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March 31, 2010
A US district court has invalidated seven patents on human genes in part based on the Federal Circuit’s ruling in In re Bilski
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March 29, 2010
The ICAP Ocean Tomo patent auction held Thursday in San Francisco sold 46 lots for a total of $14.3 million, the event’s second highest sales ever
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March 18, 2010
In the latest of more than 100 false patent marking lawsuits filed so far this year, People Protecting Patents on Tuesday accused Clorox, Glad Products and Glad Manufacturing of falsely marking certain products as patented
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March 18, 2010
As part of the Senate’s compromise on patent reform proposed earlier this month, a new provision on false patent marking would put an end to the recent proliferation of such cases. Managing IP’s Americas editor reports
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March 17, 2010
S Peter Ludwig and Robert C Sullivan have joined Fish & Richardson’s New York office from the recently dissolved law firm Darby & Darby
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March 16, 2010
Brian L Klock of Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto asks: post-Quanta, should the marking requirement of 35 USC § 287 be applied to method claims?
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March 15, 2010
President Obama has nominated Kathleen O’Malley, a district court judge from Ohio, to fill the vacancy on the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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March 12, 2010
USPTO commissioner for patents, Robert Stoll, told representatives of patent offices and IP associations from around the world yesterday that “the Patent Cooperation Treaty is the way” to reduce the backlog
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March 11, 2010
A group of five Chinese agrichemical companies did not infringe Ajinomoto’s patents for lysine biofeed because the company failed to meet the best mode requirement, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled
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March 11, 2010
Every extra year of pendency at the three biggest patent offices costs the global economy £7.6 billion ($11.4 billion), according to a study commissioned by the UK IP Office that was published yesterday
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March 11, 2010
In a series of articles, Managing IP examines what patent offices are doing to cut backlogs and pendency. Click on the headings to read the full articles
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March 10, 2010
There are 735,961 patent applications awaiting first action by an examiner at the USPTO. Managing IP’s Americas editor looks at what director David Kappos is doing to reduce that number
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March 10, 2010
Patent filers are still cautious about the patent prosecution highway between the USPTO and JPO, which will mark its fourth anniversary this year. Managing IP’s Asia editor reports
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March 10, 2010
In an interview with Managing IP, David Lammy, the UK’s minister for intellectual property, addressed his policy priorities, weaknesses in the IP system and how the UK IPO will respond to the challenges of harmonisation
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March 10, 2010
The UK and US patent offices will reuse each other’s work “to the maximum extent possible” under a plan announced today
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March 10, 2010
The patent prosecution highway between the UK and Japan patent offices became permanent yesterday, as heads of national offices emphasised that PPHs will be key to tackling backlogs in the global patent system
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March 09, 2010
A senior legal adviser to Europe’s highest court says that protection for patents over a DNA sequence should be limited to situations where the genetic information is performing the functions described in the patent
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March 08, 2010
India’s Supreme Court will hear an appeal by German drug maker Bayer in a case that aims to link the country’s IP office and its drug regulator
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March 08, 2010
The US Senate Judiciary Committee has revealed details of an agreement that may move patent reform forward this year
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March 05, 2010
Apple has sued Taiwanese company High Tech Computer Corp (HTC), the maker of Google’s Nexus One phone, in both the International Trade Commission (ITC) and the US District Court of Delaware, claiming infringement of a total of 20 patents
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March 03, 2010
IP owners and practitioners have welcomed EPO member states’ decision to appoint Benoît Battistelli as president for a five-year term, saying it will provide certainty and clarity for the organisation
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March 03, 2010
Benoît Battistelli’s first task when he takes over the EPO’s top job will be to hold discussions with the Office’s employees, the president-elect has told Managing IP
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March 03, 2010
EPO member states were close to postponing the election of a president for a fourth time, before Benoît Battistelli finally and narrowly won the support of three-quarters of member states in the middle of Monday afternoon
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March 03, 2010
Benoît Battistelli will take up the post of EPO president 11 days before his 60th birthday and is due to leave it 11 days before his 65th
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March 03, 2010
Benoît Battistelli's two rivals for the role of EPO president congratulated him in speeches delivered after his election on Monday afternoon
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March 03, 2010
Benoît Battistelli’s appointment is set to be confirmed by the EPO’s Administrative Council when it meets on March 16 and 17
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March 01, 2010
A growing number of IP offices are offering to speed up the granting of patents over so-called green, clean technology. This is what the rules mean in practice in five key markets
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March 01, 2010
US judges have recently set higher standards for calculating royalties in patent infringement cases. Elizabeth Bailey, Alan Cox and Gregory Leonard explain what the decisions mean
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March 01, 2010
Chinese companies filed more patent applications in China and overseas last year than ever before, despite a slump in global patenting activity
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March 01, 2010
New Implementing Regulations include rules on filing patents outside China and rewarding employees for inventions
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March 01, 2010
Benoît Battistelli of France will be the next EPO president, after winning an election of EPO member states today