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Andrei Mincov's Articles

Andrei Mincov's Articles

Covers copyright and its interdependence with the overall political regime.

http://mincov.com/articles
  • Sep 11

    Civilization or Mindless Helplessne

    Civilization or Mindless Helplessne
    Often when I argue the case for individual rights and radical departure from government regulation, I hear words to the effect that it is the collectively financed government regulation that creates the framework for a civilized life, from…
  • Jun 17

    Monument to Human Devolution

    Monument to Human Devolution
    There once was a time in human history when monuments stood for something. They used to be erected to celebrate triumphs and achievements. Sometimes, they were built to commemorate national losses and tragedies. This happens no more. We are…
  • May 29

    In Support of Abolition of Laws Prohibiting Private Discrimination

    In Support of Abolition of Laws Prohibiting Private Discrimination
    Most people unwittingly consider laws against private discrimination one of the greatest social achievements of the modern times.  In this article I will explain how these laws are nothing more than a tool of everyone’s enslavement.
Rank this Week: 2162

Georgia Patent Law Blog

Georgia Patent Law Blog

Provides summaries of patent-related opinions and orders by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. By Coby Nixon.

http://www.georgiapatentlaw.com/
Rank this Week: 4842

IP Litigation From Flyover Country

IP Litigation From Flyover Country

Covers copyright, trademark, trade secret & patent litigation. By David L. Rein Jr.

http://iplitigator.wordpress.com/
Rank this Week: 4658

COPYRIGHT LAW and COPYRIGHT…

COPYRIGHT LAW and COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

Reporting on news that affects copyright law, patents, trademarks, intellectual property, fraud and identity theft in the U.S. and abroad. Published by the editors and writers of ResearchCopyright.com

http://researchcopyright.blogspot.com/
  • Aug 29

    Copyright Infringement Basics - A Copyright Lawyer's Perspective

    Copyright Infringement Basics - A Copyright Lawyer's Perspective
    By Enrico SchaeferFew legal principles inspire more confusion than copyright law. Our copyright lawyers often spend as much time educating our clients as we do digging into their specific legal issues. Copyright law, like other intellectual…
  • Jul 17

    Google Images for Royalty Free Photos?

    Google Images for Royalty Free Photos?
    By Stephen BrowneSearching Google Images is a great way to locate very targeted photos, artwork, drawings, logos, banners, and just about any other type of graphical image you can imagine.With Google's Advanced Image Search feature, anyone…
  • Jul 17

    How to Research the Copyright Status of a Book

    How to Research the Copyright Status of a Book
    By Steven ChabotteWhen seeking US published works in the public domain, there is a gray area from 1923 to 1963 where the book may or may not be in the public domain.
Rank this Week: 1822

Contemporary Intellectual…

Contemporary Intellectual Property, Licensing & Information Law

Covers issues around intellectual property, licensing law, privacy, data protection, and security and UCITA. Published by Raymond T. Nimmer, the Leonard Childs Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center and co-director of the Houston Intelle

http://www.ipinfoblog.com/
  • Aug 28

    Arbitration as a consumer dispute resolution tool

    Arbitration as a consumer dispute resolution tool
    Several months ago the Supreme Court insulated arbitration clauses in consumer and other small claims settings from the most frequent challenge to their enforceability – the allegation that they are unconscionable unless they allow class…
  • Aug 8

    Trademarks used functionally and not as a mark

    Trademarks used functionally and not as a mark
    Trademark law gives the mark owner a right to protect against conduct that is likely to create confusion about sources or sponsorship of a product or service. But trademark law does not give the mark owner control over all use of the image,…
  • Jul 30

    Data protection privacy - meet the First Amendment

    Data protection privacy - meet the First Amendment
    I and others had been wondering when the political frenzy to protect pseudo privacy (actually, personal data protection) laws and regulations restricting a person or a corporation’s use of non-sensitive, personal information about another…
Rank this Week: 3011

Contemporary Intellectual…

Contemporary Intellectual Property, Licensing & Information Law

Covers intellectual property, licensing law, privacy, data protection and security and UCITA. By Raymond T. Nimmer.

http://www.ipinfoblog.com/
  • Aug 28

    Arbitration as a consumer dispute resolution tool

    Arbitration as a consumer dispute resolution tool
    Several months ago the Supreme Court insulated arbitration clauses in consumer and other small claims settings from the most frequent challenge to their enforceability – the allegation that they are unconscionable unless they allow class…
  • Aug 8

    Trademarks used functionally and not as a mark

    Trademarks used functionally and not as a mark
    Trademark law gives the mark owner a right to protect against conduct that is likely to create confusion about sources or sponsorship of a product or service. But trademark law does not give the mark owner control over all use of the image,…
  • Jul 30

