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Date |
Feature |
| Issue 2009/01 |
02/17/09 |
New EPO Fees Structure as of 1 April 2009 |
| Issue 2008/14 |
12/30/08 |
“Innovative” Australian style |
| Issue 2008/13 |
12/23/08 |
Canadian Plavix Decision: Implications For Pharmaceuticals And Biotech Inventions |
| Issue 2008/12 |
12/08/08 |
KSR – One Year Later |
| Issue 2008/11 |
12/05/08 |
License Agreements in the Wake of Quanta: A Potential Need for Restructuring |
| Issue 2008/10 |
12/04/08 |
Stem Cells/WARF – Decision Issued by EBA |
| Issue 2008/09 |
10/28/08 |
Annual Australian Law Wrap-up |
| Issue 2008/08 |
09/22/08 |
Prerequisites to Recovery of Damages: Importance of Marking and Notice of Infringement |
| Issue 2008/07 |
07/18/08 |
Trade Marks — European News |
| Issue 2008/06 |
07/15/08 |
Added Matter & The EPO |
| Issue 2008/05 |
07/10/08 |
Insufficiency of Product Claims |
| Issue 2008/04 |
05/09/08 |
Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) – pilot program between Australia and USA |
| Issue 2008/03 |
02/04/08 |
France Has Now Ratified The London Agreement |
| Issue 2008/02 |
01/22/08 |
New EPO fee increases for 2008 and 2009 |
| Issue 2008/01 |
01/04/08 |
A New UK Test for Inventive Step – The “Pozzoli” Test |
| Issue 2007/33 |
11/29/07 |
A brief introduction to The UK Patent Office Opinions |
| Issue 2007/32 |
11/09/07 |
The London Agreement – A reduction in European Patent translation costs |
| Issue 2007/31 |
11/01/07 |
Perhaps The Most Significant Ruling In U.S. Patent Law in 2007 – NO Change in Practice |
| Issue 2007/30 |
11/01/07 |
Australian Patent Search Results – Important Change in Practice |
| Issue 2007/29 |
11/01/07 |
Interlocutory Practice in the UK |
| Issue 2007/28 |
09/26/07 |
Compulsory licence provisions across Europe |
| Issue 2007/27 |
09/10/07 |
Seagate Court Unanimously Rejects Affirmative Duty of Care Standard for Willfulness Infringement |
| Issue 2007/26 |
08/10/07 |
Patentable Subject Matter in Uruguay – Enforceability of Patents – Uruguay |
| Issue 2007/25 |
08/06/07 |
Additional Hurdles in UK Entitlement Proceedings |
| Issue 2007/24 |
07/20/07 |
New York: Note This Date |
| Issue 2007/23 |
07/13/07 |
Licensing of Co-Owned UK Patents |
| Issue 2007/22 |
07/12/07 |
First To File Australian Patent Applications Electronically |
| Issue 2007/21 |
06/21/07 |
Time Limitations in Pursuit of Damages – UK/Europe |
| Issue 2007/19 |
06/14/07 |
How far can reputation extend registered trade mark rights in the UK? |
| Issue 2007/20 |
06/13/07 |
Canada : Lawyers Must Tread Carefully To Prevent Conflicts Of Interest When Acting For Competitors |
| Issue 2007/12 |
06/05/07 |
Claims for Damages in IP Litigation in the UK |
| Issue 2007/18 |
06/03/07 |
Canada : IP Rules updated |
| Issue 2007/16 |
06/01/07 |
Review Of The House Of Lords’ Decision In OK! v Hello! |
| Issue 2007/17 |
05/31/07 |
Darby & Darby move |
| Issue 2007/15 |
05/15/07 |
Protection of Biotechnological Inventions in Argentina |
| Issue 2007/14 |
05/01/07 |
Supreme Court modifies standard for obviousness |
| Issue 2007/13 |
05/01/07 |
KSR Reversal Based on Over-Rigid Application of the TSM Test |
| Issue 2007/11 |
04/03/07 |
Medimmune Applied: DJ Jurisdiction Established Under “All Circumstances” Test |
| Issue 2007/10 |
03/19/07 |
2005 Statistics for EPO oppositions and appeals |
| Issue 2007/09 |
01/31/07 |
Future Sanctions May Issue to Parties Appealing Non-Final Judgments |
| Issue 2007/08 |
01/30/07 |
Section 337 Complaint: Lighting, Digital Camera, and NAND Memory Import Investigations Requested |
| Issue 2007/07 |
01/29/07 |
European Court of Justice Limits SPC’s To Active Ingredients |
| Issue 2007/06 |
01/26/07 |
Recapture Rule Must Not Undo Broadening Reissue |
| Issue 2007/05 |
01/24/07 |
“Use in Commerce” Not Required for U.S. TM Opposition |
| Issue 2007/04 |
01/17/07 |
Amendments to the Madrid Protocol and the Regulations Thereunder Adopted by the Assembly of the Madrid Union at its September-October 2006 Session |
| Issue 2007/03 |
01/17/07 |
