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'Patent Baristas' Tag
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Butting into Face
March 9, 2010[Story ID: 752]
I have blogged in the past about non-traditional trademarks. However the recent case of North Face and South Butt begs the discussion of trade dress and hence a comparison of the case in question with the precedents is unavoidable to glean whether South Butt does infringe North Face’ -
The Patent Reform Act of 2010: A Substitute S. 515
March 5, 2010[Story ID: 699]
Here comes the Patent Reform Act of 2010 in the form of an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to S. 515 (‘ -
Patent Reform is So NOT Sexy it Hurts
February 25, 2010[Story ID: 601]
Admittedly, patent reform is not a sexy topic. Those passionate about it are lab geeks, computer nerds, inventors, academics, attorneys and IP bloggers ‘ -
Inventors Eye: The Patent Offices New Publication for Inventors
February 24, 2010[Story ID: 586]
Inventors Eye, a new electronic publication by the United States Patent and Trademark Office is a bimonthly publication for the independent inventor community.
According to the USPTO, Inventors Eye is for and about America’ -
Are your Japanese patent searches complete? (Part 2 of 2)
February 24, 2010[Story ID: 587]
In my last post, I discussed the approaches taken by four commercial search systems with regard to their Japanese collections: Minesoft PatBase, Questel’s QPAT and orbit.com platforms, Thomson Reuters Thomson Innovation , and LexisNexis TotalPatent.
This post contains a summary of the comparison information in table form. The tables below reference “machine-assisted” and [...] -
Are your Japanese patent searches complete? (Part 1 of 2)
February 23, 2010[Story ID: 554]
Patent searching is still a profession where there aren’ -
Just a Reminder: EPO Fees Increase April 1
February 22, 2010[Story ID: 542]
The European Patent Office (“EPO”) recently announced that most of its fees will increase by between 5 and 8 per cent from April 1, 2010. A summary of the new fees is shown here.
What does this all mean to you?
If you know that you want to enter the European regional phase of a [...] -
EPO: Dosage Regime Patentable Even If It is The Only Novel Feature
February 19, 2010[Story ID: 435]
The therapeutic use of that substance cannot be patented because that use is a method of treatment of a human or animal body by surgery, therapy or diagnosis which is practiced on that human or animal body.
Methods of treatment are regarded in Europe as not being capable of industrial application and are consequently [...] -
EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal: Method Patentable By Disclaiming Unpatentable Step
February 18, 2010[Story ID: 419]
The EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal handed down its decision relating to the interpretation of the exclusion for patentability under article 53(c) EPC “method for treatment of the human or animal body by surgery”. Questions were asked to the Enlarged Board in a case about a medical imaging method, whereby a contrast agent [...] -
Non-Traditional Trademarks
February 16, 2010[Story ID: 388]
Trademarks have been in existence since as early as 5000 B.C. Humans have an unmistakable desire to use marks to designate ownership- either as property owner or as manufacturer. It is probable that primitive man used marks to indicate ownership of livestock. Later marks were used to indicate the maker of goods and [...]