In Memoriam Trevor Baylis: the life-saving wind-up radio and the precarious lot of the sole inventor from ipkitten.blogspot.com There are few more heroic images in the IP world than the sole inventor, assiduously engaged in inventive activity in the privacy of a garage
or shed. While the realities of modern-day invention stand in ...
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New Patent Design Unveiled – March 11, 2018 from anticipatethis.wordpress.com The USPTO unveiled today the new patent grant cover at a special South by Southwest (SXSW) event, and discussed the significance and history of the document with intellectual property stakeholders and the press. Below are ...
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Sixth Granted Petition for Review from ipkitten.blogspot.com Last month, the EPO published it's sixth ever decision granting a petition for review (R 4/17). Granted petitions for review are notoriously difficult to obtain, as the EPO attempts to balance the need ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
They Invented What? (No. 39) from anticipatethis.wordpress.com Originally posted on
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U.S. Pat. No.6,702,582: Device and method for solving circles. JW Note: In honor of Pi Day. We hope you celebrated on ...
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Webcast on Apportionment in Patent Damages from www.patentdocs.org The Knowledge Group will offer a webcast entitled "Apportionment in Patent Damages: What You Need to Know and Do" on March 13, 2018 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET). John Jarosz of Analysis ...
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IPO Webinar on Waymo v. Uber from www.patentdocs.org The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Waymo v. Uber: DTSA Test Tube" on March 15, 2018 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Diane Danoff of Dechert LLP ...
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Webinar on Opinions of Counsel from www.patentdocs.org Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Patent Infringement: Structuring Opinions of Counsel -- Leveraging Opinion Letters to Reduce the Risks of Liability and Enhanced Damages" on March 28, 2018 from 1:00 to 2:30 ...
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Webinar on Paragraph IV Litigation and IPRs from www.patentdocs.org Strafford will be offering a webinar entitled "Paragraph IV Litigation and IPRs -- Interplay Between Paragraph IV Litigation and IPRs, Multiple Generic Challengers, Key Issues in IPRs" on April 5, 2018 from 1:00 to 2 ...
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BCP Customer Partnership Meeting from www.patentdocs.org The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding its next biotechnology/chemical/pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting on March 22, 2018 at the USPTO Headquarters (Alexandria, VA). The agenda for the meeting is ...
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FCBA Program on IPR Estoppel from www.patentdocs.org The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a program on "The Evolving Scope of IPR Estoppel" on March 29, 2018 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (EST) at the FCBA office ...
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Fight Ahead Over Website Owners’ Data At ICANN Meeting This Week from www.ip-watch.org Some of the data collection practices of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), private overseer over the domain name industry, “appear to be excessive, disproportionate, and obtained without the free consent of ...
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Guest Post: The Substantial Identity Requirement of Patent Infringement from patentlyo.com Guest Post by Professor Samuel F. Ernst, Golden Gate University School of Law Every patent litigator knows that if a product or process accused of patent infringement contains every limitation of the asserted patent claim ...
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USPTO’s 10 Million Patents Website from anticipatethis.wordpress.com As we rapidly approach the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 10,000,000, the USPTO is taking full advantage of the opportunity educate the public about the history and importance of patents to the ...
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Conference <span class="amp">&</span> CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org March 13, 2018 - "Top Stories at the PTAB: What You Need to Know" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) - 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT) March 13, 2018 - "Subject Matter Eligibility: Guidance & Examination Resources ...
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Exergen Corp. v. Kaz USA, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2018) from www.patentdocs.org By Kevin E. Noonan -- The tortured path that the Federal Circuit has taken (a path also trodden by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the district courts) of applying the patent eligibility decisions ...
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