Supreme Court Allows Declaratory Judgment by Patent Licensee in Good Standing |
| Issue 2007/02 |
01/16/07 |
Philips En Banc Decision Did Not Affect Law of the Case |
| Issue 2007/01 |
01/15/07 |
Replacement of Parts that Must Be Broken Not Impermissible Reconstruction |
| Issue 06/70 |
12/11/06 |
Divisional Applications at the European Patent Office |
| Issue 06/69 |
12/08/06 |
Remedial extension of time provisions in Australia |
| Issue 06/68 |
12/18/06 |
Recent Ruling Adds Strength to Sophisticated Patent Licensing Programs |
| Issue 06/67 |
12/01/06 |
No anticipation of a patent by "inherent disclosure" in Canada |
| Issue 06/66 |
11/30/06 |
Federal Circuit Inching Toward Reconsideration of Cybor Deference |
| Issue 06/65 |
11/27/06 |
Priority Claim Restorations — Update |
| Issue 06/64 |
11/23/06 |
New directions, and a challenge, for Canada's generic drug approval regim |
| Issue 06/63 |
11/21/06 |
Rasmusson Redux: §102 References Need Not Demonstrate Utility to be Enabling for Purposes of Anticipation |
| Issue 06/62 |
11/20/06 |
"Design Patents: Federal Circuit Vacates Preliminary Injunction for Functionality of the Design" |
| Issue 06/61 |
11/16/06 |
Judgment of Infringement Under DOE Affirmed, Even Under Erroneous Claim Construction |
| Issue 06/60 |
11/14/06 |
Newly-Discovered Properties of Known Compositions Are Unpatentable Over the Known Composition |
| Issue 06/59 |
11/10/06 |
Recent Developments Australian Patent Law 2006 - Pharmaceuticals |
| Issue 06/58 |
11/02/06 |
Patent Invalidity Holding In Different Lawsuit Did Not Terminate Royalty Obligation |
| Issue 06/57 |
10/24/06 |
The New UK Patent Legislation — Priority Claims |
| Issue 06/56 |
10/19/06 |
U.S. Ringtones Go Under Compulsory Copyright License |
| Issue 06/55 |
10/17/06 |
PCT Rule Changes Planned for April 2007 |
| Issue 06/54 |
10/13/06 |
New Unfair Import Complaints |
| Issue 06/53 |
10/11/06 |
No Double Counting of Patent and Trademark Infringement Damages |
| Issue 06/52 |
10/10/06 |
Federal Circuit Not Bound by PTO's Reexamined Claim Construction |
| Issue 06/51 |
10/06/06 |
Aesthetic Functionality Requires Non-Reputation-Related Competitive Disadvantage |
| Issue 06/50 |
10/02/06 |
Dilution by Blurring and Tarnishment in Trademark Revision Act |
| Issue 06/49 |
09/25/06 |
Recapture Invalidity Avoided by Amendments Not Distinguishing Prior Art |
| Issue 06/48 |
09-14-06 |
"Colorant Selection Mechanism" Construed as Means-Plus-Function Limitation |
| Issue 06/47 |
09-15-06 |
Trademark Functionality Did Not Require Literal Patent Infringement |
| Issue 06/46 |
09-07-06 |
UK Design Registration Changes on October 1, 2006 |
| Issue 06/45 |
09-08-06 |
Grace Periods in Australian Patent Law |
| Issue 06/44 |
08-25-06 |
USPTO Patent Rule Change Proposals Website |
| Issue 06/43 |
08-10-06 |
Section 112, Paragraph 4 Established as a Patent-Invalidating Provision |
| Issue 06/42 |
08-14-06 |
Germany: Don't lose your employee inventions – shift in established practice by Supreme Court |
| Issue 06/41 |
08-09-06 |
UK Relative Grounds for Refusal Expected to End in October 2007 |
| Issue 06/40 |
08-04-06 |
FTC Finds Violation In Rambus' Standards-Setting Activities |
| Issue 06/39 |
08-04-06 |
Therapeutically Effective Amount Did Not Require Healing |
| Issue 06/38 |
07-31-06 |
OHIM Publishes Draft Opposition and Examination Guidelines |
| Issue 06/37 |
07-25-06 |
USPTO-TEAS Now Accepts PDF Files for Some Documents |
| Issue 06/36 |
07-20-06 |
Patent Licensing is Commercial Activity Exception to Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act |
| Issue 06/35 |
07-18-06 |
USPTO Proposes New Information Disclosure Requirements |
| Issue 06/34 |
07-10-06 |
New Chemical Patent Disclosure Requirements in China |
| Issue 06/33 |
07-07-06 |
Disparagement of Unpreferred Embodiments May Result in A Disavowal of Claim Scope |
| Issue 06/32 |
07-06-06 |
No Jury Trial Right For Inequitable Conduct: Validity and Enforceability are not "Common" Issues under Beacon Theaters |
| Issue 06/31 |
06-28-06 |
Revised Procedure for Accelerated Examination of Certain U.S. Patent Applications |