    Data protection privacy - meet the First Amendment

    Data protection privacy - meet the First Amendment
    I and others had been wondering when the political frenzy to protect pseudo privacy (actually, personal data protection) laws and regulations restricting a person or a corporation’s use of non-sensitive, personal information about another…
Rank this Week: 3206

Intellectual Property and Internet…

Intellectual Property and Internet Law

Covers copyright, trademark and internet law. By Phillip Marano.

http://softip.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 2994

PATracer

PATracer

Reports on patent litigation appeals pending before the Federal Circuit.

http://www.patentlit.com
Rank this Week: 4388

Inventor's Rock

Inventor's Rock

Features patents and trademarks news. By Patents + TMS, P.C.

http://blog.patents-tms.com
Rank this Week: 3047

Generic Pharmaceuticals and IP

Generic Pharmaceuticals and IP

Covers patent and business issues affecting generic pharmaceutical drugs. By Sandeep K. Rathod.

http://genericpharmaceuticals.blogspot.com/
  • Jul 30

    Update: Generic drugs seizure row: India, EU reach ‘interim settlement’

    Update: Generic drugs seizure row: India, EU reach ‘interim settlement’
    We had blogged on the Economic Times 'understanding that EU and India' have reached in the drug seizure row.Government of India's press release here.The EU (draft) proposal to amend EU "Customs Regulation" to clarify relevant EU legislation…
  • Jul 14

    EU not to seize Indian drug despatches using Europe as transit

    EU not to seize Indian drug despatches using Europe as transit
    Close on the heels of the earlier news on Dutch Authorities working on restoring trade by assuring that no more seizures of transshipping generic drugs would take place, we now see this report in The Economic Times.Key part of the report on…
  • Jul 4

    DIPP Utility Model discussion- Feedback received

    DIPP Utility Model discussion- Feedback received
    The DIPP has uploaded the feedback received from various stakeholders on its website. For those of you who are interested in reading the comments/ feedback, click here.The Media too has picked on reporting about this.
Rank this Week: 1694

ninetyfiveyears

ninetyfiveyears

Covers media, technology, culture and the law. By Richard D. Allen and Joe Pirrotta.

http://www.95years.com
Rank this Week: 4297

IP Registration and Enforcement…

IP Registration and Enforcement Blog

Covers trademark law. By Davidson and Davidson LLC.

http://davidsontm.wordpress.com
Rank this Week: 3918

Media Beak

Media Beak

Covers media law, ethics and intellectual property law. By Ed Forbes.

http://mediabeak.blogspot.com/
  • Jul 19

    Today in Parliament - Time to get Hackgate into perspective

    Today in Parliament - Time to get Hackgate into perspective
    So the Spanish Inquisition that was today's Parliamentary Inquiry did not end in blood letting, dramatic revelations or anything significantly new. The highlight was provided by some lesser known 'comedian' and Wendi Deng's swift defence of…
  • Jul 18

    Hacking: when the hunters become the hunted

    Hacking: when the hunters become the hunted
    On the eve of the blood-letting that will be attempted in Parliament tomorrow there is no let-up in the momentum of mud-slinging by politicians trading outrage over what was a phone hacking scandal but has now become a melting-pot for the…
  • Jun 1

    The Sun keeps up the pressure to get bonking banker injunction lifted

    The Sun keeps up the pressure to get bonking banker injunction lifted
    Fair play to The Sun (+ of course legal team) who continue to put pressure on the High Court - or as it happens Mr Justice Tugendhat - to remove the rest of the discredited superinjunction that sought to cover up Fred the Bed, the Shred, the…
Rank this Week: 4684

Anything Under The Sun Made By Man

Anything Under The Sun Made By Man

Covers patents and business strategies. By Russ Krajec.

http://www.krajec.com/index.php?/weblog/
  • Jul 4

    Can Patent Quality be Measured?

    Can Patent Quality be Measured?
    Ask any patent attorney about patent quality and you will open a big discussion. Most of the time, you will hear the phrase “I know it when I see it”, or something to that effect. There are some overt things that give a patent ‘high…
  • Jun 27

    The Importance of an In-Person Disclosure Meeting, Even If It Is 8 Time Zones Away

    The Importance of an In-Person Disclosure Meeting, Even If It Is 8 Time Zones Away
    I am writing this post from a faraway international airport, listening to a bad rendition of “Total Eclipse of the Heart” followed by “You Were Always On My Mind”, beginning a twenty-something-hour-long journey home from a set of…
  • Jun 13

    Longevity Questions and Solutions for Hiring Solo

    Longevity Questions and Solutions for Hiring Solo
    I have heard from large companies that they are reluctant to take on solo practitioners because they do not know if the solo will be around for the long haul. In other forms of law, such as family law or criminal law, the cases may span a…
Rank this Week: 2815

