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Appointment of President and senior posts at OHIM: it’s official – António Campinos as next President (Class 46) (IPKat)
UK announces it will fast track PCT applications (IAM) (IP Factor)
Shanghai woes, Indian oppositions and US patent extensions IP Think Tank podcast 27 May 2010 (IP Think Tank)
Measuring performance: value of intangible assets (Business IP and Intangible Asset Blog)
I love Professor Joseph Hadzima Jr. …well I sort of half love him – ‘Firms with strong intellectual property strategies fare better in raising capital’(Tangible IP)
A quick explanation on prior art (Article One Partners)
International Trademark Association (INTA) meeting: Boston: Day 1, 2, 3 (IPKat) (IPKat) (IPKat) (IPKat) (IAM) (IP Factor) (Article One Partners)
Brands and INTA: going where no annual meeting has gone before? (IPKat)
Without copyright protection, art and industry thrive – ‘Intellectual property in the fashion industry’ Johanna Blakely (BlawgIT) (Michael Geist)
TM search tool growth for Africa: A conversation with CT Corsearch (Afro-IP)
Phonographic Performance Company of Australia flexes music muscles (IP Whiteboard)
IP Australia – Fee surcharge for more than 20 claims – new arrangements come into force on 1 August 2010 (ipwars)
Lion mauled by High Court of Australia: E. & J. Gallo Winery v Lion Nathan Australia Pty Limited (Australian Trade Marks Law Blog)
What happens when an opponent stops opposing: Delnorth Pty Ltd v Dura-Post (Aust) Pty Ltd (ipwars)
Urgent interlocutory and declaratory relief: AED Oil Limited & Anor v Puffin FPSO Limited (ipwars)
Infringement of copyright in musical works: a riff Down Under: Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd v EMI Songs Australia Pty Limited (JIPLP)
Austria: opposition possible from 1 July 2010 (Class 46)
Seven copyright questions for Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore (Michael Geist)
Trade-mark appeal before the Supreme Court of Canada: Masterpiece Inc v Alavida Lifestyles Inc. (IP Osgoode)
IPR elasticity of FDI is back in China? (IP Dragon)
Is it a plane? Is it a bird? No, it is the Bleagle! Made in China (IP Dragon) (China Hearsay)
Limitation of actions regarding patent ownership disputes (China Law Insight)
Fortune lost by university spells change for tech-trans units (Innovationpartners)
Unified patent litigation system (UPLS) ‘We will fight them on the beaches…’ (PatLit)
European Parliament Members follow-up with WTO on ACTA (Michael Geist)
Appointment of President and senior posts at OHIM: it’s official – António Campinos as next President (Class 46) (IPKat)
Yearly overview – Decisions of the Boards of Appeal 2009 (Class 46)
Supreme Court ends battle of margarine brands: Valio Oy and Arla Ingman Oy Ab (Class 46)
General Court finds MEMORY descriptive for ‘games recorded on data carriers of all kinds’: Ravensburger AG’s v Educa Borras (Class 46)
BGH decision on Proxyserversystem: European patent cannot be defended restricted to patent claims which do not meet requirements of clear and precise wording of the claim (EPLAW)
In ACTA India does (not) trust (Spicy IP)
Non-conventional trademarks in India by Dev Gangjee (Spicy IP)
Laawaris and poetic justice (Spicy IP)
Off topic: MJ Akbar and the Gandhi pen controversy (Spicy IP)
‘Person Interested’: How is an inclusive definition to be interpreted? (Spicy IP)
‘Informal’ India and the romanticisation of innovation (Spicy IP)
Debating the law of patent opposition: An appeal by any other name would smell just as sweet? (Spicy IP)
The impact of the Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010 on copyright societies (Spicy IP)
Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010 – Cover Recordings: Is it the same version? (Spicy IP)
Piracy receives yet another ‘interim’ blow: M.S.M. Satellite v. Star Cable Network (Spicy IP)
Jurisdiction ‘designed’ to err? M/s Godrej Sara Lee Ltd. v. Reckitt Benckiser Australia Pty Ltd (Spicy IP)
Hebrew University sue General Motors over advertisement containing likeness of Albert Einstein (IP Factor)
Italian law amends Italian PDO/PGI system for wines (Class 46)
Divine intervention unifies collective copyright management in Nigeria (Afro-IP)
Religious IP: ECHC decision on use of ‘Presbyterian Church of Africa’ in George Mofokeng Mokabo and Presbyterian Church of Africa v Banile Bishop Nocanda and Presbyterian Church of Africa Ltd (Section 21 Company) (Afro-IP)
Free speech versus trade mark rights at the Swiss indoors (IPKat)
New UK government downgrades IP (IAM)
UK announces it will fast track PCT applications (IAM) (IP Factor)
Victor is the victor when it comes to discretion: Victor Ifejika v Charles Ifejika and Ifejika Lens Care Ltd (Class 99)
District Court N D Illinois: Trade secret claims may be pled solely upon information and belief: Adams v. Pull’R Holding Co., LLC (Chicago IP Litigation Blog)
USPTO expands application exchange program (Patent Docs)
Reducing patent pendency: The PTO responds (Inventive Step)
USPTO expands Green Technology Pilot Program; eliminates the program’s technology classification requirement (IP Spotlight)
