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iPhone SDK Nda may continue due to patent concerns
Posted from Patent / Trademark Law News 10 days ago
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The fscking NDA still hovers over iPhone developers like a dark cloud, with nary a peep from Apple on whether it will be lifted or when. (original story)
Inventorship Disputes: Six-Year Laches Presumption Applies Despite Intermediate Reexamination
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 11 days ago
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Dr. Serdarevic v. Advanced Medical Optics (Fed. Cir. 2008) In 2006, Dr. Serdarevic filed an inventorship claim against Advanced Medical (AMO). She argued that AMO's patented inventions were hers that she had developed during her ophthalmology residency at Columbia Presbyterian.... (original story)
Rights Management Patent Applications
Posted from Patent / Trademark Law News 11 days ago
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Thursday, August 07, 2008 Rights Management Patent Applications On Thursdays the USPTO publishes new patent applications . (original story)
Lawyer Points Out That Simultaneous Invention Can Get Patents Tossed - Tech Dirt
Posted from circuit court "patent ... 11 days ago
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For years, we've pointed out how ridiculous it is that our patent system doesn't include an independent invention defense. It seems rather against the concept of promoting innovation to say that someone who invented something entirely independently ... (original story)
Judge Rader Again Defends Patentee Against Charges of Inequitable Conduct
Posted from Patent / Trademark Law News 11 days ago
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Research Corporation Technologies v. Microsoft In the third of a trio of inequitabe conduct opinions by Judge Rader, the CAFC reversed the lower court's ruling that RCT's digital halftoning patents were ... (original story)
Judge Rader Again Defends Patentee Against Charges of Inequitable Conduct
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 12 days ago
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Research Corporation Technologies v. Microsoft (Fed. Cir. 2008) In the third of a trio of inequitabe conduct opinions by Judge Rader, the CAFC reversed the lower court’s ruling that RCT’s digital halftoning patents were unenforceable. Amazingly, the appellate panel found... (original story)
Trends in Inventing: Design Patents
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 12 days ago
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Most design patents are based on the work of a single inventor. Although the average "inventor count" per design patent is still under two a time series appears to show that the lone-mind story of inventing continues to shift to... (original story)
Inequitable Conduct: Out of the Frying Pan?
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 12 days ago
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By Prof. Paul M. Janicke, HIPLA Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center In the 1980s patent practitioners were being pressed by clients to keep costs down. At the same time they were seemingly presumed by courts to understand... (original story)
PTO: Some Claim & Continuation Rules will Not be Effective Until After Injunction is Lifted
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 12 days ago
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PTO Notice: "USPTO is identifying the applicability date of those regulatory provisions relating to applications containing patentably indistinct claims which are enjoined in Tafas v. Dudas, 530 F. Supp. 2d 786 (E.D. Va. 2008). Should the injunction be lifted, those... (original story)
Dell Attempts To Trademark Cloud Computing
Posted from Patent / Trademark Law News 12 days ago
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BLOGS A lot of words have been bandied about when trying to define the term 'cloud computing,' but few real definitions have stuck. (original story)
CAFC Refuses Mandamus to Stay ITC Proceeding Pending Reexamination
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 13 days ago
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In re Freescale Semiconductor (Fed. Cir. 2008) (non-precedential) In an ITC Section 337 action begun by patentee Tessera against Motorola, Freescale, Quallcom and others, the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) granted a stay of its proceedings pending reexamination of the patent.... (original story)
Can Dell Hold its 'Cloud Computing' Trademark?
Posted from Patent / Trademark Law News 13 days ago
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Can Dell Hold its 'Cloud Computing' Trademark? Legal experts say it liable to lose the first time the company tries to enforce the trademark. (original story)
Patently-O Bits and Bytes
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 13 days ago
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On Friday, I'll be speaking at a Stanford Conference. The topic is the Quasi-Trademark Properties of Design Patent Protection. A recent lawsuit filed by Simply Orange Juice (Coca-Cola) is typical of the approach. SOJ's design patent covers its recognizable orange... (original story)
Dell Shoots for 'Cloud Computing' Trademark
Posted from Patent / Trademark Law News 14 days ago
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Dell wants more than a piece of the cloud -- it wants to trademark the term "cloud computing." Although the company has successfully completed much of the registration process with the PTO, it's unlikely to ... (original story)
Research Tools: No 271(e)(1) Safe Harbor for Non-Regulated Equipment
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 14 days ago
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Proveris Scientific Corp v. InnovaSystems, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2008) Innova's optical spray analyzer is used in connection with FDA regulatory submissions. In particular, the device can be used to measure the quality of aerosol sprays used for drug delivery. In... (original story)
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