The Prior Art

The Prior Art

One reporter's notes on the IP beat. By Joe Mullin.

http://thepriorart.typepad.com/the_prior_art/
  • Jul 1

    With $4.5 Billion Bid, Group Led by Apple and Microsoft Claims Nortel Patent

    With $4.5 Billion Bid, Group Led by Apple and Microsoft Claims Nortel Patent
    In a patent auction unprecedented in size and scope, a consortium of high-tech heavyweights banded together to buy Nortel Networks Corporation's trove of more than 6,000 remaining patent assets for a record-shattering $4.5 billion.
  • Jun 21

    Hangover Cure: Warner Bros. Settles Copyright Suit Over Tyson Tattoo

    Hangover Cure: Warner Bros. Settles Copyright Suit Over Tyson Tattoo
    By Andrew Goldberg It looks like the tattoo on Ed Helms's face in The Hangover Part II is there to stay after all.  Warner Bros. has inked a deal to settle the copyright infringement suit brought by S. Victor Whitmill, the tattoo artist who…
  • Jun 10

    This Week in IP: Apps, Tats, and Patent Reform Hits a New Snag

    This Week in IP: Apps, Tats, and Patent Reform Hits a New Snag
    By Andrew Goldberg Apple Steps in for App Developers Good news for app developers and iPhone users! Apple has decided to intervene on behalf of the seven iOs app developers sued for patent infringement by Texas-based patent-holding company…
Rank this Week: 2298

nerdlaw.org

nerdlaw.org

Covers intellectual property and technology news.

http://nerdlawdotorg.blogspot.com/
  • Jun 21

    Vindication (Sort Of)

    Vindication (Sort Of)
    I've been arguing (privately, at least) that the Copyright Act preempts the hot news doctrine for a while now. (Making that argument during an interview for a position at the Copyright Office was perhaps not the best idea.) But it looks like…
  • Mar 22

    This blog has moved

    This blog has moved
    This blog is now located at http://nerdlawdotorg.blogspot.com/. You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click here. For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to …
  • Mar 22

    Announcing: "Journalism’s Digital Transition: Unique Legal Challenges and Opportunities" @ Harvard Law School April 9, 2010

    Announcing: "Journalism’s Digital Transition: Unique Legal Challenges and Opportunities" @ Harvard Law School April 9, 2010
    Announcing a one-day symposium and CLE program on Friday April 9, 2010 hosted by the Citizen Media Law Project and Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center to celebrate the launch of the Online Media Legal Network (OMLN). The…
Rank this Week: 4299

Two-Seventy-One Patent Blog

Two-Seventy-One Patent Blog

Provides insight and analysis on patent law, patent portfolio management and patent litigation in the fields of electronics, software and computers. By Peter Zura.

http://271patent.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 1126

BLOG@IP::JUR

BLOG@IP::JUR

Covers intellectual property law. By Axel H Horns.

http://www.ipjur.com/blog2/
Rank this Week: 2854

ipmINDs

ipmINDs

Covers patent and intellectual property law.

http://ipminds.wordpress.com
Rank this Week: 2257

IP Law Blog

IP Law Blog

Covers intellectual property in the United States and beyond. By Jim Pravel.

http://iplawusa.blogspot.com/
  • Mar 9

    Senate Passes Historic Patent Reform Bill

    Senate Passes Historic Patent Reform Bill
    The Senate yesterday passed the America Invents Act (S. 23) by a vote of 87-3. Although some provisions were dropped, the Senate bill retained the following key elements:
  • Mar 3

    Senate Defeats Feinstein Patent Amendment

    Senate Defeats Feinstein Patent Amendment
    An amendment that was offered by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to the patent reform bill (America Invents Act S. 23) has been tabled by a vote of 87 to 13.
  • Sep 29

    National Trademark Expo - October 15-16, 2010

    National Trademark Expo - October 15-16, 2010
    The US Patent and Trademark Office will have a National Trademark Expo October 15-16, 2010 at the USPTO Campus, 600 Delany Street, Alexandria, Virginia. Events will be free and include: 1. "What Every Small Business Must Know About…
Rank this Week: 4344

DRG Law

DRG Law

Business, intellectual property, litigation, and transactional issues from a legal and relational perspective. By Douglas R. Griess.

http://drglaw.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 5018

Mixed Martial Arts Law Blog

Mixed Martial Arts Law Blog

Covers MMA laws and regulations, as well as intellectual property matters. By David Nelmark.

