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Law360, Washington (March 30, 2018, 5:26 PM EDT) — Chemical analysis and diagnostics company Agilent Technologies Inc. is seeking Federal Trade Commission approval to reacquire assets it shed as part of a 2010 consent agreement that allowed the company to acquire Varian Inc., the FTC said …
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Trademark Fight Coverage Denial Not So Sweet, Creamery Says Law360 Full coverage
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… the former Chief of Staff (CoS) at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from 2013-2015, is set to visit Penn State Behrend as part of the college’s Speaker Series. Byrnes has spent more than two decades helping organizations move from ideation to impact through legal expertise, government relations …
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The failure of NPEs to win cases even with what seem like they should be a strong set of patents raises interesting questions about the role of NPEs in patent law and the policy efforts to curb patent litigation abuse. 3. Dan Spulber has posted a paper on ssrn titled... Continue reading
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Tyler Marandola, left, and Jenna M. Loadman, right, of Ballard Spahr. In the heyday of the video-sharing … Shortly thereafter five different third parties, including the teen, applied to register the phrase “on fleek” at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). Only one entity was able to successfully …
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Signed into law in 2011, the America Invents Act provides a one-year grace period for inventors or applicants to file patent applications for their invention. This means they can publically disclose, offer for sale or sell their invention up to one year before needing to file for a U.S. patent.... Continue reading
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The decrease in G&A expenses was primarily due to a decrease in legal and intellectual property expenses partially offset by an increase in personnel related costs. S&M expenses for the fourth quarter of 2017 were $0.4 million compared to $0.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2016. The decrease in …
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14 Feb 2018 In order for an invention to be patentable it must be new as defined in the patent law, which provides that an invention cannot be patented if: “(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available... Continue reading
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Senate Bill Would Immunize Patent Board from Tribal Trickery Bloomberg BNA Full coverage
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The Preserving Access to Cost Effective Drugs (PACED) Act (S. 2514) would bar patent holders from asserting tribal immunity to escape Patent Trial and Appeal Board review proceedings. Allergen irked members of Congress and affordable drug advocates last year when it transferred patents on its …
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