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Inside Views: Patent Insurance Scheme: Financial Resource For WHO Global IP Strategy?
Posted from Patent / Trademark Law News 19 days ago
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The Intellectual Property Watch Monthly Reporter is available in print edition and online. (original story)
Claim Construction Not Required Before Preliminary Injunction Decision
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 19 days ago
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Novo Nordisk v. Sanofi-Aventis (Fed. Cir. 2008) (nonprecedential) Novo sued Sanofi alleging infringement of its patent covering an insulin pen. In a Feb 19, 2008 order, the district court denied Novo’s request for a preliminary injunction – finding that Sanofi... (original story)
Bloggers Comment on USPTO Export Notice
Posted from PLI Patent Practice Center ... 19 days ago
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As you might expect, bloggers across the Internet are picking up on this issue, which seems to be first reported by Dennis Crouch at Patenly-O. It would seem that those bloggers who have ties to the India outsource market are attempting to calm fears about there services, while those in the US who ... (original story)
Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 53
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 19 days ago
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Late Requests for Patent Term Extension: An earlier post noted that the PTO had rejected AstraZeneca???s request for a patent term extension because it was filed one day late. Interestingly in its filing, Astra found 14 other PTE requests that... (original story)
USPTO Rejects SYMBICORT Patent Extension
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 19 days ago
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In re Patent Term Extension for Patent No. 5,674,860 (Commissioner for Patents 2008) Summary: The USPTO has rejected AstraZeneca???s request for an extension of its patent term on Symbicort. In its decision, the office gave two reasons: (1) new combinations... (original story)
Consumer and Public Interest Groups Back New U.S. Patent Rules That ... - PR Newswire
Posted from circuit court "patent ... 19 days ago
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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 ... (original story)
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Announces New Board of Directors for 2008 - PR Newswire
Posted from circuit court "patent ... 19 days ago
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CHICAGO, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States, is pleased to announce its newly-named Board of Directors for 2008. The new Board members are: Meredith Martin Addy ... (original story)
Nventa Wins European Patent Challenge Covering Lead Product Candidate ...
Posted from Patent / Trademark Law News 20 days ago
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Nventa Biopharmaceuticals Corporation announced today that it has received a favorable decision from the Technical Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office for the company's European Patent Number ... (original story)
Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 53
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 20 days ago
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Late Requests for Patent Term Extension: An earlier post noted that the PTO had rejected AstraZeneca’s request for a patent term extension because it was filed one day late. Interestingly in its filing, Astra found 14 other PTE requests that... (original story)
Margaret J.A. Peterlin leaving USPTO
Posted from Patent / Trademark Law News 20 days ago
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A press release on 29 July from the USPTO notes: Margaret J.A. Peterlin, deputy under secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and deputy director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office , has ... (original story)
USPTO Rejects SYMBICORT Patent Extension
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 20 days ago
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In re Patent Term Extension for Patent No. 5,674,860 (Commissioner for Patents 2008) Summary: The USPTO has rejected AstraZeneca’s request for an extension of its patent term on Symbicort. In its decision, the office gave two reasons: (1) new combinations... (original story)
USPTO Ends Patent Outsourcing to India
Posted from PLI Patent Practice Center ... 21 days ago
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On July 23, 2008, the United States Patent & Trademark Office published an interesting notice in the Federal Register. This particular notice announced nothing new in terms of the law, but will have an enormous impact on the way patent services are provided to many corporations and law firms. Spec... (original story)
Peterlin Resigns from USPTO
Posted from Patent / Trademark Law News 21 days ago
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From a USPTO press release : Margaret J.A. Peterlin, deputy under secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and deputy director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office , has announced that she ... (original story)
Secondary Considerations of Obviousness in a Patent Case: The Seldom-Used "Simultaneous Invention" Factor
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 21 days ago
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Secondary considerations are most often used by patentees as circumstantial evidence that an invention was nonobvious. ???Negative??? secondary considerations ??? those used as circumstantial evidence of obviousness ??? have received less attention and less support in the case law. However,... (original story)
BPAI Factual Findings Affirmed Based on Substantial Evidence
Posted from Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) 21 days ago
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In re Stauffer (Fed. Cir. 2008) (nonprecedential) This is a nice idea: A device for automatically printing out caller ID records. What I prefer (and have used in the past) is to receive an e-mail receipt for all incoming calls... (original story)
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