Patent & IP news for November 11, 2013

Right to Access vs. Banking Secrecy from patlit.blogspot.com

The banking secrecy is under attack from many sides - now there is a new one originating from IP litigation:

In a decision named "Davidoff Hot Water" (I ZR 51/12), the Ist Senate of the ...

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From IP to NP, Day Two: Part 4 from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The closing session of 'From IP to NP', entitled "Striking the Right Balance, an Analysis of the Present, a Look to the Future", was moderated by Stephan Freischem (Secretary General of AIPPI). Stephan opened by ...

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From IP to NP, Day One: Part 3 from ipkitten.blogspot.com

After lunch and another opportunity for congenial notworking networking, the first session of 'From IP to NP' at the Dan Panorama Convention Center, Tel Aviv, offered a choice of

1. (for senior management & stakeholders) "IP ...

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More on Clause 13 - should copying of registered and/or unregistered designs be criminal? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

On Friday of last week, this Kat posted a report on, and some thoughts in relation to, the event on Thursday evening concerning Clause 13 of the Intellectual Property Bill.  This is a proposal to ...

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From IP to NP, Day Two: Part 1 from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The second day of "From IP to MP (Net Profit)", the AIPPI conference hosted by the organisation's Israel chapter in the Dan Panorama Convention Center, Tel Aviv, opened with a flourish with a plenary ...

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Disuniformity from www.patentlyo.com

By Jason Rantanen Lee Petherbridge and I recently completed a draft of our empirical study of Federal Circuit doctrinal uniformity, a topic that ties in nicely with the recent debate over the Federal Circuit's ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

November 12, 2013 - "IPR Proceedings at the USPTO -- Strategic Approaches to the New Patent Proceedings" (Law Seminars International) - 1:00 to 2:30 pm (Eastern) November 13, 2013 - "How University TTOs Can Slash Patent Expenses ...

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Court Report from www.patentdocs.org

By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Advec Inc. v. Vector Biosystems Inc. 1:13-cv-00217; filed November 1, 2013 in the Northern District ...

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From IP to NP, Day Two: Part 2 from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The second session of 'From IP to NP' offered a choice of three topics:

1. (for senior management & stakeholders) "The Interface Between IP and Competition Law"
2. (for entrepreneurs) "Generating Value from Patents"
3. (for ...

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Happy Veterans Day! from www.iplawalert.com

The Intellectual Property Department at Gibbons P.C. wishes its readers a Happy and Safe Veterans Day!

And, we express our eternal gratitude for all Veterans, and especially those presently serving in harm’s way ...

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WIPO Industrial Design Treaty In Hands Of December Assembly; GI Debate Returns from www.ip-watch.org

There appears to be consensus at the World Intellectual Property Organization on establishing a procedural treaty to facilitate the international registration of industrial designs. But a weeklong committee meeting last week could not solve the ...

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ALJ Bullock Sets Procedural Schedule In Certain Tires (337-TA-894) from www.itcblog.com

Further to our September 16, 2013 and October 31, 2013 posts, on November 7, 2013, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued Order No. 6 in Certain Tires and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-894). In ...

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ALJ Gildea Issues Order To Show Cause In Certain Microelectromechanical Systems (337-TA-876) from www.itcblog.com

On November 8, 2013, ALJ E. James Gildea issued Order No. 44 requiring that Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP (“Finnegan”), counsel for nonparty Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc. (“Hillcrest”), show cause why they should not be ...

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ALJ Bullock Grants Motion In Limine In Certain Wiper Blades (337-TA-816) from www.itcblog.com

On November 1, 2013, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued the public version of Order No. 87 (dated September 24, 2013) in Certain Wiper Blades (Inv. No. 337-TA-816). According to the Order, Complainant Robert Bosch ...

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US Patriot Act Author Sensenbrenner Warns EU Parliament On NSA from www.ip-watch.org

US Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner at a hearing today of the European Parliament Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Committee on mass surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA) and other intelligence services asked the EU politicians ...

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