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1 Sep 2010, 12:15 pm
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has provided an update to its Examination Guidelines concerning the law of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 in light of precedential decisions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued since the 2007 decision by the United States Supreme Court in KSR Int’l Co. v. [read post]
31 Aug 2010, 1:00 pm
I told her that even though you can mark articles with the terms "Patent Applied For" or "Patent Pending" these phrases have no legal effect, but only give information that an application for patent has been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 1:42 pm
Patent and Trademark... [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 11:33 am
How would anyone even know it was published unless they were constantly searching the United States Patent and Trademark website? [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 1:17 am
(IPKat) United States US Patent Reform Another new Patent Reform Bill is introduced in the House (Inventive Step) National Law Journal editorial questions USPTO three-track examination proposal (Patent Docs) AIPLA, IPO comments on proposed three-tier application system (Inventive Step) US Patents USPTO continues to expand patent prosecution highway (Patent Docs) The Patent Prosecution Highway (InoviaIP) IPO… [read post]
27 Aug 2010, 9:28 am
Patent and Trademark Office's Green Technology Pilot Program puts patent petitions related to environmental technologies at the front of the line for appraisal. [read post]
26 Aug 2010, 9:41 pm
Summery but not so summary: EWCA (Civ) decision in trade mark infringement case Oracle America Inc (formerly Sun Microsystems Inc) v M-Tech Data Ltd and Lichtenstein (IPKat) Nokia fakes case: silence over official submission (IPKat) UK’s Digital Economy Act hurts digital technology development (ipeg) United States US Patents Did the lack of software savvy patent attorneys cause a decline in patent quality? [read post]
25 Aug 2010, 5:39 am
Another problem with the “Patent Protection” proposal of H.R. 5980 is that it runs contrary to commitments the United States made to Japan under the U.S. [read post]
24 Aug 2010, 5:00 am
Live Gold responded by providing the State with evidence of its ownership of common law unregistered trademarks in the groups' names, asserting that the unregistered trademarks should be considered “express authorizations” under subsection (e) of the Truth in Music Act. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 3:45 pm
The Commerce Department’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks of the Russian Federation (ROSPATENT) have agreed to partner in establishing a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 5:59 am
In view of the fact that the very issue of "patent quality" has been debated, one findsit interesting that the authors rely on an article in the New York Times on the long-ago eliminated "peanut butter and jelly sandwich" patent to make their argument.For a different view, see for example PATENT GRANT RATES AT THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE , 4 CHI. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 1:22 am
Video Performance Ltd (IPKat) (1709 Blog) Good news for the UK’s IP law service providers and perhaps for others too (IAM) Two bites at the cherry but not enhanced costs: Wragg v Donnelly (PatLit) United States US General NY Times review ‘Common as Air’: History of IP (Trademark Blog) US Patent Reform RIP Patent Reform 2010? [read post]
22 Aug 2010, 12:45 pm
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has prepared further interim guidance for the patent examining corps to use when determining subject matter eligibility of a business method patent application under 35 U.S.C. [read post]
20 Aug 2010, 3:45 pm
Triumph, Inc. does business in California under the name MedGear – is a website http://www.medgear.com/ which sells clothing for hospital and medical industry workers, but I did not see anything using the mark MATERIAL GIRL.)LA Triumph also alleges that MGB improperly filed to register the mark MATERIAL GIRL with the United State Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 7:17 pm
Global Global – Copyright Contents versus distribution: Nothing new under the Copyright Sun (IP finance) Piracy is promotion, says CEO of porn multinational (TorrentFreak) uTorrent backs artist, bundles album with new downloads (TorrentFreak) Global – Patents Software patents as stalking horses for the patent system (IPKat) Global – Trade Marks & Domain Names WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center: This gives the UDRP a good name or a bad name,… [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 10:00 am
This point relates to start-up franchisors and comes down to a basic point: "don't sell a franchise until you register your primary trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO")". [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 7:53 am
This is the "Catch-22" with any patent application disclosed to the public during the USPTO patent prosecution proceedings in the United States. [read post]
18 Aug 2010, 7:39 pm
This past Sunday there was a brief but very interesting segment on Fox New Sunday that actually discussed the plight of the United States Patent and Trademark Office and how the enormous backlog of inventions in the queue at the USPTO is preventing organic job grow at a time when our economy desperately needs job creation. [read post]
18 Aug 2010, 11:34 am
§ 154(a)(2) (post-GATT/URAA) states the following with respect to the term of a patent: “Subject to the payment of fees under this title, such grant shall be for a term beginning on the date on which the patent issues and ending 20 years from the date on which the application for the patent was filed in the United States. [read post]
18 Aug 2010, 5:00 am
Unfortunately, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has initially refused registration based upon a prior registration for “Adventures of Snooky” in connection with a series of children’s books. [read post]
