tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.comments2023-11-05T06:06:12.057-06:00The 271 Patent BlogTwo-Seventy-One Patent Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02481083706071978817noreply@blogger.comBlogger1318125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-92102953337264070142011-07-13T04:44:39.078-05:002011-07-13T04:44:39.078-05:00Here is a similar story
A lawsuit against a Louis...Here is a similar story<br /><br />A lawsuit against a Louisiana official filed by a gay couple who want both of their names on their adopted child’s birth certificate may be heard by the United States Supreme Court. A gay rights organization, Lambda Legal, has asked justices to consider the case of Oren Adar and Mickey Ray Smith. The defendant in the case is Darlene Smith, state registrar and director of the Department of Health and Hospital’s Office of Vital Records. The child was born in Louisiana and adopted in New York by Adar and Smith, who lived in New Orleans at the time. The couple now lives in Orlando, Fla.Trademark Applicationhttp://www.internationalpatentservice.com/index.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-33265031804263511022011-07-11T22:27:26.980-05:002011-07-11T22:27:26.980-05:00One wonders how many times the active inducement s...One wonders how many times the active inducement standard will have to be repeated, in how many different ways.Arizona Patent Attorneyhttp://www.galvanilegal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-62199089496791381012011-06-13T16:40:49.500-05:002011-06-13T16:40:49.500-05:00I'm quite pleased that the Justices defied pun...I'm quite pleased that the Justices defied pundits' predictions and issued this ruling -- I always thought i4i had the stronger arguments, not to mention many years of tradition and precedent on its side. Moreover, I think there's a decent argument that a strong presumption of validity is indicated in the Constitution; and, on a policy note, in countries with weaker <a href="http://www.generalpatent.com/media/videos/general-patent-corporation-helps-patent-owners-enforce-their-ip-rights" rel="nofollow">patent rights</a>, there lurks always the danger that well-funded entities can use that lesser standard to bankrupt patentees, or even to deprive them of their IP altogether. Thank you, SCOTUS; well done.patent litigationhttp://www.GeneralPatent.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-50894131375313805452011-06-13T08:04:54.293-05:002011-06-13T08:04:54.293-05:00The research cited by Pakes (1986) followed the ea...The research cited by Pakes (1986) followed the earlier work by Schankerman and Pakes (1986), and Pakes and Schankerman (1984). The original formulation of the patent renewal model (non-options version) was done by the two of them, not Pakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-90778920718387625392011-06-10T13:16:42.037-05:002011-06-10T13:16:42.037-05:00it's about time people caught on with the NPEs...it's about time people caught on with the NPEs.Sunburn Treatmenthttp://menshealthinsight.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-71306232810114141062011-06-06T16:28:51.518-05:002011-06-06T16:28:51.518-05:00The Court's ruling makes sense because of a ve...The Court's ruling makes sense because of a very important point: Pentalpha did not tell its attorney that it had purchased and directly, deliberately copied the SEB fryer. If Pentalpha had informed its lawyer as to this fact, then the attorney likely would have found the patent. Because of this deliberate failure to inform the attorney of its copying, the prior art search was just a cover, and "willful blindness" makes complete sense. That considered, I'm glad this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgZJQhW58ac&feature=related" rel="nofollow">patent litigation</a> went in favor of SEB.patent litigationhttp://www.GeneralPatent.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-21732664013535230532011-06-03T07:56:14.925-05:002011-06-03T07:56:14.925-05:00Peter,
As others have said the difference between...Peter,<br /><br />As others have said the difference between "willful blindness" and "deliberate indifference" is "pedantic sophistry." When affirming the Federal Circuit, why can't SCOTUS leave well enough alone?EGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-54637015904435574242011-05-30T17:56:40.542-05:002011-05-30T17:56:40.542-05:00What good news that the CAFC is finally making a c...What good news that the CAFC is finally making a concrete effort to, as Dennis Crouch put it, "cure the 'plague' of inequitable conduct pleadings" in <a href="http://www.generalpatent.com/media/videos/learn-more-about-general-patent-corporation" rel="nofollow">patent litigation</a>. It's pretty major that a finding of inequitable conduct no longer automatically serves to invalidate a patent. That part of the ruling should itself prove quite effective in immediately reducing the number of IC pleadings. It's about time. Bravo.patent litigationhttp://www.GeneralPatent.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-90523571778224188222011-05-30T17:31:37.492-05:002011-05-30T17:31:37.492-05:00I agree with the first comment, very nice dovetail...I agree with the first comment, very nice dovetail. Very interesting.nursing scrubshttp://becoming-healthier-now.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-36977228263143922202011-05-29T09:40:17.377-05:002011-05-29T09:40:17.377-05:00good to read such a great news!good to read such a great news!sweaty armpitshttp://sweatyarmpitscure.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-71644630668251517602011-05-26T17:20:49.931-05:002011-05-26T17:20:49.931-05:00Is it possible?