http://www.mixedmartialartslawblog.com/
  • Jan 18

    "Ask the Cage Counsel" Debuts on MMAJunkie.com

    "Ask the Cage Counsel" Debuts on MMAJunkie.com
    As announced last week, I am the newest columnist for MMAJunkie.com.   My first piece--about the implications of a post-fight sucker punch such as the one Paul Daley landed on Josh Koscheck at UFC 113--appeared this morning.   If you…
  • Jan 16

    Update on Zuffa v. Bellator Trade Secrets Case

    Update on Zuffa v. Bellator Trade Secrets Case
    Tracey Lesetar at Sherdog has posted a detailed update on the status of Zuffa's trade secrets case against Bellator.  In short, discovery in the case is proceeding despite Bellator's requests to stop that expensive process until the court…
  • Jan 13

    Zuffa Sues Over Use of the Term "Ultimate Fighting"

    Zuffa Sues Over Use of the Term "Ultimate Fighting"
    Last month Zuffa sued Ubisoft over the packaging of the new "Fighters Uncaged" video game.  Justin Klein has the details of the suit in his piece at MMA Payout, but the crux of the case is that the back of the game box features the phrase…
Rank this Week: 2919

RobWebb2k

RobWebb2k

Covers DMCA, technology and e-commerce issues and litigation.

http://blog.robwebb2k.com
  • Nov 30

    The Quiet E-Commerce Renaissance

    The Quiet E-Commerce Renaissance
    E-commerce has undergone dramatic change in the last two years.  Zynga has cracked social gaming and virtual goods wide open, producing enormous transaction volume.  Groupon has crushed local service group buying and created a multi-billion…
  • Oct 2

    Calculating Online Advertising Return on Investment

    Calculating Online Advertising Return on Investment
    I’ve been helping a friend write a business school case on his company. I haven’t done too much but it’s been fun to see the process. Recently I helped with an appendix covering the ROI calculation when dealing with online advertising…
  • Sep 26

    Paper Prototype User Testing

    Paper Prototype User Testing
    A heavily underutilized tool in the UI development and testing toolset is the paper prototype user test.  Paper prototype tests have literally saved me and the companies I have worked for hundreds of hours and tens of thousands of dollars.…
Rank this Week: 5183

Richards Patent Law

Richards Patent Law

Covers US patent law. By Patrick Richards.

http://www.richardspatentlaw.com
  • Nov 3

    Richards Patent Law Co-Hosts Free Patent and Intellectual Property Roundtable Discussion through the Illinois Technology Association

    Richards Patent Law Co-Hosts Free Patent and Intellectual Property Roundtable Discussion through the Illinois Technology Association
    Patrick Richards of Richards Patent Law P.C. and Catherine McGivney of Connelly Roberts & McGivney LLC are hosting a Legal Advice Roundtable event through the Illinois Technology Association entitled “Legal Roundtable: Intellectual…
  • Sep 28

    The USPTO Publishes Updated Guidelines for Determining Obviousne

    The USPTO Publishes Updated Guidelines for Determining Obviousne
    This month the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released updated guidelines for determining obviousness in patent examination – Examination Guidelines Update: Developments in the Obviousness Inquiry After KSR v.Teleflex. …
  • Aug 9

    CBS News Story: Patent Backlog Frustrates Inventor

    CBS News Story: Patent Backlog Frustrates Inventor
    Yesterday CBS News published a story about the patent backlog at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the impact on businesses and independent inventors. According to the article, USPTO Director David Kappos is aiming to…
Rank this Week: 3723

The M.E.L.O.N. Feed

The M.E.L.O.N. Feed

Covers multimedia and entertainment law news. By Berman Entertainment & Technology Law.

http://beatblog.typepad.com/melon/
Rank this Week: 4452

Defending SIIA Audits

Defending SIIA Audits

Discusses how businesses should respond to software audits by the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA). By Robert J. Scott.

http://blawg.scottandscottllp.com/defendingsiiaaudits/
  • Sep 28

    Unauthorized Software: Costly to Your Bottom Line

    Unauthorized Software: Costly to Your Bottom Line
    The Business Software Alliance (“BSA”) and Software & Information Industry Association (“SIIA”) pursue copyright infringement claims against companies accused of installing unauthorized copies of software. …
  • Sep 28

    Adopting Software Use Policies to Protect Against Copyright Infringement Claim

    Adopting Software Use Policies to Protect Against Copyright Infringement Claim
    The Business Software Alliance (“BSA”), and the Software & Information Industry Association (“SIIA”) pursue copyright infringement claims on behalf of software publishers, such as Microsoft, Adobe, and Autodesk,…
  • Sep 28

    Judge Rejects Copyright Damages Compilation Component

    Judge Rejects Copyright Damages Compilation Component
    In Nature’s Enterprises, Inc. v. Pearson (2010), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected Nature’s Enterprises (“NEI’s”) request for damages for each component part of a compilation.…
Rank this Week: 2511

