Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com Canadian Olympic Committee in Unfair Competition Dispute with US Clothing Company. From our friend Lucas S. Michels (an attorney with Ironmark Law Group PLLC, and master of the IP Exporter weblog) comes this news from ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Less trust, less IP? from ipkitten.blogspot.com What is the relationship between trust and IP? While this Kat has pondered this question from time to time, his musings were particularly aroused by a recent column that appeared on 7 December in the ...
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More Q&A from Webinar on Top Patent Law Stories of 2013 from www.patentdocs.org By Kevin E. Noonan & Donald Zuhn -- On Tuesday, we presented a live webinar on the "Top Patent Law Stories of 2013." The webinar covered ten of the fourteen stories that made it onto Patent Docs ...
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WHO Board Tackles Reform, Engagement With Non-State Actors from www.ip-watch.org The World Health Organization Executive Board spent long hours this week discussing the progress of the reform of the organisation. Among items covered were the reform implementation plan, the engagement of WHO with non-state actors ...
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WHO Director General: No Government Should Be Intimidated By Interested Parties from www.ip-watch.org Discussions on access to essential medicines yesterday at the World Health Organization were in some ways overshadowed by the recent leak of a global pharmaceutical campaign aimed at derailing efforts by the South African government ...
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Friday Foreign Filing Roundup from info.inovia.com Good morning. We are in the midst of a bitter cold streak of weather here in New York City. We hope everyone is staying warm! As always, read below for the latest news in the ...
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Received a patent in the past 7 months? Act quickly to take advantage of possible term adjustment. from ipspotlight.com If you received a patent in the past seven months, you may be eligible to extend the term of your patent if you qualify for Patent Term Adjustment (PTA). PTA can extend a patent’s ...
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No Stay Pending IPR Given Coordinated Schedule for Multiple Related Cases from docketreport.blogspot.com The court denied defendant's motion to stay pending
inter partes review because the lack of potential simplification of issues, stage of the case, and undue prejudice to plaintiff weighed against a stay. "[A] stay ...
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IP Practitioners -- Get Ready for the Global Patent Prosecution Highway! from www.iplawalert.com Recently, in an effort to expedite patent prosecution internationally, thirteen countries, including the United States, have established a Global Patent Prosecution Highway (“GPPH”):
- Australia (IP)
- Canada (CIPO)
- Denmark (DKPTO)
- Finland (NBPR)
- Japan (JPO)
- Korea (KIPO ...
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ITC Institutes Investigation (337-TA-906) Regarding Certain Standard Cell Libraries from www.itcblog.com On January 17, 2014, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a press release announcing their vote to institute an investigation of Certain Standard Cell Libraries, Products Containing Or Made Using The Same, Integrated Circuits ...
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CPhI "Pharma IPR India 2014" Conference, Mumbai, India, February 26-28 from www.orangebookblog.com CPhI will be presenting its 3rd annual "Pharma IPR India" conference in Mumbai on February 26-28. The conference features speakers from more than a dozen different countries across the world. The complete agenda is as ...
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WHO Board Addresses Substandard Medicines, Flu Pandemics, Regulatory Systems from www.ip-watch.org The World Health Organization Executive Board got through a high number of items yesterday, including several with ramifications for intellectual property and innovation.
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Michelle Lee: USPTO to Push Administration Goals in both Prosecution and Litigation from patentlyo.com From Michelle Lee who is Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property; Deputy Director of the USPTO; and is de Facto Director of the USPTO. [Link] Over the last five years . . . the agency’s ...
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ITC Institutes Investigation (337-TA-907) Regarding Certain Vision-Based Driver Assistance System Cameras from www.itcblog.com On January 23, 2014, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a press release announcing their vote to institute an investigation of Certain Vision-Based Driver Assistance System Cameras And Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-907). The ...
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