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The losing competitor was Shanks, a business with vast experience in the field of waste management throughout the UK.But the release of highly confidential documents during the course of 2016/17 following SEVEN separate applications to the Scottish Information Commissioner to overturn refused Freedom of Information requests, shows the project had hit funding and technological problems by January 2012, only nine months after the contract was handed to NESG. [read post]

Scottish Law Reporter - http://scottishlaw.blogspot.com/

How green was my tractor accessory? John Deere defeats aesthetic functionality defense for color scheme

13 Mar 2017, 5:46 am by Rebecca Tushnet

FIMCO makes lawn and garden sprayers, its main source of business, along with a smaller line of agricultural equipment, including towed agricultural sprayers and nutrient applicators, which FIMCO offers in multiple colors, including green and yellow. [read post]

43(B)log - http://tushnet.blogspot.com/

Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

22 Feb 2017, 11:15 pm

” – the court has provided guidance on the relevance of this issue to the question of “outstanding benefit” in the long running dispute of Shanks v Unilever PLC and others [2017] EWCA Civ 2. [read post]

IPKat - http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/

WIPIP, part 4

11 Feb 2017, 7:09 am by Rebecca Tushnet

The design was the shank portion; the PTO refused b/c said the entire configuration was the design, not just the shank. [read post]

43(B)log - http://tushnet.blogspot.com/

Too big to pay? Employee-inventor compensation in the Court of Appeal

9 Feb 2017, 1:26 am

Unilever was in receipt of licence fees from 1996 until 2004 and the Shanks Patents were sold in 2001. [read post]

IPKat - http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/

9th Circuit: Arrestee’s acknowledgment of gang membership, elicited in un-Mirandized questioning at jail, was properly suppressed

6 Dec 2016, 1:53 pm by The Blog Team

(One judge dissented, arguing that both of the exceptions were applicable.) [read post]

The Federal Criminal Appeals Blog - http://www.federalcriminalappealsblog.com/

50 Years: Graham v. Deere

21 Feb 2016, 4:30 am by Patricia McConnico

—developed chisel plows with spring shanks that broke up the soil and left residue on the surface. [read post]

State Bar of Texas Blog - http://blog.texasbar.com/

Ch-ch-ch-changes – Fourth Circuit upholds FCC’s rules streamlining certain wireless telecommunications upgrades and expansions

19 Feb 2016, 10:53 am by Aaron Shank

By Aaron Shank Mobile wireless service is ubiquitous. [read post]

Technology Law Source - http://www.technologylawsource.com/

What’s On Their Minds: Does a Botched Execution Attempt Preclude a Second Try? State of Ohio v. Romell Broom.

13 Jun 2015, 9:01 am by MBettman

Adele Shank, Law Office of S. [read post]

Legally Speaking Ohio - http://www.legallyspeakingohio.com

No compensation, no consolation -- or no thanks, Shanks

27 May 2014, 12:15 am

The application for EP375 was filed by Unilever on 12 June 1985 with Professor Shanks and two other inventors claiming priority from two UK patent applications of which Professor Shanks was the sole inventor -- 8414018 (for an Electrochemical Capillary Fill Device (ECFD)) and 8415019 (for an Fluorescent Electrochemical Capillary Fill Device (FCFD)). [read post]

IPKat - http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/

What is a Fair Share for Inventors?

24 May 2014, 4:59 am by Dennis Crouch

By Dennis Crouch Ian Shanks v. [read post]

Patently-O - http://patentlyo.com/patent