| Issue 06/30 |
07-05-06 |
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc. |
| Issue 06/29 |
06-23-06 |
Proposed Changes to Pharmaceutical Regulations in Canada |
| Issue 06/28 |
06-22-06 |
Accused Dome Equivalent to "Plate" After Amendment which Was Tangential to Contested Element |
| Issue 06/27 |
06-21-06 |
Is An Inventor Always An Inventor? |
| Issue 06/26 |
05-26-06 |
US-JP Patent Examination Reciprocity Program Begins July 30 |
| Issue 06/24 |
05-15-06 |
Supreme Court Overturns Predilection for Patent Infringement Injunctions |
| Issue 06/23 |
04-26-06 |
If You Missed: Reexamination in the US - An Effective Business Strategy- Roundtable |
| Issue 06/22 |
04-20-06 |
The Emperor Sports Decision: Ramifications for the Law of Inventive Step in Australia |
| Issue 06/21 |
04-18-06 |
If You Will Be In Toronto For INTA: You Are Cordially Invited To Join APLF Member Firms At... |
| Issue 06/20 |
04-12-06 |
Mark Owner Must Show Substantially No Gray Market Sales of its Own |
| Issue 06/19 |
04-11-06 |
USPTO Proposes Reexamination Procedure Changes |
| Issue 06/17 |
03-30-06 |
Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction Can Not Be Sustained Based on Adverse Financial Interest Alone |
| Issue 06/16 |
03-14-06 |
Process Steps in Product-by-Process Claims are Held Not to be Claim Limitations |
| Issue 06/15 |
03-13-06 |
Intent to Deceive Cannot be Established Solely by the Absence of a Good Faith Explanation for Nondisclosure |
| Issue 06/14 |
03-07-06 |
Another Piece to the Puzzle of Business Method Patents in Australia |
| Issue 06/13 |
03-06-06 |
Canadian Supreme Court Nomination Practice Now Public |
| Issue 06/12 |
02-22-06 |
Failure to Disclose Declarant's Relationship to Assignee Sustained as a Basis for Inequitable Conduct |
| Issue 06/11 |
02-24-06 |
Examining the Case for Modified Examination |
| Issue 06/10 |
02-23-06 |
Limited Materiality Provides Less Basis for Inferring Inequitable Conduct Intent |
| Issue 06/09 |
02-27-06 |
A Lesson in Laboratory Notebook Keeping |
| Issue 06/08 |
02-20-06 |
Section 337 Complaint: Roadmaster Requests Investigation of Portable Power Stations from China |
| Issue 06/07 |
02-09-06 |
Supplementary Protection Certificates For Novel Formulations In Europe May Soon Be Reality |
| Issue 06/06 |
02-08-06 |
Management Pressure, Late Opinion, and Lack of Reliance Support Willful Patent Infringement Verdict |
| Issue 06/05 |
01-30-06 |
Australian Patent Practice - A Comparison |
| Issue 06/04 |
01-25-06 |
Section 337 Complaint - F&G Research Requests Investigation of Computer Mice from Taiwan |
| Issue 06/03 |
01-18-06 |
Three New Unfair Import Complaints |
| Issue 06/02 |
01-04-06 |
Topical Application Did Not Anticipate Sunburn Treatment |
| Issue 06/01 |
01-03-06 |
Requirements for claim construction in a preliminary injunction proceeding |
| Issue 05/68 |
12-30-05 |
Local & International Patent Notes |
| Issue 05/67 |
12-19-05 |
"Exhaustion of Priority" in Europe? |
| Issue 05/66 |
11-29-05 |
Claim Indefinite For Combining Apparatus and Method of Use Limitations |
| Issue 05/65 |
11-22-05 |
Patent Claim Construction/Plain Meaning |
| Issue 05/64 |
11-21-05 |
Exclusionary Effects of Reverse Payments Did Not Exceed Scope of Patents |
| Issue 05/63 |
11-17-05 |
Section337: Lumileds Seeks Exclusion of LEDs from Taiwan |
| Issue 05/62 |
11-16-05 |
"Authorized Generic" Drugs Under Scrutiny |
| Issue 05/61 |
11-08-05 |
De Minimus Commercial Use Did Not Forfeit Gripe Site Registration |
| Issue 05/60 |
12-01-05 |
Change To Canadian Patent Act ñ Top Up Payments |
| Issue 05/59 |
11-01-05 |
NTN Files Unfair Import Complaint Against ILJIN |
| Issue 05/58 |
10-31-05 |
U.S. Copyright Preregistration Begins November 15 |
| Issue 05/57 |
10-24-05 |
USPTO Board Eliminates Technological Arts Test |
| Issue 05/56 |
10-19-05 |
Web Cast China Symposium ñ October 20, 2005 |
| Issue 05/55 |
10-18-05 |
Past Tense Prophetic Example Kills Patent |
| Issue 05/54 |
10-17-05 |
Inequitable Conduct Upheld for Past-Tense Description of Prophetic Example |