Yes it is.
Do not cancel that or...Is it possible?<br /><br />Yes it is.<br /><br />Do not cancel that order for the IDS-hauling dumptrucks just yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-39922476621822903972011-05-26T10:48:25.038-05:002011-05-26T10:48:25.038-05:00This seems like good news for prosecutors who do n...This seems like good news for prosecutors who do not enjoy 'dumping' long lists of references onto Examiners - it wastes Examiner time, client time/money and my time.<br /><br />HOWEVER - the I4I vs Microsoft case is now pending before SCOTURS. Microsoft argues that the presumption of validity should only exist for art actually considered by the PTO. If Microsoft prevails, it seems like patent prosecutors would once again (albeit for different reasons) have a 'perverse' incentive to flood the Examiner with art in order to make it more difficult for a challenger to find prior art that was 'not considered.' If anything, the incentive to flood th Examiner with art would be stronger than ever. I would argue that the 'spirit' of Thersanse places the burden of proving that relevant art was 'buried' by irrelevant art on the accused infringer.<br /><br />Is it possible that in a few short weeks, Scotus could 'take back' the gift bestowed upon the patent bar yesterday by the Federal Circuit ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-51311971687820214542011-05-23T07:33:12.127-05:002011-05-23T07:33:12.127-05:00abilify.txtabilify.txtLOLhttp://kamagra.namenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-58280494986752627782011-05-16T22:33:48.034-05:002011-05-16T22:33:48.034-05:00I suppose the sharing stops and the restriction be...I suppose the sharing stops and the restriction begins when the patent holder refuses to allow another doctor to use the technique.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-61196689093229756612011-05-13T14:39:30.130-05:002011-05-13T14:39:30.130-05:00What is the social value of business method and so...What is the social value of business method and software patents? We all have heard that giving an inventor a temporary monopoly over the invention encourages invention. But a temporary monopoly may emerge from something other than patents. It may emerge from secrets. Trade secrets encourage industrial espionage and reverse engineering. These are not productive activities. As a result, patents are socially superior. Of course, this assumes that the patent is nontrivial. (many business method patents have been trivial and they should not have been granted)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-57241426959906141022011-04-22T07:26:49.576-05:002011-04-22T07:26:49.576-05:00I don't think it is trivial that good actors m...I don't think it is trivial that good actors may be denied roles because their skin colour is deemed to be not English... & I don't think it's trivial that an executive producer thinks that to be very English you have to keep dark skin out of a show.<br /><br />http://www.usedibmpcs.com/Marcus Wellingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13948669864171873343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-84822045893048955622011-04-21T04:56:10.162-05:002011-04-21T04:56:10.162-05:00If Microsoft triumphs, it could establish a preced...If Microsoft triumphs, it could establish a precedent that makes it easier for big companies to knock down weak intellectual-property lawsuits. That would help slam the brakes on "patent trolling," an annoyance for many large tech companies. Those companies filing briefs in support of Microsoft range from Google to Cisco Systems.Charter Bus DChttp://www.busforrental.com/index.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-53449299450204385892011-04-20T01:55:48.564-05:002011-04-20T01:55:48.564-05:00I'm recalling those occasions before ann EPO B...I'm recalling those occasions before ann EPO Board of Appeal, when I suffered hostile questioning but then got the decision. Hostile questioning is not necessarily a bad sign. Might it not instead be a sign that the panel members are checking whether their decision can survive hostile criticism of it afterwards?<br /><br />Also, those EPO Board members are nice to the guy who they know is going to lose.<br /><br />When all is said and done though, you never know till it issues.MaxDreinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-1108434067350375002011-04-19T22:22:53.409-05:002011-04-19T22:22:53.409-05:00Here is Similar Story
