Federal Circuit Review – March 2018
Distribution Agreements Can Constitute Offers for Sale Under Section 102(b)
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Call for more robust online RPMs, Alibabacoin hits back, and getting legal advice from a robot …
USPTO up in Q1 of 2018 – IP attorney Erik Pelton has looked at trademark filings at the USPTO in the first quarter of 2018, and it reveals a modest increase. In all, according to the iPelton Blog, trademark filings rose by 5% in Q1, with 113,068 new applications filed.... Continue reading
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Court Makes Motion to Dismiss in Trademark Dispute Magically Disappear
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Japan: Revisions to the Trademark Examination Manual
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A User’s Guide to Patents
However, because of the time taken for examination to proceed to grant of the patent the effective term of the actual monopoly can be very much less. Over the years, there have been schemes to extend patent term in certain cases, and for example, under UK patent law before the... Continue reading
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“BLACK FRIDAY”: Not a trademark, just a day for special shopping deals
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Certificate Of Registration Does Not Give Copyright – Sodipo
I am currently the President of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Nigeria which is the local organisation that liaises between the government and the private sector in lobbying for reforms in the administration, adjudication and enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights. I was a member of the …
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Flat Lens Patent Signals New Era in Optics and Imaging
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Utility model patent regime
We know that developing countries can strategically manipulate the “strength” of their invention patent regimes (e.g., laws) throughout different stages of development to facilitate a transition from imitation to innovation. However, we know very little about how changes to the strength of second-tier patent …
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Speech by Vice-President Ansip on copyright at the Charles Clark Memorial Lecture, London Book Fair
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