay,
Cultural Cognition of Patents, which is forthcoming in
IP Theory. Here is the abstract:
Simply making empirical progress is not always enough to influence policy, as demonstrated by the ...
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IP-Intensive Industries A Powerhouse Of EU Economy, Study Finds from www.ip-watch.org The European Patent Office released a study today on the impact of intellectual property rights on the European economy, finding that some 40 percent of the total economic activity in the European Union is generated ...
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Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology Presents the Eleventh Annual Fall Lecture Series from www.iplawalert.com The Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology presents the Eleventh Annual Fall Lecture Series, "Justice at Stake? Patent and Other Complex Litigation: The Adverse Effects of Sequestration, Budget Cuts and Federal Judicial Vacancies."
This program ...
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Under the AIA, A person shall be entitled to a patent unless-(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of... from www.patentlyo.com Under the AIA, A person shall be entitled to a patent unless-(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public ...
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“Overreaching” Expert Report Stricken With no Opportunity to Amend from docketreport.blogspot.com The court granted defendant's motion to strike the report of plaintiff's damages expert for improperly relying on the entire market value rule and denied plaintiff the opportunity to submit an amended report. "Over ...
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Patent Holders Learn to Adapt to More Investor Scrutiny from ipcloseup.wordpress.com With a greater role in more businesses’ performance, patent assets and strategy are going under the microscope. The required disclosure and hyper-scrutiny that small public patent licensing companies are subject to may be starting to ...
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WIPO Assembly Approves New Work Mandate On GR, TK Protection from www.ip-watch.org The World Intellectual Property Organization General Assembly today renewed the mandate of its committee working on the protection of genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions. The full membership approved a deal reached in ...
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ALJ Gildea Grants Motion To Compel In Certain Integrated Circuit Devices (337-TA-873) from www.itcblog.com On September 6, 2013, ALJ E. James Gildea issued the public version of Order No. 26 (dated August 23, 2013) granting Respondents LG Electronics, Inc., LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., and LG Electronics MobileComm ...
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ALJ Gildea Denies Motion For Protective Order In Certain Consumer Electronics With Display And Processing Capabilities (337-TA-884) from www.itcblog.com On September 23, 2013, ALJ E. James Gildea issued Order No. 30 denying Respondents Toshiba Corporation and Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.’s (collectively, “Toshiba”) motion seeking a protective order in Certain Consumer Electronics With ...
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Circuit Judge Todd M. Hughes Sworn-in from www.717madisonplace.com The Federal Circuit’s newest judge was sworn-in today. Todd M. Hughes was sworn-in by Chief Judge Rader using the Lincoln Bible (which appears to have taken up residence at the Federal Circuit of late ...
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ALJ Gildea Denies Nonparty Motion To Limit Subpoena In Certain Microelectromechanical Systems (“MEMS Devices”) (337-TA-876) from www.itcblog.com On September 23, 2013, ALJ E. James Gildea issued Order No. 34 denying nonparty Kopin Corporation’s (“Kopin”) motion to limit the subpoena served on it by Complainant STMicroelectronics, Inc. (“STM”) in Certain Microelectromechanical Systems ...
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ALJ Bullock Grants Motion To Terminate Investigation In Certain Wiper Blades (337-TA-816) from www.itcblog.com On September 30, 2013, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued Order No. 103 in Certain Wiper Blades (Inv. No. 337-TA-816). According to the Order, ALJ Bullock granted a joint motion filed by Complainant Robert Bosch ...
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