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21 Nov 2008, 1:36 pm
(Financial Aspects of Intellectual Property) Climate change and Millenium Development Goals top agenda during UN Secretary General’s visit to WIPO (WIPO) Global - Trade Marks / Brands What every marketing department needs to know about trade marks (IP Spotlight) Forbes 2008 list of ‘Top-earning Dead Celebrities’ (Seattle Trademark Lawyer) Trade mark protection, broadcast rights vital for sports, say stakeholders (Intellectual Property Watch) How many drafts… [read post]
21 Nov 2008, 12:13 pm
: Ex parte Godwin (Peter Zura's 271 Patent Blog) Software should be patentable (Patent Fools) (PLI) (PLI) Software method claims: Bilski in light of Benson (Patently-O)         [read post]
20 Nov 2008, 6:29 am
They will serve three-year terms on the committee, which was created by the 1999 American Inventors Protection Act to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on the management of trademark operations, respectively, including goals, performance, budget and user fees. [read post]
18 Nov 2008, 1:36 am
Via the Promote the Progess blog (with hat tip to Filewrapper.com): The United States Patent and Trademark Office today published a Final Rule in the Federal Register that levies a ‘practitioner maintenance fee' on attorneys and agents recognized to practice before it in patent cases. [read post]
17 Nov 2008, 9:09 pm
On Nov. 11, 2008, the United States Patent & Trademark Office granted what is believed to be the first trademark registration for a user's avatar as an indication of the source of goods & services. [read post]
17 Nov 2008, 4:59 pm
"The Secretariat of the WTO received communications with questions addressed to the People's Republic of China from Japan on 6 October 2008 (IP/C/W/518), the United States on 9 October 2008 (IP/C/W/520), the European Communities on 13 October 2008 (IP/C/W/521), and Canada on 20 October 2008 (IP/C/W/524). [read post]
15 Nov 2008, 12:26 am
 Currently, applicants for U.S. biotechnology and organic chemistry patents can expect an average of close to two years before a first action by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and a total average patent application pendency of close to three years. [read post]
14 Nov 2008, 7:40 pm
The United States Patent & Trademark Office appeal of the Tafas and GlaxoSmithKline case regarding the claims and continuations rules that were famously enjoined by Judge Cacheris of the Eastern District of Virginia is set for oral arguments on Friday, December 5, 2008, at 10am. [read post]
14 Nov 2008, 2:12 am
Vergeer en Zonen before District Court of The Hague (Class 46) Poland Polish Patent Office partially invalidates VOGUE registration for Advance Magazine Publishers (Class 46) Poland, brands and billboards (Class 46) South America South American cooperation plan in IP rights (IP tango) Spain Spanish Ministry of Employment auctioning brand ‘Galerías Preciados’ (Class 46) Russia Interbrand’s ranking of Russia’s most valuable brands (IP… [read post]
14 Nov 2008, 2:10 am
(IPKat)   United States An innovation agenda for the new administration (EFF) 10 years of the DMCA: (Part 8 – Public Knowledge) (Safe harbour provisions - Public Knowledge) (Trailer – Public Knowledge) Why US website owners should watch foreign suits (Law360) Copyright Alliance begs Supreme Court to make remote DVRs illegal (Techdirt) First Amendment bars trade mark infringement claims regarding fictionalised ‘Pig Pen’ strip club in… [read post]
13 Nov 2008, 5:50 pm
Given the ease with which a competitor can design around a narrow patent, event the United States Patent and Trademark Office does not recommend tackling a patent without the aid of a patent attorney. [read post]
9 Nov 2008, 4:47 am
In September, P&G filed another suit against Kraft dealing with a new four-pound plastic container for Maxwell House coffee.The New York Times wrote: Procter & Gamble said the United States Patent and Trademark Office upheld its patent used for a Folgers-brand plastic coffee container. [read post]
7 Nov 2008, 4:04 pm
Patent & Trademark Office has granted four federal trademark registrations for the Betty Boop word mark on a wide array of merchandise. [read post]
7 Nov 2008, 3:57 am
(IP Spotlight) (Excess copyright) (Patent Docs) (Spicy IP) (IAM) (Patent Baristas) (Intellectual Property Watch) CAFC greatly limits software and business method patents: In re Bilksi (IP Law Observer) (Chicago IP Litigation Blog) (IP Spotlight) (The Prior Art) (Patent Baristas) (EFF) (Patent Prospector) (Technological Innovation and Intellectual Property) (Philip Brooks' Patent Infringement Updates) (Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog)… [read post]
7 Nov 2008, 3:26 am
(Techdirt)   Sweden Pirate pride in Sweden as Pirate Bay hits 22 million peers (Ars Technica)   United Kingdom Premier League threatens legal action against Justin.tv over ‘lifecast’ service (Techdirt) UK ISPs looking to work with entertainment industry concerning unauthorised file-sharing (Techdirt)   United States Google book search and orphan works (Public Knowledge) Google book search settlement; Harvard bails out on book… [read post]
5 Nov 2008, 11:34 pm
., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), affirmed a decision by the United States Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (USPTO Board) rejecting claims in a U.S. patent application as unpatentable in view of 35 U.S.C. 101 as not being directed to patentable subject matter. [read post]
5 Nov 2008, 4:44 pm
Dudas serves as Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). [read post]
5 Nov 2008, 4:16 pm
Now that Barack Obama is the President-elect of the United States, what does this mean for patents and technology? [read post]