I/P Updates

I/P Updates

Offers news and information for intellectual property practitioners. By William F. Heinze.

http://ip-updates.blogspot.com/
  • Aug 30

    46th Annual Corporate Patent Seminar

    46th Annual Corporate Patent Seminar
    Registration is now open for the 46th Annual Corporate Patent Seminar in Austin, Texas on November 14-16th. Past participants have included representatives from Procter & Gamble, Caterpillar, SC Johnson, Pfizer, Eli Lilly and others.
  • Jun 7

    Marking Not Required for Notice in Process or Method Claim

    Marking Not Required for Notice in Process or Method Claim
    In Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
  • Mar 3

    Fair Use Doctrine Under U.S. Copyright Law

    Fair Use Doctrine Under U.S. Copyright Law
    Authors rights under copyright law are subject to certain limitations, including the doctrine of “fair use” that was developed through a substantial number of court decisions over the years and has been codified in section 107 of …
Rank this Week: 1901

Dirceu Santa Rosa

Dirceu Santa Rosa

Covers IP, technology and entertainment law. In Portuguese.

http://dirceusrosa.wordpress.com
  • Jul 29

    Evento na Câmara de Comércio França Brasil

    Evento na Câmara de Comércio França Brasil
    Prezados, Fiquei uns dias sem vir ao blog. Perdi, como sempre, a senha. Estarei palestrando no dia 09/08 sobre a Reforma da Lei 9610 em um evento da CCFB-Rio. Os dados seguem abaixo :
  • Jul 18

    Seminario “Chapa Branca” sobre a #reformalda em São Paulo hoje !!!

    Seminario “Chapa Branca” sobre a #reformalda em São Paulo hoje !!!
    Fiquem de olho neste evento do IDEC sobre a Reforma da Lei de Direito Autoral , que ocorrerá no TucaArena hoje.
  • Jul 14

    Gafe do Fantástico – Mais um caso de dano à imagem ?

    Gafe do Fantástico – Mais um caso de dano à imagem ?
    O site Não Salvo divulgou um pequeno erro em uma matéria do Fantástico envolvendo 2 famosos jogadores de futebol. Aparentemente, mesmo com a imagem sendo mostrada por meros segundos, entendo que o dano à imagem nunca seria do site, que…
Rank this Week: 3005

Owners, Borrowers & Thieves…

Owners, Borrowers & Thieves 2.0

Covers IP ownership, use, and enforcement in the 21st century. By Husch Blackwell LLP.

http://iplitigator.huschblackwell.com/
  • Jul 16

    Some Answers Are Not So Hard In The Copyright Debate. Or Are They?

    Some Answers Are Not So Hard In The Copyright Debate. Or Are They?
    One of my favorite sports columnists is Joe Posnanski who writes for Sports Illustrated and periodically, for the Kansas City Star.  But, as insightful and funny as he is about sports and life, he's not the first place to turn…
  • Apr 14

    Less Hope For Shepard Fairey in Obama Hope Poster Case?

    Less Hope For Shepard Fairey in Obama Hope Poster Case?
    If the street artist, Shepard Fairey, initially thought the copyright litigation over the Obama Hope poster would be a good-natured pillow fight with the Associated Press, he probably knew that it was goi
  • Mar 16

    Supreme Court Rules On Copyright Registration: What Does It Mean?

    Supreme Court Rules On Copyright Registration: What Does It Mean?
    I previously wrote that I was hoping the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Reed Elsevier Inc. v. Muchnick would finally answer the question of whether copyright registration is necessary for courts to have subject matter…
Rank this Week: 4429

Ravindran Associates

Ravindran Associates

Features IP News in Singapore.

http://ravindranassociates.blogspot.com/
  • Jul 14

    No. 2

    No. 2
    We are proud to announce the arrival of Ravi's 2nd. It arrived about a week ago, all swaddled in white, causing quite a stir in the office. We are, of course, referring to the 2nd edition of "Trade Marks Act - A Commentary", published by…
  • Apr 6

    "Raffles" not similar to "Raffles Fine Arts Auctioneers"

    "Raffles" not similar to "Raffles Fine Arts Auctioneers"
    The Registry of Trade Marks recently held that the mark “Raffles” was not similar to “Raffles FINE ART AUCTIONEERS”.
  • Mar 22

    IPOS Legal Decision

    IPOS Legal Decision
    We are pleased to note that the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore has taken heed of practitioners' feedback, and has started to publish the full text of its legal decisions on its website (look under 2010 for the lovely inaugural .pdf…
Rank this Week: 4851