Green patent PR: Marketing clean tech on the fast track (Green Patent Blog)
Transition: Chief Judge Michel –> Chief Judge Rader (Patently-O)
Patent Litigation Weekly: International Trade Commission rebuffs big tech, keeps doors open to NPEs (The Prior Art)
Those Nortel patent sale stories just keep on running… (IAM) (Tangible IP)
JOTWELL: Journal of thing we like (lots) (Patently-O)
Top ten most cited patent cases 2007-2010 (Patently-O)
Patent Grants 2010 (Patently-O)
No squatter’s rights; infringing a non-existent patent (Intellectual Property Directions)
CAFC: Three year period of silence leads to equitable estoppel: Aspex Eyewear Inc. v. Clariti Eyewear, Inc. (271 Patent Blog) (Inventive Step)
CAFC reverses BPAI’s claim interpretation: In re Vaidyanathan (Gray on Claims)
CAFC affirms claim construction and rejects indefiniteness argument: Honeywell Int’l, Inc. v. United States (Gray on Claims)
CAFC: Orion v Hyundai on novelty: Expanding the scope of a printed publication with oral testimony (Patently-O)
District Court N D Illinois: False marking includes marking with expired patent number: ZOJO Solutions Inc. v. The Stanley Works (Docket Report)
Blumberg Industries – ITC institutes investigation (337-TA-719) regarding certain lighting products against Lights & More, Inc (ITC Law Blog)
Hewlett-Packard – HP files new 337 complaint against MicroJet, Asia Pacific Microsystems, Mipo Technology and others regarding certain inkjet ink cartridges (ITC Law Blog)
John Mezzalingua Associates – ALJ Gildea issues remand initial determination in certain coaxial cable connectors (337-TA-650) (ITC Law Blog)
Knowles Electronics – ITC decides to review in part initial determination denying temporary relief and on review to take no position on likelihood of success on the merits in certain silicon microphone packages (337-TA-695) (ITC Law Blog)
O2 Micro – ALJ Gildea issues public version of initial determination in certain cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) inverter circuits (337-TA-666) (ITC Law Blog)
Sony Corporation – ALJ Essex grants motion to terminate investigation as to ViewSonic Corporation in certain display devices (337-TA-713) (ITC Law Blog)
Spansion – Federal Circuit to hear oral argument in Spansion appeal on June 9 (ITC Law Blog)
U.S. Copyright Official challenges ACTA criticism (Michael Geist)
District Court E D Kentucky: My old Kentucky home remixer punk’d: Court tosses copyright infringement action for failure to disclose pre-exiting material: Rich & Rich Partnership v. Poetman Records USA, Inc. 2010 (Copyright Litigation Blog)
District Court N D Illinios: Party claiming copyright ownership not a rule 19 necessary party: Zimnicki v. General Foam Plastics Corp (Chicago IP Litigation Blog)
District Court Kansas: Third Party infringers have no standing to challenge assignment: KMMentor, LLC v. Knowledge Management Professional Soc., Inc. (Copyright Litigation Blog)
Associates Press – Court: AP ‘is going to win’ Shepard Fairey case, urges settlement (Copyrights & Campaigns)
DC Comics – Superman litigation heats up, up, and away: DC Comics, files copyright and interference with contract claim against LA attorney – Marc Toberoff: DC Comics v Marc Toberoff (IPKat)
Don Henley – Henley, DeVore file reply briefs in ‘parody’ battle (Copyrights & Campaigns)
Jason Barnes – Jason Barnes (aka Jazan Wild) files copyright infringement lawsuit against NBC Universal – alleges Season 4 of Heroes copies details from his novels: Jason Barnes v NBC Universal (IPKat)
Random House – In reversal, Random House allows Sophie’s Choice author Styron estate electronic publishing (Copyright Litigation Blog)
CAFC vacates and remands in Deere appeal: Deere & Co. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n (ITC Law Blog)
Supreme Court: NFL collective licensing of trademarks not immune from Section1 antitrust scrutiny: American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League(Filewrapper) (IPKat) (IPKat)
6th Circuit’s 2010 Victoria’s Secret tarnishment decision:(Technology & Marketing Law Blog) (The Trademark Blog) (IP Factor)
Precedential No. 19: TTAB snoringly rules on motions to compel production and to exclude trial witness: Byer California v. Clothing for Modern Times Ltd (TTABlog)
Precedential No. 18: TTAB affirms rejection of trademark specimen as mere advertising and not point-of-sale display: In re Anpath Group, Inc (TTABlog)
Precedential No. 17: TTAB says Section 18 not available for requiring disclaimer of generic part of mark registered for more than 5 years: Montecash LLC v. Anzar Enterprises, Inc (TTABlog)
Precedential No. 16: Fraud claim survives motion to dismiss; Facts pleaded with sufficient particularity: Meckatzer Löwenbräu Benedikt Weiß KG v. White Gold, LLC (TTABlog)
Mini’s Cupcakes Inc – Utah cupcake maker sues competitor for trade dress infringement: Mini’s Cupcakes v. LuAnn’s Cupcakes et al (Las Vegas Trademark Attorney)
Sur La Table – Sur La Table sues Burberry for non-infringement over apron design (Seattle Trademark Lawyer)