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4 Sep 2009, 12:52 pm
Clarke, No. 08-2100 In an action brought by Muslim inmates in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) alleging the Commissioner violated their right to freely exercise their religion, grant of an injunction in favor of inmates is affirmed where the district court did not abuse its decision in denying Commissioner's motion for reconsideration as the Commissioner sought to introduce evidence that could have been introduced at trial but… [read post]
3 Sep 2009, 2:41 am
The Swiss data protection commissioner recently blindsided Google by calling for the suspension of the company's Street View service. [read post]
31 Aug 2009, 7:25 pm
(IAM) USPTO Director’s blog (Just an Examiner) USPTO job opening: Deputy Commissioner for Patent Policy (IP Watchdog) (IP Watchdog) New patent search tool Xyggy Patent – search for similar patents using known patents as the query (Patent Baristas) Patent Office announces that registered practitioners not required to pay annual maintenance fee for FY 2009 (Patent Docs) Want to improve patent quality? [read post]
15 Aug 2009, 1:04 am
Spending on inmate health is a big part of that expense, and if the commissioners court won't voluntarily foot the bill then the feds are poised to make them. [read post]
27 Jul 2009, 7:18 am
Polish Ministry of Treasury registers figurative trademark in all class 01 to 45 (Class 46) Switzerland Swiss takes Feta hostage in PDO dispute (Class 46) United Kingdom UK IPO announces public consultation on proposed changes to patent fees (SOLO Independent IP Practitioners) (PatLit) (IPKat) UK IPO booklet – ‘Patents: Deciding Disputes’ (PatLit) EWHC dismisses Nokia’s application for judicial review of HMRC refusal to detain consignment of counterfeit… [read post]
10 Jul 2009, 1:30 pm
New York State Health Commissioner Richard F. [read post]
1 Jul 2009, 7:58 am by Steven Hansen
Record of Commission ActionCommissioners Voting by Ballot*Commissioners Voting: Acting Chairman Thomas H. [read post]
29 Jun 2009, 1:00 am
(IPKat) Citing prior art in European patent applications (IPKat) Swiss IP chief Roland Grossenbacher emerges as candidate to be new EPO President (IAM) Cross-border litigation consultation: little time to act (PatLit) It pays to be a (trade mark) bully according to study by economist Georg von Graevenitz on success of opponents before the OHIM (Class 46) Latest European GI news: amendments to Sabina PDO for Italian oil and Pera dell’Emilia Romagna GI for Italian pears; PDO application for… [read post]
26 Jun 2009, 5:00 am
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime have likewise expressed grave concerns about the application of the death penalty for drug offences.Death sentences are often handed down after unfair legal processes, a problem made worse by laws, policies or practices regulating drug offences in some Asian countries. [read post]
8 Jun 2009, 2:00 am
You can separately subscribe to the IP Think Tank Global Week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com]   Highlights this week included: GSK, Tafas file petitions for rehearing in Tafas v Doll (Patent Docs) (Patent Docs) (Peter Zura's 271 Patent Blog) (Patently-O) (Inventive Step) (IP Watchdog) Supreme Court grants certiorari for Bilski (Peter Zura's 271 Patent Blog) (Patently-O) (The Prior Art) (IP Watchdog) (Inventive Step) (Chicago Intellectual… [read post]
8 Jun 2009, 2:00 am
You can separately subscribe to the IP Think Tank Global Week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com]   Highlights this week included: GSK, Tafas file petitions for rehearing in Tafas v Doll (Patent Docs) (Patent Docs) (Peter Zura's 271 Patent Blog) (Patently-O) (Inventive Step) (IP Watchdog) Supreme Court grants certiorari for Bilski (Peter Zura's 271 Patent Blog) (Patently-O) (The Prior Art) (IP Watchdog) (Inventive Step) (Chicago Intellectual… [read post]
18 May 2009, 5:24 am
Here is IP Think Tank’s weekly selection of top intellectual property news breaking in the blogosphere and internet. [read post]
16 May 2009, 4:06 am
> SETTLED · JC Penny pays $50K to settle EEOC race/discharge lawsuit obo Black ex-eeNC> NEWS · Greensboro balancing privacy concerns with USDOJ demand for docs in cop race discrim investigation; more on the investigation here · Lawsuit and EEOC charge allege race (B) discrim/HWE/retaliation on board Blackwater (nka XE) anti-piracy shipOH> DECIDED · [5-7] Sleeping on-the-job costs… [read post]
8 May 2009, 10:00 am
You can separately subscribe to the IP Think Tank Global Week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com]   Highlights this week included: USTR releases Special 301 Report ‘Priority Watch List’ (Public Knowledge) (Intellectual Property Watch) (Patent Docs) (I/P Updates) (IP Dragon) (Afro-IP) (Michael Geist) (Excess Copyright) (Michael Geist) (Michael Geist) (Michael Geist) (Michael Geist) (Michael Geist) (Michael Geist) (Ars Technica) (At Last... the… [read post]
29 Apr 2009, 6:46 am
If they do suspend publication, we will react accordingly," said Mariann Fischer Boel, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development. [read post]
20 Mar 2009, 9:00 am
Bank of America Technology & Operations, Inc (IP Law Blog)   US General – Lawsuits and strategic steps Clear Channel Communications – Clear Channel, Live Nation cut from business model antitrust suit (Law360)   US Patent Reform Patent Reform Act 2009 – Interlocutory claim construction appeals create a whole new patent backlog (Promote the Progress) Patent Reform Act 2009: more on damages (Patently-O) Patent Reform Act 2009: Rooklidge says… [read post]
27 Feb 2009, 7:00 am
(The IP Factor)   Uganda Anti-counterfeits conference held in Kampala (Afro-IP)   United Kingdom IP rights in the Court of Appeal, but not as we know them...: Office of Communications v Information Commissioner (IPKat) IPO review of practice before Patent Tribunal (PatLit) Employee inventor compensation: an expensive pastime? [read post]
25 Feb 2009, 4:30 am
"Tier III hearings address the most serious inmate misbehavior implicating the most severe punishment and "may be conducted by the superintendent of the correctional facility, the deputy superintendent, a captain, a commissioner's hearing officer employed by DOCS's central office," or "some other employee" designated by the correctional facility's superintendent "in his or her discretion. [read post]
6 Feb 2009, 5:00 am
Stem cell research under Obama (Ars Technica) US: Oxford Gene Technology settles legal action with Bioarray Solutions over patents covering use of microassays for detection of DNA sequence variations (Patent Docs) US: BPAI affirms rejection of claims to an isolated protein over prior art disclosing nucleic acid encoding the protein: Ex parte Chuang (not precedential) (Patent Docs) (Post-Grant) US: Supreme petitioned to grant certiorari in two cases important to biotech patenting:… [read post]
23 Jan 2009, 1:00 am
You can separately subscribe to the IP Think Tank Global Week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com]   Highlights this week included: Obama Administration orders reconsideration/suspension of new rules (Hal Wegner) (Peter Zura's 271 Patent Blog) (Patent Docs) (Patently-O) Manufacturing Alliance on Patent Policy: Apportionment of damages provision will have adverse effects (Patent Docs) (IAM) (Law360) (Inventive Step) ECJ: Promotional items do not… [read post]