Patent & IP news for July 5, 2014

First copyrighted map of the US? from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Within the post titled Rare, Remarkable Maps Trace America’s Path to Independence


Buell’s map is the first map of the United States published in America by an American (also the first to be ...

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Mapping biofuel potential, incompletely? from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The paper Mapping the Potential for Biofuel Production on Marginal Lands: Differences in Definitions, Data and Models across Scales , ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2014, 3(2), 430-459; doi:10.3390/ijgi3020430 , appears to be directed ...

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Communication among robots, and bacteria from ipbiz.blogspot.com


Laurent Keller at the University of Lausanne did some work on communication. The research involved robots and neural networks. From Discover:



Each robot had a pair of wheeled tracks, a 360-degree light-sensing camera, and an ...

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Webinar on New Guidance on Functional Claiming from www.patentdocs.org

The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law will be offering a live webinar entitled "Ask the Office: New Guidance on Functional Claiming" on July 30, 2014 from 1:00 to 2:30 ...

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Webinar on AIA Patent Strategies from www.patentdocs.org

Commercial Law WebAdvisorwill be offering a webinar entitled "America Invents Act: Patent Strategies and Reforms Counsel Needs to Know" on July 22, 2014 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (Eastern). Aaron D. Charfoos of ...

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Webinar on Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank from www.patentdocs.org

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank: Patent Eligibility of Software-Related Inventions" on July 30, 2014 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT). Michael L. Kiklis and Stephen ...

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