IndianIPR.com Judgements

IndianIPR.com Judgements

Head Notes to IP Judgements decided by the Supreme Court of India, All High Courts of India, Intellectual Property Appellate Board of India and Copyright Board of India.

http://indian-ipr.blogspot.com/
  • Jun 13

    Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - O. 7, r. 11

    Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - O. 7, r. 11
    The Court while dealing with an application under Order VII Rule 11 is not required to make an elaborate enquiry into debatable, doubtful or complicated questions of law or fact.
  • Jun 13

    Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Section 24

    Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - Section 24
    Petition u/s. 24 of CPC seeking transfer of Suit No.336/2003 petition under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the 'CPC') seeking transfer of Suit No.336/2003 (Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha vs.…
  • Jun 13

    Code of Civil Procedure, 1908[O. 39 r. 1, O. 39 r. 2]

    Code of Civil Procedure, 1908[O. 39 r. 1, O. 39 r. 2]
    The plaintiff to succeed the three ingredients of prima facie case, balance of convenience and irretrievable injury have to be satisfied by the plaintiff. A prima facie case is a pre-requisite for grant of interim injunction. The plaintiff…
Rank this Week: 4237

Daily Dose of IP

Daily Dose of IP

Offers daily tidbits on intellectual property law. By Mark Reichel.

http://dailydoseofip.blogspot.com/
  • Apr 21

    The Third Meeting of the IP5 Heads of Office Recently Held

    The Third Meeting of the IP5 Heads of Office Recently Held
    On April 15 and 16, 2010, the IP5 met to discuss a series of Foundation Projects geared toward creating a work-sharing environment and improvements to expedite the IP prosecution process. The IP5 is comprised of five patent offices,…
  • Apr 20

    Recent Updates at the CIPO

    Recent Updates at the CIPO
    The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has recently announced a series of updates for visitors and users of its Web site:1. The Trade-marks Opposition Board (TMOB) has a new "Decisions" page that provides hyperlinks to final decisions…
  • Apr 16

    EPO Provides Summary of Recent Rule Change

    EPO Provides Summary of Recent Rule Change
    On April 1, 2010, a series of patent practice changes at the European Patent Office (EPO) took effect, including new search and examination rules, as well as new timelines for filing divisional applications.
Rank this Week: 1917

Transnational Law Blog

Transnational Law Blog

Covers laws which regulates actions or events that transcend national frontiers, including human rights, environmental law, immigration, intellectual property and space law. By Derek Deavenport, John Dermody, Travis Hodgkins and Christine Ngo.

http://transnationallawblog.typepad.com/transnational_law_blog/
  • Apr 7

    The Lure of China and Economic Activism

    The Lure of China and Economic Activism
    I wonder what do you think about Google’s decision to confront China’s censorship by pulling out of the country entirely despite a potential lost of profit for not doing its business with now the second largest economy in the word? A…
  • Apr 2

    March's Winners and Loser

    March's Winners and Loser
    We are moving further away from the double dips danger! Last month the US economy added 162,000 jobs- a strong showing of a potentially more sustained recovery for US economy. Payroll gains are largely boosted by private sectors and much less…
  • Nov 18

    Behind President Obama’s Warning of “Double Dip” Danger

    Behind President Obama’s Warning of “Double Dip” Danger
    Today, in an interview with Fox News in Beijing, President Obama warned that “the US economy could head into a ‘double-dip recession’ unless urgent steps were taken to rein back America’s mounting level of public debt,” reported the…
Rank this Week: 741

Seed Law

Seed Law

Covers legal issues affecting the seed industry, including the IP rights to seeds. By Gillon & Associates, PLLC.

http://seedlaw.blogspot.com/
  • Apr 6

    Myriad Gene case shakes up and shakes down Biotech Industry

    Myriad Gene case shakes up and shakes down Biotech Industry
    First, I would like to thank Matthew Dillon with the Organic Seed Alliance @Seed_Alliance for pulling me from under my rock and informing me about this very important case. Judge Sweet of the Southern District of New York invalidated seven…
  • Jan 19

    Race to the finish line for Monsanto's GE Alfalfa

    Race to the finish line for Monsanto's GE Alfalfa
    This past Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition of certiorari in order to hear the GE Alfalfa case, Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms, No. 09-475, that has been causing quite a stir in the biotech world. This is fortuitous for…
  • Nov 20

    Canadian Inventor Sues State Research Universitie

    Canadian Inventor Sues State Research Universitie
    I like to toss "seed lawsuit" in the google search bar on occasion to see what's going on in the world-at-large beyond the comfortable confines of my office here in suburban Memphis, TN. I came across a story that I have posted on the…
Rank this Week: 2535

IPEstonia

IPEstonia

Intellectual property news from Estonia. By Liina Lintrop and Mikk Putk.

http://ipestonia.wordpress.com
Rank this Week: 1802

Uribe & Asociados Propiedad…

Uribe & Asociados Propiedad Intelectual

Blog sobre Derecho Intelectual en México

http://uribeyasociados.wordpress.com/
  • Jan 22

    ¿Para que sirven las busquedas foneticas de marca?