| Issue 05/53 |
10-14-05 |
SPCs for novel indications? |
| Issue 05/52 |
10-12-05 |
Pfaff's "On-Sale" Test Applies to Public Use Under §102(b) |
| Issue 05/51 |
10-11-05 |
Foreign Sales of Components Used in Patented Processes are Encompassed by ß271(f) |
| Issue 05/50 |
10-05-05 |
USPCs for Formulation Patents in Europe! |
| Issue 05/49 |
10-04-05 |
Unfair Import Investigations Requested for Scanners, Organ Locators, and Flash Memories |
| Issue 05/48 |
10-03-05 |
USPTO Updates |
| Issue 05/47 |
9-30-05 |
Package License Upheld Where Licensees Not Forced to Use Unwanted Patents |
| Issue 05/46 |
9-28-05 |
Still absolute compound protection for DNA sequences in Germany? |
| Issue 05/45 |
9-15-05 |
60% Reversal Rate for USPTO Ex Parte Appeals, plus other IP news |
| Issue 05/44 |
9-13-05 |
The Utility Requirement of ß101 |
| Issue 05/43 |
9-07-05 |
Copyright Protection |
| Issue 05/42 |
8-31-05 |
Join The Association Of Patent Law Firms |
| Issue 05/41 |
9-19-05 |
China: Invitation |
| Issue 05/40 |
8-25-05 |
35 U.S.C. ß 120 |
| Issue 05/39 |
8-23-05 |
Intrinsic Record |
| Issue 05/38 |
8-18-05 |
Proof of "Experimental Use" |
| Issue 05/37 |
8-19-05 |
Notice of Change Effective September 1, 2005 |
| Issue 05/36 |
8-08-05 |
Misleading Video |
| Issue 05/33 |
8-04-05 |
USPTO Announces New Reexamination Unit |
| Issue 05/32 |
7-27-05 |
How To Challenge Patent Validity |
| Issue 05/31 |
7-20-05 |
Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot Program |
| Issue 05/30 |
9-08-05 |
Final Opportunity: Talk With Experts |
| Issue 05/29 |
7-12-05 |
Phillips v. AWH Corp. |
| Issue 05/28 |
7-07-05 |
Markman Issues (2004) |
| Issue 05/27 |
7-11-05 |
USPTO Fees Update |
| Issue 05/26 |
7-06-05 |
USPTO Patent Rules Updates |
| Issue 05/24 |
6-29-05 |
USPTO Patent Rules Updates |
| Issue 05/23 |
6-24-05 |
USPTO Patent Rules Updates |
| Issue 05/22 |
6-22-05 |
USPTO Relaxes Claim Status Identification Requirements |
| Issue 05/21 |
6-21-05 |
Boss Control, Inc. v. Bombardier Inc.: A Broad Definition of a Claim Term Supported by Extrinsic Evidence Will Not Overcome a Narrower Definition Provided in the Specification |
| Issue 05/20 |
6-14-05 |
The Supreme Court Broadens the "Safe Harbor" Exemption under §271(e)(1) |
| Issue 05/19 |
6-13-05 |
Imonex v. Munzprufer: Jury Determination of Willfulness Upheld Notwithstanding Later Procurement of Counsel's Opinions |
| Issue 05/18 |
6-09-05 |
Controversy Requirement Of §2201 Not Met Without Material Breach Of License Agreement |
| Issue 05/17 |
5-24-05 |
Gillette v. Energizer: Razor Blade Case Continues Debate over the Role of the Specification in Claim Interpretation |
| Issue 05/16 |
3-30-05 |
Prosecution Disclaimer Limits Claim Scope |
| Issue 05/15 |
3-24-05 |
Roundtable Audio Presentations Available On www.aplf.org/events |
| Issue 05/14 |
3-22-05 |
Expert Testimony May Not Contradict Claim Term Meaning Found in the Intrinsic Evidence |
| Issue 05/13 |
3-17-05 |
Phillips v. AWH: Expected To Greatly Impact Issues Surrounding Methodology of Claim Construction. |
| Issue 05/12 |
3-4-05 |
Export of "Golden Master" Containing Unpatented Source Code Creates Infringement Liability Under §271(f): $521 Million Royalty Award Upheld |
| Issue 05/11 |
2-25-05 |
Prudential Standing of Licensee to Sue is Upheld Where Patentee-Licensor is Joined as a Counterclaim Defendant |
| Issue 05/10 |
2-24-05 |
Patentee's "Orange Book" Listing Does Not Confer Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction Against Patentee |
| Issue 05/9 |
2-22-05 |
Personal Jurisdiction, Once Properly Raised, Is Not Waived Even After Objecting Party Files Permissive Counterclaims |
| Issue 05/8 |
2-18-05 |
CAFC Construes Consent Judgment Narrowly: Successor-In-Interest Cannot Sue |
| Issue 05/7 |
2-17-05 |
Jury Verdict Of $814,000 Affirmed Where Rule 50 JMOL Was Insufficient |
| Issue 05/6 |
2-11-05 |
CAFC Says Market Power Is Presumed in Patent Tying Antitrust Cases |
| Issue 05/5 |
2-9-05 |
Merck's Fosamax® Patent Held Invalid by a Panel Divided Over the Definition of "About" |
| Issue 05/4 |
1-23-05 |
