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7 Jul 2008, 3:12 pm
[LINK] BPAI Constitutionality Problem: Representative Berman has introduced H.R. 6362 to fix the BPAI judge appointment problem by returning the duty of appointment to the "Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. [read post]
5 Jul 2008, 11:05 am
: (IP tango), China: Pfizer loses trade mark action against Jaingsu Lianhuan Pharmaceutical Co over 3D mark: (Rouse & Co International), India: More patents for new forms issued to generics: (Patent Circle), India: Gauri Kamath on drug ‘differential pricing’ in India: (Spicy IP), Mexico: Revised health supplies regulations promise changes for generics: (International Law Office), US: World drug pricing crisis: Congressmen criticise US Trade… [read post]
30 Jun 2008, 7:48 pm
Dudas, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office (07-1504), the U.S. [read post]
30 Jun 2008, 11:34 am
This article suggests that an applicant's right to file an unlimited number of continuing applications is "[o]ne of the oddest things about the United States patent system. [read post]
27 Jun 2008, 10:04 am
You can separately subscribe to the IP Thinktank Global week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com] Highlights this week included: Court reconsidering baseless ‘making available’ theory in file-sharing case Capitol Records v Jammie Thomas; amicus briefs from, MPAA, PFF: (Electronic Frontier Foundation), (Electronic Fontier Foundation), (Techdirt), (Ars Technica), (Patry Copyright Blog), (Patry Copyright Blog) ICANN approves rules allowing brands to be registered… [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 9:34 pm
Known as the “Dog Ate My Homework Act”, Section 4 of the bill involves a grant of authority to the Director or the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to excuse specific late filingsâ€â [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 2:35 pm
In the interest of full disclosure, the Federal Register also notes that "an applicant filing an international application under the PCT in the United States Receiving Office (the United States Patent and Trademark Office) is not required to use the United States Patent and Trademark Office as the International Searching Authority," as "[t]he European Patent… [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 8:35 am
Judge Kills IP Claim, Blames Lawyer
The Recorder
Finding that an in-house lawyer tried to deceive the Patent and Trademark Office, a federal judge has ruled Abbott Laboratories' patent unenforceable. [read post]
21 Jun 2008, 9:39 pm
which includes the text:Unlike the situation with many federal administrative agencies, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") has no substantive rulemaking authority, at least under our decisions, and accordingly we have afforded no Chevron deference to its interpretation of the substantive provisions of the patent statute. n20 Moreover, Congress has not so far created a significant role for the PTO in the infringement… [read post]
20 Jun 2008, 12:18 pm
New regulations proposed by the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") and decisions by U.S. [read post]
20 Jun 2008, 10:08 am
Patent and Trademark Office's new rules for appeals. [read post]
20 Jun 2008, 8:07 am
You can separately subscribe to the IP Thinktank Global week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com] Highlights this week included: Associated Press – AP files seven DMCA takedowns against Drudge Retort blog over users linking to its stories: (The Trademark Blog), (Techdirt), (Out-Law), (Electronic Frontier Foundation), (IPKat), (The Trademark Blog), ECJ rules trade mark holders cannot stop honest comparative advertising: O2 Holdings Limited and… [read post]
20 Jun 2008, 2:04 am
Teleflex (U.S. 2007), Congressional patent reform efforts, and proposed new rule changes at the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") have sown uncertainty about what level of patent protection is, and will be, available for biotechnology inventions.FDA regulation. [read post]
19 Jun 2008, 1:44 am
Apparently each party to this bargain has increasingly been shirking its obligations to the other.Apparently, rather than ensure consistent, predictable, and strong patent protection for new drugs, public distrust has led to pressure on both Congress, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO"), and even the courts to diminish patent rights. [read post]
13 Jun 2008, 3:40 am
, Schering-Plough Corp – Following dispute over trade dress with Schering-Plough, Fruit of the Earth announces plan to change its package design: (IP Law360), US: Quanta and its impact on biotechnology: (Holman’s Biotech IP Blog), US: BIO files amicus brief asking CAFC to cabin in scope of KSR and hold that its obvious to try dicta does not abrogate the Deuel standard: In re Kubin: (Patently-O), US: StemCells gets patent on enriched central nervous system stem… [read post]
12 Jun 2008, 2:19 pm
Per a USPTO press release earlier this week: The Department of Commerce's United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will publish tomorrow in the Federal Register new rules that will improve the process of ex parte appeals before the USPTO's Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI). [read post]
12 Jun 2008, 12:35 pm
Washington Conference Center, and will include sessions on copyrights (by Ben Hardman, Attorney Advisor, Office of Intellectual Property Policy and Enforcement (OIPPE), USPTO), patents (by Marina Lamm, Attorney Advisor, OIPPE), trademarks, and intellectual property enforcement. [read post]
12 Jun 2008, 4:15 am
Obtaining nationwide trademark protection is possible by registering your trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. [read post]
9 Jun 2008, 9:39 pm
Patent and Trademark Office] coupled with violations of § 2"). [read post]
9 Jun 2008, 8:33 pm
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit looked at the issue of whether Aventis committed that most horrible of patent sins — inequitable conduct before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). [read post]
