Patent & IP news for February 11, 2014

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post image Dumb.. and Dumber? Art-installation or IP infringement at "parody" coffee shop 'Dumb Starbucks' from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Dorothea ThompsonIt is a truth universally acknowledged that kats enjoy a good laugh, coffee and birds. This is why today the IPKat is delighted to host a guest contribution from talented IP enthusiast ...

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post image Soapmaker Lush comes out on top in brush with Amazon from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Lush, better known for making and selling soap than for their brushes, had a fairly vigorous brush with web-monsters Amazon and emerged victorious, this Kat learned today from his friend Simon Chapman (a partner at ...

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post image Heightened Pleading Requirements: Patent Reform through the Supreme Court and Judicial Conference from patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch In the cases of Twombly (2007) and Iqbal (2009) (Twiqbal), the Supreme Court substantially raised the pleading standard for federal cases by requiring that the pleadings allege sufficient detail to demonstrate that ...

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post image Crystal ball gazing and a KATPOLL: what will be the outcome of Svensson? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Stop whatever you are doing:
it's time to vote
in the Svensson Katpoll!
 (Even Merpel suddenly abandoned
her NY Fashion Week katwalks)
Besides ascertaining whether it is true that Obama has been having an ...

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CAFC finds fault with PTAB in Tempo v. Tivoli from ipbiz.blogspot.com

In the case Tempo v. Tivoli, defendant-Tempo had requested inter partes reexamination with the PTO of plaintiff-Tivoli's patent. In the appeal before the Board of the re-exam, the Board (Board) reversed the examiner’s ...

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Consumer Watchdog Replies to United States Brief on Standing Issue from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- In December, the Federal Circuit invited the United States to address the issue of whether Consumer Watchdog had Article III standing to pursue an appeal of a decision by the Board of ...

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Federal Circuit Affirms Validity of Pfizer's Lyrica (Pregabalin) Patent from www.orangebookblog.com

Pfizer Inc. et al. v. Teva Pharms. USA et al., No. 2012-1576 (Fed. Cir.) by Timothy M. Long Teva and several other generic pharmaceutical companies each submitted an ANDA seeking approval to market a generic ...

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Consumer Watchdog and standing: "the pragmatic catastrophe of its suggestion" from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Patent Docs discusses the standing issue of Consumer Watchdog to pursue an appeal:


In December, the Federal Circuit invited the United States to address the issue of whether Consumer Watchdog had Article III standing to ...

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ALJ Pender Terminates Investigation As To Fellowes, Inc. In Certain Cases For Portable Electronic Devices (337-TA-861/867) from www.itcblog.com

On February 6, 2014, ALJ Thomas B. Pender issued the public version of Order No. 23 in Certain Cases For Portable Electronic Devices (Inv. No. 337-TA-861/867). According to the Order, ALJ Pender granted Complainant ...

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Deficient ECF Notice No Basis for Extending Deadline for Notice of Appeal from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied defendants' motion to extend time to file their notice of appeal of a $40 million judgment and rejected defendants' argument that the e-mail notice of electronic filings failed to provide sufficient notice ...

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The Curious Case of the Woodpecker and the Injunction from www.iposgoode.ca

In Woodpecker Hardwood Floors (2000) Inc v Wiston International Trade Co, Ltd (2013 BCCA 553), the BC Court of Appeal denied an appeal to overturn an interlocutory injunction which enjoined the use of a registered ...

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Federal Circuit to PTAB: New Factual Findings Required Following Amended Claim Construction from patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch Tempo Lighting, Inc., v. Tivoli LLC (Fed. Cir. 2013) The rules of patent trial proceedings continue to develop. One issue that is continually shocking for parties are the short and hard deadlines ...

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DNDi Director: ‘Reality Check’ Needed For Neglected Diseases from www.ip-watch.org

Research and development into neglected diseases - those predominately affecting poorer populations and for which there is little commercial incentive - is undergoing "remarkable advances and rude set-backs," says Bernard Pécoul, executive director of the Drugs for ...

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ALJ Gildea Terminates Investigation In Certain Wireless Communications Equipment (337-TA-866) from www.itcblog.com

On February 10, 2014, ALJ E. James Gildea issued the public version of Order No. 62 in Certain Wireless Communications Equipment and Articles Therein (Inv. No. 337-TA-866). According to the Order, ALJ Gildea granted a ...

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ALJ Gildea Rules On Motions In Limine In Certain Microelectromechanical Systems (“MEMS Devices”) (337-TA-876) from www.itcblog.com

On February 11, 2014, ALJ E. James Gildea issued the public versions of Order No. 62 and No. 63 in Certain Microelectromechanical Systems (“MEMS Devices”) and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-876). According to ...

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In re Warner (1967) cited to reverse examiner in Ex parte GLEISSNER from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Ex parte GLEISSNER:


Rejections based on § 103(a) must rest on a factual basis with these facts being
interpreted without hindsight reconstruction of the invention from the prior
art. See In re Warner , 379 F ...

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U.S. Trade Agency’s China Focus Good for Green Tech Companies from www.greenpatentblog.com

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is the federal agency responsible for conducting trade negotiations and developing and coordinating U.S. trade policy. As it did last year, the USTR will again ...

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PTO Memo on Patent Law Treaty and Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012 from www.717madisonplace.com

In case you missed it, the PTO issued a memorandum in December 2013 outlining changes brought about by U.S. ratification of the Patent Law Treaty and the enactment of the Patent Law Treaties Implementation ...

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