Patent & IP news for October 18, 2014

The innovation champs for 2014; the best of times or the worst of times? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

First, a Dickensian moment, from "A Tale of Two Cities":

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness ...

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Feeling a bit artistic? Here's a contest for you from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Charles has already started creating:
what are YOU waiting for?Today the IPKat is delighted to host a guest contest organised by Kafriend Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon (University of Southampton), who is looking for a logo for ...

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MBHB Webinar on PTAB Invalidity Proceedings from www.patentdocs.org

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "PTAB Invalidity Proceedings -- Lessons Learned in the First Two Years" on November 20, 2014 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT ...

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US 3,819,974: Gallium nitride metal-semiconductor junction light emitting diode from ipbiz.blogspot.com

US 3,819,974, with a claim to a light emitting diode comprising gallium nitride and magnesium doped gallium nitride, issued on June 25, 1974.

One notes that the "description of preferred embodiment" in US ...

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One year anniversary of Rader's "death squads" remark from ipbiz.blogspot.com

From BNA on October 29, 2013, Rader Regrets CLS Bank Impasse, Comments on Latest Patent Reform Bill


On one side of the PTO, he [Rader] said, “You have 7,000 people giving birth to [intellectual ...

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Another Prosecution Bar Case, but With a Twist from patentlyo.com

As I’ve pointed out elsewhere here, the adoption of the AIA has created various issues for existing prosecution bars: if you are using a pre-AIA form, consider whether it applies to the new post-grant ...

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More Teva v. Sandoz: what factual issue? from ipbiz.blogspot.com


The underlying legal issue in Teva v. Sandoz is "how" one of ordinary skill in the art would have construed the term molecular weight when said term was not defined in the specification. The Teva ...

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Internet giants urge Federal Circuit to ensure file downloads can't be prohibited by the ITC from www.fosspatents.com

Less than week after I said I found myself in agreement with Google on many issues (software copyright being the key exception), there's a new cause on which I concur with them. While I ...

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The relative value of patents compared to journal publications? from ipbiz.blogspot.com

From the post Scientists Share What They Really Think Of Lockheed Martin's Fusion "Breakthrough"


Although Lockheed Martin issued a press release saying it had several pending patents for its approach, the company has yet ...

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