Roundtable Discussion Subject Matter |
| Issue 05/3 |
1-10-05 |
Proof of Infringement under §271(a) Does not Require all Claimed Elements to be Practiced in the United States |
| Issue 05/2 |
1-10-05 |
Expert Testimony May Be Required To Prove Infringement Of A Patent Claiming Complex Technology |
| Issue 05/1 |
1-5-05 |
Changes to Patent Laws Encourage Sharing of Confidential Information Between Research Collaborators |
| Issue 253 |
11-30-04 |
C.R. Bard Clairifies Role of Dictionaries
from Texas Digital Systems |
| Issue 252 |
11-24-04 |
Eleventh Amendment Immunity Waiver Extends Only to Compulsory Counterclaims |
| Issue 251 |
11-16-04 |
Totality of the Circumstances Determines "Public" Use |
| Issue 250 |
11-5-04 |
Insituform Technologies v. CAT Contracting |
| Issue 249 |
11-3-04 |
Poly-America v. GSE Lighting Technology ||
Irdeto v. Echostar |
| Issue 248 |
10-20-04 |
ITC General Exclusion Order Enforcement Authority Upheld, But Must Allow New Invalidity Defenses |
| Issue 247 |
10-14-04 |
Toro v. White ||Lighting World v. Birchwood |
| Issue 246 |
10-13-04 |
China: Patent Process & Patent Enforcement - Realities Every US Corporation Should Know |
| Issue 245 |
10-12-04 |
Knowledge and Predictability Determine Scope of Enablement in the Mechanical Arts |
| Issue 244 |
10-8-04 |
IR v. IXYS || Juicy Whip v. Orange Bang |
| Issue 243 |
9-30-04 |
Xechem v. UT || Monsanto v. Ralph |
| Issue 242 |
9-28-04 |
Koito v. Turn-Key || Cardiac Pacemakers v. St. Jude Medical |
| Issue 241 |
 9-17-04 |
Knorr-Bremse en banc |
| Issue 240 |
9-16-04 |
Power Mosfet v. Siemens || In re Bigio |
| Issue 239 |
8-31-04 |
Mars Inc. v. H.J. Heinz Co., Fed. Cir., No. 03-1317 |
| Issue 238 |
8-27-04 |
Strategic Intellectual Property and Emerging Standards for Entering the Chinese Market |
| Issue 237 |
8-24-04 |
New Rules for Registration of (and E-mail to) U.S. Patent Practitioners |
| Issue 236 |
8-20-04 |
Competitive v. Fujitsu || Jacobs v. Nintendo |
| Issue 235 |
8-5-04 |
Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc. |
| Issue 234 |
8-4-04 |
Knoll v. Teva || Nystrom v. Trex |
| Issue 233 |
7-22-04 |
CAFC to Hear Claim Construction Case En Banc |
| Issue 232 |
7-14-04 |
A Low-Cost, Trademark Management Policy |
| Issue 231 |
7-13-04 |
Pellegrini v. Analog Devices |
| Issue 230 |
7-12-04 |
Intirtool, Ltd. v. Texar Corp. |
| Issue 229 |
7-9-04 |
Three I/P Bills Pass Senate on June 25 |
| Issue 228 |
7-8-04 |
In re John Ngai and David Lin |
| Issue 227 |
7-7-04 |
In re American Academy of Science Tech Center |
| Issue 226 |
7-6-04 |
Abandonment Petitions Due Within Two Months of Notice or Twelve Months of Last Submission |
| Issue 225 |
7-2-04 |
TGIF & FYI: Patents May Provide Research Tax Credit |
| Issue 224 |
7-1-04 |
Vanderlande Industries Nederland BV et al. v. International Trade Commission et al. |
| Issue 223 |
6-30-04 |
Edward H. Phillips v. AWH Corporation et al. |
| Issue 222 |
6-29-04 |
USPTO Launches Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) |
| Issue 221 |
6-28-04 |
Certain US Patent Petitions Need Status Checks |
| Issue 220 |
6-22-04 |
Free To In-House Counsel: The Patent Lawyer Magazine |
| Issue 219 |
6-23-04 |
CAFC En Banc Decision |
| Issue 218 |
6-22-04 |
USPTO Launches "PAIR" Enhancements |
| Issue 217 |
6-21-04 |
Sierra Applied Sciences, Inc., v. Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. |
| Issue 216 |
6-17-04 |
Blogging for Expertise |
| Issue 215 |
6-15-04 |
Dr. Harry Gaus v. Conair Corp. |
| Issue 214 |
6-14-04 |
Dynacore Holdings v. U.S. Philips Corp. |
| Issue 213 |
6-9-04 |
Golden Blount, Inc., v. Robert H. Peterson Co. |
| Issue 212 |
6-8-04 |
Monsanto Company, v. Bayer Bioscience N.V. |
| Issue 211 |
6-7-04 |
USPTO Practice Update |
| Issue 210 |
6-4-04 |
GAO Report Concerning U.S. Patent Application Publication |
| Issue 209 |
6-3-04 |
Elan Corporation v. Andrx Pharmaceuticals |
| Issue 208 |
6-2-04 |
USPTO Revising Power of Attorney and Assignment Practice |
| Issue 207 |
5-28-04 |
I/P Task-Based Billing Codes |
| Issue 206 |
5-27-04 |
Int'l Rectifier Corp. v. IXYS Corp. |
