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May 16, 2012
Members of Congress voiced concerns on Tuesday about the transitional business-methods programme mandated by the America Invents Act, calling it “gross unfairness” and special interest legislation
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May 03, 2012
It all started with curiosity, said Gary Starkweather, the inventor of the laser printer
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April 18, 2012
The US Supreme Court's decision in Hyatt v Kappos sends a clear message to the patent system that it is not special, one lawyer told Managing IP
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April 05, 2012
In-house counsel from Audi, GE Healthcare, GSK, Nokia, Philips, Skype, UBS and Unilever are speaking at Managing IP’s second International Patent Forum, taking place in London on April 18 and 19
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March 30, 2012
Panellists at Managing IP’s inaugural US Patent Reform Forum this week debated whether the estoppel language tied to post grant review proceedings under the America Invents Act warrants a technical correction by Congress
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March 29, 2012
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan received three awards at the fifth annual North America Awards in Washington DC, in recognition of the firm’s active role in the so-called smartphone wars at the ITC and in the courts
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March 20, 2012
While there could be trouble ahead for diagnostic method patents following the Supreme Court ruling in Mayo v Prometheus, lawyers cautioned against viewing the decision as a death knell
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March 15, 2012
A divided 10-judge panel of the Federal Circuit today handed down a decision that could have major implications for strategies tied to the new post-grant procedures mandated by the America Invents Act
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March 02, 2012
Acting deputy secretary of commerce Rebecca Blank has sworn in nine new administrative patent judges to the USPTO’s Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
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March 02, 2012
Dave Kappos and Robert Armitage will headline Managing IP’s unique forum on US patent reform in Washington DC this month
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February 24, 2012
Managing IP lists IP events and meetings scheduled for the week beginning February 27
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February 22, 2012
Small entity discounts, overall fee increases and the feasibility of 12-month invalidity trials topped the agenda at yesterday’s virtual town hall meeting held by the USPTO
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February 17, 2012
Former USPTO commissioner for patents Bob Stoll told patent practitioners Thursday that “we’re taking a calculated risk” implementing the America Invents Act provisions without a guarantee of full funding for the Office
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February 15, 2012
A week after announcing a broad array of increased fees for virtually every USPTO service, the agency experienced resistance from the patent community at a hearing it conducted at its headquarters
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February 15, 2012
The FDA’s draft guidance for biosimilars has provided some clarity for biosimilar applicants and innovator biologic companies. But lawyers say many questions remain
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February 09, 2012
Fees are too high, page limits are prohibitive and litigators will be more in demand – these are some initial reactions to the USPTO’s proposed rules on various proceedings mandated by the America Invents Act
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February 09, 2012
USPTO Patent Reform Coordinator Janet Gongola gave Eileen McDermott a sneak peek into the months leading up to Tuesday night’s rules package implementing the contested cases provisions of the America Invents Act
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February 08, 2012
The USPTO’s proposed rules for post grant review, inter partes review, transitional covered business methods programme and derivation proceedings have been posted on the Office’s website
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February 06, 2012
James Kramer is a patent examiner at the USPTO in a team that deals with applications related to finance: from trading and portfolio management to banking. He tells Emma Barraclough about working life in Alexandria, Virginia
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February 02, 2012
Free access: The nominations for Managing IP’s North America Awards 2012 have been announced