    ¿Para que sirven las busquedas foneticas de marca?
    La búsqueda fonética representa (o por lo menos debería representar en todos los casos) el primer paso cuando se busca solicitar el registro de una marca. Las búsquedas fonéticas nos van a traer los siguientes beneficios: Estaremos en…
  • Jan 6

    ¿Que es un diseño industrial?

    ¿Que es un diseño industrial?
    De conformidad con la Ley de la Propiedad Industrial mexicana, los diseños industriales se dividen en dos grandes conceptos: Dibujos Industriales Modelos Industriales Por un lado, los dibujos industriales son toda combinación de figuras,…
  • Nov 2

    Secretos Industriales en México

    Secretos Industriales en México
    Una figura que considero muy poco explotada en nuestro país, a pesar de su gran importancia dentro del sistema de Propiedad Intelectual es la de los secretos industriales. En México, se contempla en nuestra legislación a partir de 1991.…
Rank this Week: 5002

Legal River's Business Law Podcast

Legal River's Business Law Podcast

Covers intellectual property law, technology, and business law issues.

http://itunespodcast.legalriver.com
Rank this Week: 1944

IP Deals

IP Deals

Examines legal issues and best practices in the world of IP transactions.

http://ipdeals.wordpress.com
  • Jan 6

    What’s In the Details?

    What’s In the Details?
      In The Euclid Chemical Co. v. Vector Corrosion Technologies, Inc. (April 1, 2009) CAFC considered whether a particular patent had been assigned to Vector. There were two patents and a number of patent applications at issue.  The two…
  • Dec 29

    Adding an “R” for 2010

    Adding an “R” for 2010
    This blog is moving to www.iprdeals.wordpress.com in 2010.  Postings will be made at both sites for at least the first 6 months of 2010 and any discontinuation of postings at this (“sans R”) site will be subject of another posting to…
  • Dec 29

    Roche and Stanford’s Game of “Pass the Patent” Reveals Multiple Pitfalls in Acquiring Patent Right

    Roche and Stanford’s Game of “Pass the Patent” Reveals Multiple Pitfalls in Acquiring Patent Right
    The Federal Circuit’s recent Stanford v. Roche decision (September 30, 2009), which has more twists and turns than a law school exam, provides several interesting lessons about how ownership of patents is acquired (or not!). The basic facts…
Rank this Week: 4870

Honoring the Inventor

Honoring the Inventor

Spotlights inventors and patents.

http://honoringtheinventor.blogspot.com/
  • Dec 30

    Smith & Wesson IP

    Smith & Wesson IP
    Springfield, MA-based Smith & Wesson has 123 U.S. patents and patent apps, see them here.Their latest was from 11/17/2009 titled Fire Control Mechanism for a Firearm, #7,617,628 [the lone inventor for this patent is the prolific Brett…
  • Dec 10

    Scaled & Burt Rutan

    Scaled & Burt Rutan
    Scaled is Burt Rutan's company (founded in 1982, based in Mojave, CA), and the firm has four patents.Consider Fabrication of structure having structural layers and layers of controllable electrical or magnetic properties from 2001--A…
  • Nov 30

    Monsanto: Patents for Seed

    Monsanto: Patents for Seed
    St. Louis-based Monsanto has a lot of seed patents, to the growing chagrin of some farmers.How many U.S. patents & patent apps in total?14,183.See them here.Consider their most recent patent, #7,622,660 titled Plants and seeds of hybrid corn…
Rank this Week: 2375

Automating Invention

Automating Invention

Covers computers, invention, and the law. By Robert Plotkin.

http://www.automatinginvention.com/
  • Dec 1

    Biological Models for Robot Design

    Biological Models for Robot Design
    MIT professor Sanbae Kim is studying the animal kingdom to find biological models for robot designs. Working with Stanford professor Mark Cutosky, Kim has designed robots like the Stickybot, named... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit…
  • Nov 29

    Using Genetic Programming to Repair Software

    Using Genetic Programming to Repair Software
    Automatic program repair has long been a goal in the software industry. Finding and fixing bugs is currently a manual operation that represents a major portion of the software development life... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit…
  • Nov 15

    Encouraging Innovation with Cash Prize

    Encouraging Innovation with Cash Prize
    The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) blog recently examined the role of monetary prize awards as an incentive for encouraging research in technical fields. In September, Netflix awarded a $1... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit…
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The DCC Blawg