The Supreme Court has heard...Here is Similar Story<br /><br />The Supreme Court has heard oral arguments in Borough of Duryea, Pennsylvania v. Guarnieri, 364 Fed.Appx. 749 (3rd Cir. 2010), cert. granted, 78 USLW 3731, 131 S.Ct. 456 (October 12, 2010), in which it is asked to consider whether a grievance filed against an employer by a public employee is a “petition” falling under the Petition Clause of the First Amendment, and therefore entitled to special protection.Party Bus VAhttp://www.busforrental.com/index.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-43624986818783406802011-04-19T16:45:47.210-05:002011-04-19T16:45:47.210-05:00I'm writing from outside the USA, just imagini...I'm writing from outside the USA, just imagining what it must be like to serve on a jury busy finding the facts in order that the court can pronounce whether or not a claim is invalid.<br /><br />I can imagine a jury coping with a criminal case, and the "beyond reasonable doubt" standard.<br /><br />I can imagine a jury debating, around a "more likely than not" criterion (even in patent cases).<br /><br />What I can't imagine is how a jury copes with the "clear" standard and gets to be "convinced" about esoteric issues of obviousness, within the mind of a notional PHOSITA in a high-flown field of endeavour like gene splicing or 3G telecoms protocols, and going back to a date ten years before the litigation even started.<br /><br />Which leaves me supposing that, in real cases, the jury simply cannot engage. Which leads me to conclude that there is no real test of validity when the fact-finder is a jury. I bet jury members feel uncomfortable, being asked to do what they all know is way above their heads. I bet they end up doing the best they can on a simple black hat/white hat equitable basis.<br /><br />Which would explain the overall yearning for the PTO to "do" validity once and for all.<br /><br />Which might not be such a bad thing, if it were set up so that the PTO routinely hears both sides of the validity story, in full, before deciding the issueMaxDreinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-24960283730095036192011-04-15T02:06:31.822-05:002011-04-15T02:06:31.822-05:00What an expensive case. patents can be tricky also...What an expensive case. patents can be tricky also as you can create something which you think is your design but then find out somebody has already patended something similarfree credit reporthttp://www.myfreecreditreportgov.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-24725644116486729222011-04-14T10:25:57.081-05:002011-04-14T10:25:57.081-05:00Really enjoyed your article above and found the su...Really enjoyed your article above and found the suggestions about tax credits to be very helpful and relevant. The fact is that many (if not most) people are looking for some way to save money when it comes to tax time but aren’t sure how get the most out tax rebates or credits. Thanks again for the information and here is a<a href="%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow"> R & D Tax Credit Blog </a> that has great information and tip so I thought I would share.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12461435711144330171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-55318253537659008292011-03-30T14:22:56.439-05:002011-03-30T14:22:56.439-05:00The global economy seems to be getting back on tra...The global economy seems to be getting back on track - and compared to 2009, everything is an improvement (from a patent attorney perspective ;-).Jamie M.http://www.patentattorneyindex.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-75153092463609220482011-03-30T14:08:20.786-05:002011-03-30T14:08:20.786-05:00Interesting decision... would the written descript...Interesting decision... would the written description requirement have been fulfilled for a similar application filed in the 2005-2010 instead of the mid-90'ies?Jamie M.http://www.patentattorneyindex.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851300.post-75859356798576258552011-03-30T00:36:23.871-05:002011-03-30T00:36:23.871-05:00Giving some good will to innovating company in the...Giving some good will to innovating company in the manner of patent is an good idea but we need to make sure that this patent law doesn't kill the competition, also put some restrictions on pricing structure of those patented parts else end user forced to pay the high cost.Nevada Learners Permithttp://www.nevadadrivered.com/learners-permit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com