Reliance Capital Group, Inc. [read post]

Let the names begin (Intellectual Property Watch) EPO, JPO, USPTO, SIPO and KIPO agree on work sharing initiative (IAM) (Patent Librarian’s Notebook) (Managing Intellectual Property) (IPR-Helpdesk) Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants future work to include global policy challenges (Intellectual Property Watch) End of life for IP (Securing Innovation) Royalty monetization: high-profile deals generate excitement among TTOs (Technology Transfer Tactics) Indentifying valuable… [read post]

You can separately subscribe to the IP Thinktank Global week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com] Highlights this week included: CAFC sets strict standards to establish inequitable conduct: Star Scientific v R J Reynolds Tobacco: (Hal Wegner), (Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog), (Patent Prospector), (Patent Docs), (Patently-O), (more from Patently-O), (Philip Brooks), (Law360), (I/P Updates), Safe harbour ruling in Io v Veoh could help YouTube in Viacom battle:… [read post]

: (IP ThinkTank), WIPO: T-Mobile, T-online domain names to be transferred to Deutsche Telekom: (Class 46), UK, Germany and US top Taylor Wessing’s first IP index: (Managing Intellectual Property) Global - Patents Leveraging IP to finance early-stage technology: (first part - IP finance), (second part – IP finance), WTO members support new disclosure requirements for patent applications relating to genetic resources and traditional knowledge: (Afro-IP), Types… [read post]

In a fairly stunning related news, Democratic Senator Chris Dodd went all in with his political capital Thursday, announcing he would unilaterally put a hold on the bill, which would stop the bill from being voted on. [read post]