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August 31, 2009
The Australian Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP) has proposed setting up an IP dispute resolution centre to deal with patent disputes
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August 31, 2009
Bloggers this week look at alleged fraud over company names in South Africa, various trade mark disputes in the US, licensing trends in Germany and the future of securitisation
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August 31, 2009
Swiss drug maker Novartis has asked India’s Supreme Court to review the patentability of its anti-cancer blockbuster, Glivec
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August 31, 2009
The USPTO last week issued interim examination instructions on how to evaluate subject matter eligibility under present US patent law
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August 28, 2009
The shortage of examiners, a huge backlog and the lack of well-established office procedure are the most pressing issues for India’s Patent and Trademark Office, according to its new head, P H Kurian
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August 24, 2009
The Federal Circuit last week ruled that Section 271(f) of the US Patent Act does not apply to method claims, reversing its previous holding on the issue
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August 24, 2009
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday lifted a temporary stay on en banc proceedings in the USPTO’s controversial claims and continuations rules case
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August 17, 2009
Two more candidates have told Managing IP that they intend to stand for the role of EPO president
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August 17, 2009
Qualcomm has hit back at accusations from Japan’s antitrust authorities that the company forced licensees to cross-license patents to it
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August 10, 2009
In this week’s IP blog round up, we look at decisions involving Sharp and Samsung at the ITC, Pepsi and Coca-Cola in New York, and some interesting debates about copyright
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August 10, 2009
Benoît Battistelli, the head of the French IP Office, has written to members of the EPO’s Administrative Council outlining why he plans to stand for the presidency of the Office
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August 10, 2009
Companies are being asked to take part in a survey about how they license so-called green patents in the first large-scale empirical study of its kind
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August 10, 2009
David Kappos was confirmed on Friday by the full Senate as the new director of the USPTO
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August 06, 2009
The Senate Judiciary Committee has ordered the nomination of David Kappos as USPTO director to be reported to the full Senate
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August 03, 2009
While David Kappos’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee inspired some bloggers this week, others examined music copyright rows and Harry Potter trade mark applications
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August 03, 2009
The parties in the case over the USPTO’s controversial claims and continuations rules have asked the Federal Circuit to postpone the arguments pending confirmation of the new director