Moving Toward from patentlyo.com The average number of references cited per patent has continued to grow over the past decade and now almost reaches 50 per patent with no sign of slowing-down. When the reference-count was much lower, many ...
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US Patents: Where are the Inventors Located? from patentlyo.com Country of First Named Inventor FY2014 Patent Count Japan 54975 18% Germany 16730 5% Korea 16280 5% Taiwan 11303 4% China 7694 3% Canada 7218 2% France 6812 2% UK 6700 2% Israel 3453 1 ...
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New EPO Guidelines: what do they mean for added subject matter? from ipkitten.blogspot.com The perfect venue for the new
Guidelines launch partyNew edition for new additions ... On Wednesday of last week the European Patent Office (EPO) published an update to its
Guidelines for Examination, the main resource ...
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Monday miscellany from ipkitten.blogspot.com Forthcoming events. The contents of the IPKat's
Forthcoming Events page have changed considerably in the past week as a swathe of now-past conferences has been excised from it, only to be replaced with a ...
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Get your on Statue of Chief Judge Rader (Bobblehead) from patentlyo.com Santa Clara’s High Tech Law Center is giving away a couple of limited-edition Annotated Bobbleheads of Judge Randall R. Rader. [Enter here]. (I should note that to enter you have to take some action ...
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Burning Ring of Fire: Greenwashing Case Alleging Fried Solar Panels to Move Forward from www.greenpatentblog.com In February, three individuals filed a proposed class action lawsuit against BP Solar and Home Depot accusing the solar panel maker and retailer of greenwashing in connection with certain solar panels (see the complaint here ...
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Samsung paid Microsoft over $1 billion in Android patent royalties in 12-month period: court filing from www.fosspatents.com When Microsoft filed its contract lawsuit against Samsung over Android patent royalties more than two months ago, I predicted that it "[wouldn't] be able to get everything sealed." And yesterday two key pieces of ...
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Design Patent Term Extended to 15 Years from patentlawip.blogspot.com Design patents are a critical form of intellectual property for businesses to protect their product designs. The prior term for design patents were fourteen (14) years from the issuance date. Now, pursuant to the changes ...
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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org October 8, 2014 - "Reverse ANDA Settlements in the Wake of FTC v. Actavis" (American Intellectual Property Law Association) - 12:30 - 2:00 pm (EDT) October 9, 2014 - First Inventor to File America Invents Act Roadshow ...
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Court Report from www.patentdocs.org By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Shire LLC v. Amerigen Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 1:14-cv-06095; filed October , 2014 in the District Court of ...
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"Invalid but Infringed?" A paper from patlit.blogspot.com "Invalid but Infringed? An Analysis of Germany’s Bifurcated Patent Litigation System", by Katrin Cremers, Fabian Gaessler, Dietmar Harhoff and Christian Helmers (a.k.a.
Discussion Paper No. 14-072) is a must-read for anyone who ...
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Uganda Government Moves Towards Top-Level Domain Management from www.ip-watch.org The use of internet continues to grow rapidly in Uganda. The Uganda Communications Commission’s quarterly report reveals that the country had over eight million internet users by the end of first quarter of 2014 ...
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Global Value Chains In Africa: Set Of Preconditions Needed To Be Profitable, Panel Says from www.ip-watch.org At the World Trade Organization Public Forum last week, a panel explored opportunities for Africa in global and regional value chains. A certain level of development needs to be achieved so that countries can benefit ...
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Never too late: if you missed the IPKat last week from ipkitten.blogspot.com Hot on the trail of last week's Katposts is our good friend Alberto Bellan. who has done a great job here in summarising -- in the fourteenth in our series of weekly round-ups -- those posts ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
A look at the OECD report on Knowledge-Based Capital - new Athena paper from www.athenaalliance.org Last fall OECD (the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) published Supporting Investment in Knowledge Capital, Growth and Innovation. This book-length report is the culmination of the first phase of its flagship project on New ...
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CBS Sunday morning on October 5, 2014 from ipbiz.blogspot.com The cover story by Erin Moriarty on mandatory sentencing. Second, Lesley Stahl on It's only a play. Third, Tracy Smith on Billy Idol. You must become naked. Fourth, Rita Braver on Gone Girl. Martha ...
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CBS "The Good Wife" episode titled "Dear God" reprises Monsanto seed patent cases from ipbiz.blogspot.com IPBiz has covered many of the lawsuits brought by Monsanto against individual farmers (e.g.,
Monsanto whacks farmer David at CAFC ). In the episode "Dear God" broadcast on October 5, 2014, "The Good Wife" added ...
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MonoSol Rx gets IPR against Arius Two's US Patent No. 7,579,019 from ipbiz.blogspot.com From a press release:
WARREN, N.J., Oct. 6, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted MonoSol Rx, LLC's (MonoSol Rx) petition for inter partes review (IPR) of ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Federal Circuit Judges of the American Law Institute from www.717madisonplace.com You might recall that the American Law Institute is the association of judges, scholars, and attorneys that formulates the various Restatements of the Law. I have been curious why there is no Restatement of Patent ...
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Guest Post: Will Purple Become The New Orange? FDA Publishes Long-Awaited Lists Governing Biologics from www.patentdocs.org By Anthony Sabatelli* -- Some fashion trends may come and go, but in the not too distant future the majority of prescription drug sales will be purple.1 For those of you not yet familiar with ...
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