Patent & IP news for January 31, 2012

German appeals court upholds Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction -- but on different legal basis than Apple's design right from fosspatents.blogspot.com

This morning, the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court (an appeals court) announced that it has upheld a preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and has confirmed that the smaller Galaxy Tab 8.9 ...

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USPTO Proposes Rules Changes for Implementing AIA Provisions -- Oath or Declaration Provisions from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- Last November, officials from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office indicated that ten notices of proposed rulemaking to implement various provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act were being drafted and ...

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Public Health players combine forces from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

January 30th marked an unprecedented level of cooperation between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, several top pharmaceutical companies, governments and other big players in the public health field towards combating and attempting to eliminate ...

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USPTO Road Show in Denver on February 16th from www.717madisonplace.com

If your travels bring you near Denver on February 16th, note that the PTO will be conducting a road show at The University of Denver, Sturm College of Law: United States Patent and Trademark Road ...

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Katonomics 10: IP valuation again --how much is a footballer worth? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

You can't keep a good Katonomist down -- particularly on a date like 31 January.  That's the closing date for the English and Danish "transfer windows" within which football clubs can sell their overpaid ...

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European Commission Orders Italy To Drop Patent Linkage Delaying Generics from www.ip-watch.org

The European Commission has issued a formal request to Italy to remove linkage between patents and generic medicines authorisation that it says is causing delays in generics reaching the market. Related Articles:

• EPO, European Commission ...

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Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) from www.patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch Krippelz v. Ford (Fed. Cir. 2012) This case involves an interesting 20+ year history between Mr. Krippelz and Ford Motor Company, including 14 years of litigation over a mirror lamp. Ford has ...

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Developing IP Economies: Jordan from info.articleonepartners.com

With patent data available for no less than 184 WIPO member states, trends in IP can be found all over the world.  The largest patent offices often receive the most attention, but many smaller patent ...

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Litigating? Be nice or face the wrath. from 37thoughts.wordpress.com

In an order dated January 26, 2012, Chief Judge Gerald Rosen of the Eastern District of Michigan sua sponte sanctioned plaintiffs’ counsel $1,000.   The offense?   The “transparent gamesmanship” of opposing the defendant’s out-of-time ...

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Be explicit about things implicit in your patent application to avoid written description issues from ocpatentlawyer.com

Written Description Requirement To get a patent, an inventor must satisfy the written description requirement.  This is accomplished through the preparation of a patent application which describes the invention and shows any drawings if necessary ...

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Trademark Tip: Words vs. Logo from www.erikpelton.com

One of the most frequent questions I am asked is whether a business should file to protect its name or its logo. A trademark application for a mark that is just wording is called a ...

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Can I Trademark a Color? from tacticalip.com

Many products use a particular color to distinguish themselves. The definition section of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1127, defines trademarks as including “any word, name, symbol, or device, or any...

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Patent Drawings: An Economical Way to Expand Disclosure from www.ipwatchdog.com

While formally compliant drawings are not technically always required at the time of filing, there are significant benefits to submitting professional patent illustrations at the time of filing. Indeed, it is my opinion that the ...

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The giants among us -- or US"? from ipfinance.blogspot.com

"The Giants Among Us" is an article by Tom Ewing & Robin Feldman that has recently been published at 2012 Stanford Technology Law Journal 1.  You can read it online here. Astonishingly, given that it was ...

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Mass Aggregators from www.patenthawk.com

"The patent world is quietly undergoing a change of seismic proportions. In a few short years, a handful of entities have amassed vast treasuries of patents on an unprecedented scale... Mass aggregators do not engage ...

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“Don’t Hide The Ball” – Best Mode in the US Patent System from www.iposgoode.ca

I am pleased to join you from south of the border. My work has been focussed in the United States. Intellectual property laws are very powerful and important today. Yet they are but part of ...

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60 Minutes on January 29, 2012 from ipbiz.blogspot.com

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta faces future challenges including halting nuclear bomb production in Iran; NFL commisioner Roger Goodell on his billion-dollar business model; U.S. ranches that offer exotic big-game hunting.

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