Live at the ITC - First Annual Forum on Section 337
(Philip Brooks' Patent Infringement Updates)... Committee, International Intellectual Property Committee and the ABA Section of Intellectual Property's ITC Committee in cooperation with The ITC Trial Lawyers Association present: LIVE AT THE ITC: FIRST ANNUAL FORUM ON SECTION 337 OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930 The U.S. ... 1930 (19 U.S.C. ยง 1337), the ITC has the power to bar the importation of articles that infringe on U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights. In recent years, the ITC has adjudicated cases involving a wide range of goods, ...
November 21, 2008 09:13 pm
Work Slowdown at Sullivan & Cromwell?
(Above the Law)... notice that we could lose the steady source of income that we'd come to expect. No notice, no severance. Your last day of earning is today. If you discuss this with lawyers not trapped in the temp system, or with basically anybody not on the inside, the situation smacks of outrageous and patent injustice. Read the full post over here. Even during good times, the work of a junior associate doesn't differ much ...
November 21, 2008 08:53 pm
... 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 until ... 450,000 cases (Hal Wegner) Chamber of Commerce releases draft report outlining proposed solutions to USPTO problems (Patent Prospector) USPTO transition team appointed (Managing Intellectual Property) (Intellectual Property Watch) (Patent Docs) (Patent ...
November 21, 2008 01:36 pm
IRS Sells Real And Personal Property At Government Auctions
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November 21, 2008 11:59 am
IP Think Tank Global Week in Review, Pharma & Biotech Edition - Friday, 21 November 2008
(IP Thinktank)... US: Supreme Court clarifies preliminary injunction standard; food and drug lawyers should take note: Winter v Natural Resources Defense Council (FDA ... -Aventis, Teva and Barr to settle Allegra and Allegra D-12 patent litigation (SmartBrief) (Law360) (The IP Factor) Boniva (Ibandronic acid) - US: Hoffmann ... accuses Biovail of antitrust violations and misleading the USPTO in counterclaims regarding Cardizem patents (Law360) Clarinex (Desloratadine) - US: Schering sues Sun, Caraco alleging infringement ...
November 21, 2008 11:36 am
Patent Services Outsourcing to India Hits $46 Million
(Counsel to Counsel)This is only the latest in a long series of articles that I have seen in the NLJ over the past several years. Clearly this presents a threat to U.S. law firms and patent lawyers. But it also represents a tremendous opportunity.
November 21, 2008 09:56 am
A Criminal Defense "Honey" of a Deal
(Colorado Springs Criminal " Divorce Lawyer Blog)... catch more bees with honey than you do with vinegar." This motto has served me well, both in private practice and in the government sector and has helped me secure the best deal for my client. In Colorado Springs, this motto became patently apparent, recently, as I practiced as a district attorney for the El Paso County District Attorney's Office. An example would include when a pro se defendant would approach me regarding a plea bargain in his criminal case. Oftentimes, this pro se defendant, ...
November 20, 2008 09:39 pm
A Criminal Defense "Honey" of a Deal
(Colorado Springs Criminal " Divorce Lawyer Blog)... catch more bees with honey than you do with vinegar." This motto has served me well, both in private practice and in the government sector and has helped me secure the best deal for my client. In Colorado Springs, this motto became patently apparent, recently, as I practiced as a district attorney for the El Paso County District Attorney's Office. An example would include when a pro se defendant would approach me regarding a plea bargain in his criminal case. Oftentimes, this pro se defendant, ...
November 20, 2008 09:39 pm
IP Panel Is Good Eatin' Thinkin'
(Legal Pad)Silicon Valley loves it some intellectual property. Legal Pad ventured on Wednesday to the "2008 Year in Review: Major Decisions, Recent Trends, and Implications for Patent Licensing Practice" hosted by the mysterious-sounding Licensing Executive Society at WilmerHale's Palo Alto Office. The astute panel of IP lawyers was introduced by Larry Udell, chairman of the Licensing Executive Society's Silicon Valley chapter and ...
November 20, 2008 12:33 pm
... 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 ... , Willcox & Savage P.C. in Norfolk, VA. He supervises a group of lawyers and staff personnel in counseling clients on copyrights, patents, trade secrets, and trademarks, including registration, enforcement, licensing, and ...
November 20, 2008 06:29 am
Sullivan & Cromwell Update
(Temporary Attorney: The Sweatshop Edition)... that we'd come to expect. No notice, no severance. Your last day of earning is today. If you discuss this with lawyers not trapped in the temp system, or with basically anybody not on the inside, the situation smacks of outrageous and patent injustice. Here's my question: what's the point of having a blogroll of people devoted to complaining about the life of a contract attorney if that position isn't being used ...