The DCC Blawg

By the Digital Curation Centre.

http://dccblawg.blogspot.com/
  • Oct 23

    Final post

    Final post
    A short and final post to let you know the DCC Blawg has come to an end. As part of the Phase III restructuring of the DCC there will be some changes in the coming months. One of these is that the DCC will no longer have a legal…
  • Oct 19

    Digital Lives - New Paper on Legal and Ethical Issue

    Digital Lives - New Paper on Legal and Ethical Issue
    The Digital Lives Project has just released what looks to be a very useful and comprehensive discussion paper on Legal and Ethical Issues authored by Andrew Charlesworth.
  • Oct 15

    New data protection resource

    New data protection resource
    The DCC has published a new standards watch paper on BS 10012 Data Protection — Specification for a Personal Information Management System.
Rank this Week: 3044

German Trademark Law In A Nutshell

German Trademark Law In A Nutshell

Covers German and EU IP law.

http://german-trademark-blog.com
  • Oct 11

    No exclamation mark for JOOP!

    No exclamation mark for JOOP!
    In Case T?191/08 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) declined JOOP!’s motion to permit registration of a single exclamation mark placed inside a rectangle as a Community trademark. The court ruled that this mark lacks distinctive character…
  • Oct 11

    Google AdWords – Advocate General’s Opinion

    Google AdWords – Advocate General’s Opinion
    I have recently posted a
  • Sep 27

    Google AdWords – Advocate General’s Opinion

    Google AdWords – Advocate General’s Opinion
    There are some news in regards to cases involving the question whether the use of trademarked keywords in Google AdWords constitutes a trademark infringement. The Advocate General Poiares Maduro has delivered his opinion on the joined cases…
Rank this Week: 3397

IP Freely

IP Freely

Offers lighthearted opinion and news on intellectual property law.

http://theipblog.blogspot.com/
  • Oct 1

    It's been way to long

    It's been way to long
    var addthis_pub="bevans1986";The title says it all.IP Freely has been very busy for the last god knows how many months and has really neglected his blogging duties and slew of loyal followers.
  • Aug 13

    All quiet

    All quiet
    var addthis_pub="bevans1986";I must apologise, it has been ages since my last post. Basically the LPC (Distinction lovely!) and then starting a training contract as soon as I finished really got in the way of blogging.However I am determined…
  • Jun 30

    Stuff

    Stuff
    var addthis_pub="bevans1986";Facebook are allowing users to chose user names for the first time i.e. the users URL will be http://www.facebook.com/ipfreely for example.
Rank this Week: 2991

Now, Why Didn't I Think of That?

Now, Why Didn't I Think of That?

Covers patents, trademarks, copyright, and intellectual property. By Sander Gelsing.

http://www.gelsing.ca/blog
  • Aug 13

    Canadian i4i, Inc wins abroad, but is there any protection at home?

    Canadian i4i, Inc wins abroad, but is there any protection at home?
    Toronto based firm i4i, Inc. has been getting a fair bit of press lately as the tiny firm that took on Microsoft Corp. and succeeded in winning an injunction against sales of certain versions of Microsoft Word software in the United States as…
  • Sep 25

    Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee to Trade-mark part of our Anthem

    Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee to Trade-mark part of our Anthem
    The Globe and Mail reports today that the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee (VANOC) quietly applied to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office for trade-mark rights to the phrase “with glowing hearts” which is part of the…
  • Mar 13

    Drugs are a (patent) lawyer’s best friend?

    Drugs are a (patent) lawyer’s best friend?
    There was an interesting article in yesterday’s Report on Business, entitled As patent cases clog courts, drugs are a lawyer’s best friend, which describes how the Federal Court of Canada judges are swamped with a rising tide of complex…
Rank this Week: 3189

For Your Consideration

For Your Consideration

Covers copyright, trademark, and entertainment law. By Christopher Hugan, Esq.

http://nashvegaslawyer.wordpress.com
  • Jun 3

    Jon Rich Celebrity Knockout!

    Jon Rich Celebrity Knockout!
    Former “Nashville Star” contestant Jared Ashley sues Jon Rich for allegedly being a meanie to him. http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200990602088 Here’s a copy of the complaint–take out your reading glasses and get…
  • May 19

    Worth the visit.

    Worth the visit.
    Take a moment and visit www.thesessionplayers.com.    It features video and interviews with Nashville session musicians.  I definitely give it two snaps and a circle!
  • May 12

    Who,what,when,where,why

    Who,what,when,where,why
    A sad commentary on the state of pop-culture journalism. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Irish-student-hoaxes-worlds-apf-15201451.html?.v=1
Rank this Week: 3395