| Issue 205 |
5-26-04 |
Int'l Rectifier Corp. v. Samsung Elecs. Co., Ltd., Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., and IXYS Corp. |
| Issue 204 |
5-25-04 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Research Corp. Tech. v. Pharmachemie B.V. |
| Issue 203 |
5-24-04 |
Dudas Requests Focus on International IP Enforcement; China Targeted |
| Issue 202 |
5-21-04 |
Housey Pharmaceuticals, Inc., v. AstraZeneca UK Ltd. |
| Issue 201 |
5-20-04 |
New, Revised, and Discontinued USPTO Mail Stops |
| Issue 200 |
5-19-04 |
SmithKline Beecham Corp. v. Apotex Corp., Effect on future pharmaceutical patenting strategy |
| Issue 199 |
5-18-04 |
The Arnold Partnership v. Jon Dudas et al. |
| Issue 198 |
5-17-04 |
European Community Patent and Software Patentability Update |
| Issue 197 |
5-13-04 |
Norian Corp., v. Stryker Corp. |
| Issue 196 |
5-12-04 |
Revised Procedures for Express Abandonment and Patent Publication Avoidance |
| Issue 195 |
5-10-04 |
New Weapons in the War Against Cybersquatting |
| Issue 194 |
5-7-04 |
Kinik v. U.S. IntÃl Trade Comm. et al. |
| Issue 193 |
5-5-04 |
David Israelite to Head New Intellectual Property Task Force |
| Issue 192 |
5-3-04 |
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Eon Labs Mfg, Inc. |
| Issue 191 |
4-30-04 |
IP Theft Funding Organized Crime and Terrorism |
| Issue 190 |
4-28-04 |
Objectively Baseless Standard Preempts Tort Liability for Pre-Litigation Communications |
| Issue 189 |
4-26-04 |
Chiron Corp. v. Genentech, Inc. |
| Issue 188 |
4-23-04 |
Subsequent Processing not a Defense to Unfair Importation |
| Issue 187 |
4-21-04 |
Q-Pharma v. Jergens Co. |
| Issue 186 |
4-19-04 |
PCT Newsletter Highlights for April 2004 |
| Issue 185 |
4-16-04 |
Superguide v. DirectTV Enterprises, Inc. et al. |
| Issue 184 |
4-14-04 |
USPTO Updates Electronic Procedures |
| Issue 183 |
4-12-04 |
Sulzer Textil A.G. and Sulzer Textile Inc. v. Picanol N.V. |
| Issue 182 |
4-9-04 |
Microsoft Corporation v. Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. et al. |
| Issue 181 |
4-7-04 |
USPTO Business Method News |
| Issue 180 |
4-5-04 |
Pfizer Inc. v. Dr. Reddy's Labs, Ltd. |
| Issue 179 |
4-2-04 |
Nomos Corporation v. BrainLab USA, Inc. and BrainLab, Inc. |
| Issue 178 |
3-31-04 |
PCT Newsletter Highlights for March 2004 |
| Issue 177 |
3-29-04 |
Richard Ruiz and Foundation Anchoring Systems, Inc. v. A.B. Chance Company |
| Issue 176 |
3-26-04 |
Smithkline Beecham v. Excel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. |
| Issue 175 |
3-24-04 |
New I/P Resources on the Internet |
| Issue 174 |
3-22-04 |
Decision Reflects International I/P Differences |
| Issue 173 |
3-19-04 |
Medichem, S.A., v. Rolabo, S.L. |
| Issue 172 |
3-17-04 |
Enforcement of Orders by the U.S.I.T.C. |
| Issue 171 |
3-15-04 |
Newest Adherents to the WIPO Treaties |
| Issue 170 |
3-12-04 |
In re Curtis et al. |
| Issue 169 |
3-10-04 |
European Community Patent Update |
| Issue 168 |
3-8-04 |
Latest Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office |
| Issue 167 |
3-5-04 |
Golight, Inc., v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
| Issue 166 |
3-3-04 |
Congress Proposes New Law to Prevent Misappropriation of Databases |
| Issue 165 |
3-1-04 |
Infectious Estoppel: Federal Circuit Applies Prosecution History Estoppel to Unamended Claim |
| Issue 164 |
2-27-04 |
Patent and Trademark Assignment Records on the Internet |
| Issue 163 |
2-25-04 |
Chef America, Inc., v. Lamb-Weston, Inc. |
| Issue 162 |
2-23-04 |
New PCT Chapter I & II Procedures |
| Issue 161 |
2-20-04 |
PSC Computer Products, Inc., v. Foxconn Int'l, Inc. et al |
| Issue 160 |
2-18-04 |
USPTO Announces "Revised Procedures for (Patent) Papers Requiring Immediate Attention" |
| Issue 159 |
2-13-04 |
U.S. Method Claims Being Rejected for Failure to Tie Technological Art or Environment |
| Issue 158 |
2-11-04 |
Sulzer Textil A.G., et al., v. Picanol N.V. |
| Issue 157 |
2-9-04 |
European Community Patent Delayed Yet Again |
| Issue 156 |
2-6-04 |
More to Come on Restriction Practice Reform |
