Patent & IP news for September 27, 2014

Scientology controversy from ipkitten.blogspot.com

I would like to thank Kat friend Chris Torrero for sending the link to this article. The Scientology community in New Zealand is being criticised for having used the term ANZAC for one of its ...

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Strong dissent by Judge Newman in AMERICAN CALCAR, INC. over finding of inequitable conduct from ipbiz.blogspot.com

From within AMERICAN CALCAR, INC. v. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. :


Partial disclosure of material information about the prior art to the PTO cannot absolve a patentee of intent if the disclosure is intentionally selective ...

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Proterro and Bunge do deal on biofuels from ipbiz.blogspot.com


From a press release in BusinessWire about a deal between (Proterro (of New Jersey) and Bunge (of Brazil):



Under a joint development agreement, a pilot plant is being commissioned at Bunge’s Moema Fazenda sugarcane ...

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Validity of Blue Origin Patent 8,678,321 questioned from ipbiz.blogspot.com

In a post titled SpaceX Bringing the Right Stuff to Patent Slog with Blue Origin, Expert Says , there is further discussion of the dispute between SpaceX and Blue Origin going on at PTAB. See the ...

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New Jersey based author Isabella Tanikumi sues Disney for copyright infringement over "Frozen" from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Isabella Tanikumi asserts the film "Frozen" infringes on the copyright of Tanikumi's "Living My Truth" and "Yearning Of The Heart."

CBS News reports:


Another [count in the complaint] says both the books and the ...

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