Patent & IP news for October 13, 2014

Never too late: if you missed the IPKat last week from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Maybe ... but not for Alberto and the IPKat!Our dear friend Alberto Bellan (@albertobellan) is back again with a great summary of last week's Katposts. Here we go with the fifteenth episode in his ...

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ECO founder Helps Engineers Become Cleantech Entrepreneurs from www.greenpatentblog.com

Just a quick report on a recent addition to the clean tech start-up community and blogosphere.  It’s called ECO founder, and the company hasn’t developed any exciting technology or new business model.  It ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

October 15, 2014 - European biotech patent law update (D Young & Co will be offering its next) - 4:00 am, 7:00 am, and 12:00 pm (ET) October 16, 2014 - "Patent Licensing: Advanced Tactics for ...

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NYU Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy looking for Executive Director from patentlyo.com

By Jason Rantanen Continuing the string of high-profile center director openings, the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU School of Law is searching for a new executive director.   From the posting: The Engelberg ...

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UPOV Governing Body Meets This Week Amid Civil Society Concerns Over Harmonisation from www.ip-watch.org

The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) is holding meetings of its governing and technical bodies this week. In particular, the UPOV Council is expected to renew Francis Gurry's ...

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Second Circuit Issues Decision in Gucci America, Inc. et. al. v. Li et. al. from www.iplawalert.com

On September 17, 2014, the Second Circuit issued its long awaited decision in Gucci America, Inc. et. al. v. Li et. al., 2014 WL 4629049 (Appeal Nos. 11-3934 & 12-4557). In its decision, the Court vacated ...

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US Patent 8,851,081 to Philip Morris: electrically heated smoking system from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The first claim of US 8,851,081 :


An electrically heated smoking system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate, the system comprising:

a substrate;
at least one heating element for heating the substrate to form an ...

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Nobel Prize in Patent Law from patentlyo.com

Professor Thomas Cotter (Minnesota) has two Nobel Prize related posts on his Comparative Patent Remedies blog. First, Professor Cotter writes about physics Nobel prize winner Shuji Nakamura who was part of the Japanese team that ...

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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. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. et al. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. et al. 1:14-cv-00167; filed October ...

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