| Issue 155 |
2-4-04 |
Ericsson Corp. et al. v. Harris Corp. et al. |
| Issue 154 |
1-30-04 |
Japanese Inventor Remuneration Sets New Record |
| Issue 153 |
1-28-04 |
Novo Industries , L.P. v. Micro Molds Corp. et al. |
| Issue 152 |
1-26-04 |
Copyright Office and USPTO Report on the VDHPA |
| Issue 151 |
1-23-04 |
PCT Newsletter and Demand Form |
| Issue 150 |
1-21-04 |
Ferguson Beauregard/Logic Controls, et al v. Mega Systems LLC et al. |
| Issue 149 |
1-12-04 |
§112 ¶6 Equivalency Need Not Focus on Physical Construction? |
| Issue 148 |
1-9-04 |
Utah Medical Products, Inc. v. Graphic Controls Corp. |
| Issue 147 |
1-6-04 |
E-Patent Reference Pilot Project |
| Issue 146 |
1-2-04 |
Proposed Term Extension for Certain BPAI Remands |
| Issue 145 |
12-19-03 |
New USPTO Glossary and Answers to "FAQs" |
| Issue 144 |
12-17-03 |
Patent Law Not Within FTC's Jurisdiction |
| Issue 143 |
12-15-03 |
3M v. Avery Dennison Corp. |
| Issue 142 |
12-12-03 |
USPTO Publishes PCT Rule Changes Effective January 1, 2004 |
| Issue 141 |
12-10-03 |
ACTV v. Disney - Industry Standard Documents Not Instructive in Claim Construction Analysis |
| Issue 140 |
12-8-03 |
Important Changes to Japanese Patent Law Effective April 1, 2004 |
| Issue 139 |
12-3-03 |
Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et. al. v. Apotex, Inc. |
| Issue 138 |
12-1-03 |
USPTO Rejecting Filings by Suspended Patent Practitioners |
| Issue 137 |
11-24-03 |
USPTO Centralizing Receipt of Patent Application Correspondence |
| Issue 136 |
11-21-03 |
TTAB Expands Electronic Filing Options |
| Issue 135 |
11-18-03 |
Top-10 Most Common IP Rights Mistakes During Venture Capital Due Diligence |
| Issue 134 |
11-14-03 |
USPTO Ex Parte Appeal Statistics |
| Issue 133 |
11-10-03 |
Update to the Duty of Disclosure under Australian Patent Law |
| Issue 132 |
11-7-03 |
New Rules on Anticircumvention Exemptions |
| Issue 131 |
11-5-03 |
FTC Reports on Balancing Competition and Patent Law |
| Issue 130 |
11-3-03 |
USPTO Issues New Trademark Exam Guides |
| Issue 129 |
10-31-03 |
Success in Patent Office Appeals May Depend on Technology Area |
| Issue 128 |
10-29-03 |
Presumption of Prosecution History Estoppel Applies to Unamended Claims - Federal Circuit |
| Issue 127 |
10-27-03 |
European Commission Proposes New Safe Harbor for Technology Licensing |
| Issue 126 |
10-24-03 |
Deadline Approaches For New Opportunities For Trademark Owners In Europe |
| Issue 125 |
10-22-03 |
IP Staff Development: PCT Resources on the Internet |
| Issue 124 |
10-20-03 |
WTO to Settle Geographical Indications Dispute |
| Issue 123 |
10-17-03 |
Benefits for Filing CTMs Before November 1, 2003 |
| Issue 122 |
10-15-03 |
Markman Hearings: If You Missed Our Roundtable |
| Issue 121 |
10-14-03 |
The Hidden Information in Your Files |
| Issue 120 |
10-13-03 |
EU Likely to Join Madrid Protocol in 2004 |
| Issue 119 |
10-9-03 |
New I/P Publications for Business Leaders |
| Issue 118 |
10-6-03 |
More I/P Scams Reported |
| Issue 117 |
10-3-03 |
CAFC Clarifies Limiting Effect of Claim Preambles |
| Issue 116 |
10-2-03 |
Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GMBY v., Dana Corp., No. 01-1357 |
| Issue 115 |
10-1-03 |
New Guidelines For Prosecution History Estoppel In The New En Banc Festo Decision (Festo IX) |
| Issue 114 |
9-26-03 |
EU Tightens CTM Rules on Geographical Indications |
| Issue 113 |
9-25-03 |
European Parliament Passes Software Patent Directive |
| Issue 112 |
9-24-03 |
Gray Market Non-Physical Differences Under Review |
| Issue 111 |
9-22-03 |
Europe Moving Toward "Section-337-Style" Import Exclusion Regime |
| Issue 110 |
9-19-03 |
US GAO Reports on Expert Advice for Foreign Patenting |
| Issue 109 |
9-17-03 |
USPTO Proposes Rule Changes for Strategic Plan Implementation |
| Issue 108 |
9-16-03 |
USPTO Fee Change Update |
| Issue 107 |
9-15-03 |
USPTO Public Advisory Committees Have New Members |
| Issue 106 |
9-12-03 |
The Downside of Patent Holding Companies |
| Issue 105 |
9-10-03 |
Revised TBMP Manual Now Available |
| Issue 104 |
9-8-03 |
