Optimizing Green Patent Protection: A Study in Energy Storage Service from www.greenpatentblog.com Stem is a Millbrae, California, startup that sells and leases its battery energy storage system, which is marketed as a way to reduce consumers’ energy bills. Specifically, the company makes a lithium-ion battery connected to ...
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Survey evidence in trade mark matters: or, can you illuminate a black hole? from ipkitten.blogspot.com This Kat is always delighted to follow the fortunes of former guest Kats as they scale the heights of their respective professions.
Robert Cumming, who was a guest Kat for the second half of 2012 ...
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Tuesday tiddlywinks from ipkitten.blogspot.com Still not The Aardvark, but never mind. This Kat was convinced that there are enough law journals in the world with truly boring and descriptive names, and that the South African Intellectual Property Law Journal ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
In re Eaton (Fed. Cir. 2013) from www.patentdocs.org By Donald Zuhn -- On November 22, the Federal Circuit reversed a determination by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board affirming the rejection of the claims 1, 8-11, and 14 of U.S. Application No. 11 ...
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Apple and Nokia propose sanctions against Samsung and its lawyers over Patentgate from www.fosspatents.com On November 8, Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal said it appeared to him that "sanctions against Samsung and its attorneys are warranted" and ordered Samsung to explain why there should be none for its lawyers ...
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Nokia wins UK injunction against HTC's Android-based devices -- HTC can appeal from www.fosspatents.com Settlement pressure on HTC is increasing significantly after Justice Arnold of the England and Wales High Court ordered an injunction against HTC's Android-based devices EP0998024 on a "modular structure for a transmitter and a ...
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Breakdown of R&D Expenses on Patent-Specific Basis Not Required for ITC Domestic Industry from docketreport.blogspot.com Following an evidentiary hearing, the ALJ found that complainant satisfied the economic prong of the domestic industry requirement as to its image processing patent. "Respondents' requirement that the expenses be allocated down to the amount ...
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A Rare Inter Partes Review for an Orange Book Listed Patent from www.iplawalert.com Ranbaxy Laboratories, Ltd. (“Ranbaxy”) and Vertex Pharmaceutical, Inc. (“Vertex”) recently settled an inter partes review (“IPR”) proceeding regarding Vertex’s U.S. Patent No. 6,436,989 (“the ‘989 Patent”). Vertex had listed the ‘989 ...
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The Patent Prosecution Highway Goes Global from info.inovia.com In previous articles, we've reported on developments regarding Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programs. In a nutshell, PPH Read Jeff's bio programs are bilateral agreements between countries wherein an allowed or granted patent in ...
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ITC Issues Limited Exclusion Order And Cease And Desist Orders In Certain Electronic Devices Having Placeshifting Or Display Replication Functionality (337-TA-878) from www.itcblog.com On December 2, 2013, the International Trade Commission (the “Commission”) issued a notice in Certain Electronic Devices Having Placeshifting or Display Replication Functionality and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-878). By way of background, this ...
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After Final Consideration Pilot (AFCP) Extended from www.patentlyo.com The USPTO has extended the After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 (AFCP 2.0) program that basically gives examiners credit for considering responses filed after a final rejection. To be eligible for consideration under AFCP ...
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ITC Issues Cease And Desist Orders In Certain Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters (337-TA-739) from www.itcblog.com On December 2, 2013, the International Trade Commission (the “Commission”) issued a notice regarding the issuance of cease and desist orders and termination of the investigation in Certain Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters and Products Containing ...
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