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I. INTRODUCTION. Imagine Twitter sues a company for infringing its “tweeting” patent.1 Twitter is an online platform where users can instantly publish their opinions to a wide audience via 140 character. “tweets.”2 Twitter’s tweeting patent claims, inter alia, a method for sending a message from any …
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The exclusive patent venue statue, 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b), provides that “[a]ny civil action for patent infringement may be brought in the judicial district where [1] the defendant resides, or [2] where the defendant has committed acts of infringement and has a regular and established place of business.
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US Supreme Court Strikes Down Gene Patents but Allows Patenting of Synthetic DNA. District Court Judge Robert Sweet overturned 30 years of legal precedent and ruled that unaltered human genes could not be patented. More Gene Patents images Gene patents interfere with access to health care.
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Toledo law firm Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP said Friday one of its partners, J. Douglas Miller, has been re-elected president of the Board of the Wood County … He is a registered professional engineer and patent lawyer, licensed to practice law in Ohio and at the U.S. Patent and... Continue reading
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In recent years, the number of new filings has been highest in the first and second quarters which may indicate we will see fewer patent litigations in 2018. However, the uncertainty surrounding upcoming changes in patent law, such as the pending Oil States decision, may be in part responsible for... Continue reading
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Manipulation of the legal system, or arm-wrestling the law in order to get one’s way, still a problem for the credibility of today’s patent system (rife/riddled with misconduct)
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[DOWNLOAD] PDF Nolo s Patents for Beginners: Quick Legal by David Pressman Attorney Attorney [DOWNLOAD] PDF Nolo s Patents for Beginners: Quick Legal …
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When Allergan assigned its Restasis patents to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe last September, so that sovereign immunity could be used to help prevent their invalidation by the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB), politicians and the public cried foul. This past month, after the PTAB decided that …
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Smart contracts could be used to establish and enforce IP agreements such as licenses and allow the transmission of payments in real time to IP owners; “smart information” about IP rights in protected content, a song or an image, for example, could be encoded in digital form (in a music... Continue reading
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Yesterday, the ITC published the Federal Register notice of the initial determination of an ITC administrative law judge (ALJ). The ALJ determined that the investigation, instituted in January based on a complaint filed last year, shouldn’t go further forward and terminated the case for good cause.
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