Posted from Patent / Trademark Law News 14 days ago
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Dell's trademark of the ubiquitous, commonly used term "cloud computing" is one of those eyebrow-raising events that immediately begs the question: How is that possible? The simple answer is that Dell is ... (original story)
Posted from Patent / Trademark Law News 14 days ago
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MDRNA, Inc. today reported financial results for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2008, and a further corporate restructuring. (original story)
Posted from Patent / Trademark Law News 15 days ago
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Last week, the patent office agreed to reexamine a patent it granted in 1994 on a "Computer-assisted parts sales method." Orion IP has filed many, many lawsuits asserting infringement of this and related ... (original story)
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 15 days ago
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I was looking through a file history today and ran across the interesting note. "This file is in disarray because a Public Searcher from the Law Firm of ***** LLP copied the file and did not put the paper back... (original story)
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 15 days ago
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Editorial by Arti Rai, Elvin R. Latty Professor of Law, Duke University From the perspective of a candidate running for President, articulating a position on the subject of patent reform might appear a fool's errand. For many (perhaps most) voters,... (original story)
Posted from circuit court "patent ... 16 days ago
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Aug. 4, 2008 -- On June 10, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the matter of LG Electronics, Inc. v. Quanta Computer Corporation , providing its first opinion on the issue of patent exhaustion in more than 65 years. The doctrine of patent ... (original story)
Posted from Patent / Trademark Law News 17 days ago
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We've been covering the ongoing saga of an old patent we've referred to as the "JPEG Patent." This actually isn't the first patent we've called the JPEG Patent, because multiple people claimed to hold patents ... (original story)
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 17 days ago
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Bill Patry has decided to stop his popular copyright law blog. He gives two reasons: Although the blog is his personal work, most folks who quote the blog draw some link to Google policy. (I'll do it here: Patry is... (original story)
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 18 days ago
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The only patent reform bill to make it through both the House and Senate in 2008 may well be the “Duffy Provision.” In an article first published in Patently-O on July 23, 2007, Professor John Duffy of GWU Law School... (original story)
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 18 days ago
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Debra Anderson recently published her checklist for ensuring that the PTO is notified of all relevant prior art and public uses of an invention. What is on your checklist? Remind your client of the duty to disclose relevant prior art,... (original story)
Posted from PLI Patent Practice Center ... 18 days ago
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It is now time to set the record straight and expose those who are writing on the Internet that the recent USPTO notice in the Federal Register means that outsourcing patent preparation and search work can continue status quo because there has been no change in the law. First, there has been no chan... (original story)
Posted from Patent / Trademark Law News 18 days ago
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An Apple patent for tagging media assets, locations and advertisements has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. (original story)
Posted from PLI Patent Practice Center ... 18 days ago
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I seem to have hit the hornets nest with some of my comments about the USPTO reminder notice that outsourcing that is ongoing likely violates US export regulations. If you read through the comments to my last few posts you will see that quite a discussion has started about quality of outsourced wor... (original story)
Posted from Patent / Trademark Law News 18 days ago
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By Agam Shah Dell may be trying to grab control of a term that could define technology infrastructure for years to come. (original story)
Posted from circuit court "patent ... 19 days ago
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WASHINGTON, DC -- A coalition of consumer advocacy and public interest groups today filed legal papers supporting new U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) rules that would curtail abusive behavior by patent applicants and improve patent quality. The tactics ... (original story)