6/18/2008 1:27:26 PM EST Posted by Valri NesbitLegal Editor
Intellectual Property
Matthew Bender The USPTO announced a new pilot program. When no §8 affidavit or §9 renewal is filed before the end of the six-month grace period, (see 15 U.S.C. §§1058 and 1059), the USPTO’s practice has been to wait an ad ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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6/13/2008 3:34:56 PM EST An assignment can jeopardize a patent in the event the assignee fails to pay the maintenance fees required by the Patent Act. In Burandt v. Dudas , 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 12328, Burandt as ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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6/11/2008 10:53:15 AM EST Posted by Cecil LynnLexisNexis Law Center Staff and Attorney, Ryley, Carlock, & Applewhite
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reaffirmed the longstanding doctrine of exhaustion as it applies to method patents. LG Electronics (“LG”) argued before th ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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6/11/2008 7:32:01 AM EST Cat Tech LLC v. Tubemaster, INC. involved a method for using loading devices to place catalyst particles into multi-tube chemical reactors and whether ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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6/10/2008 6:32:23 PM EST In Dominant Semiconductors Sdn. Bhd. v. OSRAM GMBH, et al. , OSRAM's outside patent counsel wrote an opinion letter, stating his opinion that several of Dominant's LED products were infri ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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6/10/2008 5:30:23 PM EST In Lighting Science Group Corporation, et al. v. Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., et al. , 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43959 (E.D. Cal. June 3, 2008), plaintiffs filed a state court action ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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5/28/2008 10:47:17 AM EST On my last day at the PIUG conference, I attended a workshop on a product called “SumoBrain”. I had heard that it used Latent Sema ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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5/22/2008 5:56:06 PM EST Today’s topics at PIUG focused on techniques for patent searching and valuation and on changes at the USPTO. The conference attendees were ver ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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5/21/2008 10:46:20 AM EST The attendees at PIUG enjoyed another great day! Several patent professionals gave very informative overviews. The first topic of the day was “Searching, Analysis and Reporting&rdq ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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5/20/2008 10:25:55 AM EST Every year, I look forward to attending the Patent Information Users Group annual conference. Better known as “PIUG” to its members, this organization serve ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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3/10/2008 1:21:49 PM EST As someone who has built a successful law blog and who has been blogging daily for more than two years, I’ve been asked to write a series of posts talking about how to blog, what to do and what not t ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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