November 19, 2008 06:05 pm
Birmingham IP Seminar next week
(IPKat)IPKat reader and fellow Nottingham-based IP lawyer Nick McDonald contacted IPKat member David to let him know of a seminar Browne Jacobson are running on Tuesday 25 November 2008 at their Birmingham office ... an presentation by the UK-IPO Deputy Director Julyan Elbro on the recent decision in Symbian and what (if any) effect this is having on patentability of computer programs in the UK. Members of Browne Jacobson will also be providing their views on the recent spat over standards involving Nokia ...
November 19, 2008 05:45 pm
Patent filing statistics
(Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice)PATracer has its September 2008 On the Radar report out, which tracks trends in the filing of patent cases. 200 new cases out, down from 241 in August. ED Tex is ... s just something you might take into consideration. Patently-O also has some recent patent filing statistics for review, courtesy of Prof. Paul Janicke at ... months, which he speculates might have something to do with the larger economy (that or lawyers too busy working on the election to file cases). For example, Eastern District filings ...
November 19, 2008 05:39 pm
Blawg Review # 186
(Res Ipsa Blog)... of Confusion discusses the expectations of privacy for content uploaded to personal or social networking websites. The Greatest American Lawyer writes about how advances in technology make the legal field a better place to work in by creating new opportunities for lawyers ... of trademark registration, and whether a person can register a trademarks or brands without the help of an attorney. Patent Baristas serves up a new argument against "product hopping," the process in which companies make small ...
November 17, 2008 05:11 am
Patent Searching is Not Just Semantics
(Patent Baristas)... audience into two groups: The first one is the professional audience including law firms, private lawyers, patent search agencies, litigation lawyers and corporations that will be asked to acquire a license deal that will include a commercial license to use the search system, targeted advertisement and redirection of patent services requested by inventors. The second target audience is the private inventors, entrepreneurs and companies that get free usage of ...
November 17, 2008 04:02 am
IP-watch reports: Should Winters be appointed, a lawsuit against her nomination will be filed by Gregory Aharonian, a patent analyst who was the lead plaintiff in last year's legal suit against Peterlin, which claimed Peterlin did not have enough ... to restore the health of the PTO," Aharonian told Intellectual Property Watch Friday. "Shanna's appointment would be an insult to inventors, patent lawyers and patent examiners, and would further accelerate the decline of patent quality at the PTO." ...
November 16, 2008 10:10 am
Inexplicable Reversal of Fortune
(Simple Justice)... one can ask is "why"? Judge George Wu, when last we left him, had informed the government and lawyers for Lori Drew that he was not inclined to allow the government to introduce evidence concerning Megan Meier's suicide at trial. As ... the death of a teenager at the hands of an adult on trial affect their judgment, their emotions, their sensibilities, is a patently ridiculous notion. It is flagrantly, undeniably, irreparably prejudicial, and this is clear and obvious to all comers. Only someone in ...
November 15, 2008 07:48 am
Docket Navigator: Pacer on Steroids
(Chicago IP Litigation Blog)... check it out. I love the newsletter, but was surprised to learn that the newsletter is eclipsed by Docket Navigator's patent docket database and search tool. The search tool is currently in beta testing -- click here for a ... how many and how that judge has decided numerous issues. For example, you can see how many patent case motions to transfer a judge has ruled on and how many were granted versus denied. Docket Navigator has taken the information available to every lawyer and litigant on Pacer ...
November 14, 2008 10:46 am
... flash memory technology after the takeover of Israeli firm M-Systems, which had developed it. Lawyers for SanDisk said that as the holder of the patent in the United States, SanDisk should have priority over Netac when applying the technology in ... intellectual property rights at China University of Political Science and Law, said the case was the latest of many to deal with patent disputes between business rivals from China and abroad. "It is important to understand that China's Patent Law is in ...
November 14, 2008 07:16 am
... two former employees and their new employer Centronic (Law360) US Patent Reform Senior IP Counsel at SAS US recommends raising fees to solve ... Koch Industries (Law360) Encyclopaedia Britannica - Encyclopaedia Britannica revives notorious multimedia patent, attacks GPS manufacturers: (The Prior Art) Environmental Analytics - EA launches seeks ... default judgment in dilution case: Corsair Memory v Corsair7.com (Seattle Trademark Lawyer) Made in the USA claim partially barred by laches: Rocky Brands v Red ...
November 14, 2008 02:12 am