ICANN Announces Deployment of Internationalized Domain Names |
| Issue 103 |
9-5-03 |
US Patent Documents No Longer Required for Certain IDSs in the U.S. |
| Issue 102 |
9-3-03 |
WTO Allows Export of Compulsory Licensed Pharmaceuticals |
| Issue 101 |
8-29-03 |
USPTO Schedules first "Nanotechnology Customer Partnership Meeting" |
| Issue 100 |
8-28-03 |
Cable System Retransmission Royalty Distribution Deadlines |
| Issue 99 |
8-26-03 |
35 U.SC. 271(g): Narrow Limits Set By Court of Appeals |
| Issue 98 |
8-21-03 |
USPTO Rules to Separate Patents from Trademarks |
| Issue 97 |
8-19-03 |
EU and US Battle over Geographical Indicators |
| Issue 96 |
8-13-03 |
Bar Codes and Shading No Longer Allowed in Patent Correspondence |
| Issue 95 |
7-16-03 |
'Batch Update' Process Discontinued for USPTO Powers of Attorney |
| Issue 94 |
7-11-03 |
Joint Collaboration Agreements for Avoiding Prior Art |
| Issue 93 |
7-9-03 |
Now Online: US Patent Application Status, EU Design Registrations, & EPO File Inspection |
| Issue 92 |
7-1-03 |
Clarifications to Publication Rescission and Foreign Filing Notice Practice |
| Issue 91 |
6-30-03 |
PCT Practice Update for June 2003 |
| Issue 90 |
6-24-03 |
USPTO to Study PCT Unity of Invention Standard |
| Issue 89 |
6-23-03 |
New Congressional Caucus on Intellectual Property |
| Issue 88 |
6-20-03 |
New Calls for Patent Reform Outside the U.S. |
| Issue 87 |
6-19-03 |
UPDATE: USPTO Still Needs Survey Responses |
| Issue 86 |
6-18-03 |
PTO: New Guidelines For Previously-Considered Prior Art In Reexamination Proceedings |
| Issue 85 |
6-17-03 |
Federal Circuit Applies Festo Decision |
| Issue 84 |
6-16-03 |
Biotechnology Tool Patent Owners Breathe Sigh of Relief |
| Issue 83 |
6-13-03 |
Elimination of CPA Practice for Utility and Plant Patent Applications |
| Issue 82 |
6-12-03 |
USPTO Proposes New Rules for PCT Starting January 1, 2004 |
| Issue 81 |
5-27-03 |
Patent Customers Advised to FAX Communications to USPTO |
| Issue 80 |
5-23-03 |
Draft Hague Convention on Choice of Courts Agreements Under Review |
| Issue 79 |
5-21-03 |
USTR Reports on Global IPR Protection |
| Issue 78 |
5-19-03 |
More Objections to Software Patenting In Europe |
| Issue 77 |
5-16-03 |
Do You Do Business With California Residents? Then California Senate Bill 1386 Effects You! |
| Issue 76 |
5-14-03 |
Shedding Light on the Darkest Recesses of File Wrappers: New PTO Interview Rules |
| Issue 75 |
5-9-03 |
Esp@cenet Version 3 Preview |
| Issue 74 |
5-7-03 |
USPTO Notice: Non-Applicant Participation Not Allowed After Patent Publication |
| Issue 73 |
5-5-03 |
New Rules Proposed: Third Party Appeals in Inter Parte Reexaminations |
| Issue 72 |
5-1-03 |
Look Out. You May Lose Your Domain Name. |
| Issue 71 |
4-29-03 |
Mandatory Survey Responses, Trademark ID Manual, and Trademark Address Correction |
| Issue 70 |
4-25-03 |
Celebrating World Intellectual Property Day on Saturday |
| Issue 69 |
4-24-03 |
Inequitable Conduct: New Federal Circuit Case Raises the Flag |
| Issue 68 |
4-22-03 |
PTO Updates: Nominations, MPIA Rulemaking, Strategic Plan Documents, & INPADOC Database |
| Issue 67 |
4-18-03 |
IP Staff Development: WIPO Offers "General Course on Intellectual Property" Via the Internet |
| Issue 66 |
4-11-03 |
Revisions to the Federal Rules of Procedure and Evidence |
| Issue 65 |
4-8-03 |
Pharmaceutical or Biotechnology: Recent case of interest |
| Issue 64 |
4-4-03 |
Second Update: European Community Patent Proposal |
| Issue 63 |
4-1-03 |
New Correspondence Addresses for USPTO Starting May 1 |
| Issue 62 |
3-27-03 |
MPEP Revisions Published by USPTO |
| Issue 61 |
3-20-03 |
Copyright Office to Hold Public Hearings on Anti-Circumvention Exemptions |
| Issue 60 |
3-18-03 |
USDOJ at the Intersection of Antitrust and Intellectual Property |
| Issue 59 |
3-14-03 |
WIPO Releases Statistics for 2002 |
| Issue 58 |
3-10-03 |
Cybersquatting : 3rd Circuit's ruling opens the door to pursue claims prior to Nov. 1999 |
| Issue 57 |
3-7-03 |
COX-2 Inhibitor Reach-Through Claim Patent Held Invalid |
| Issue 56 |
3-6-03 |
Vessel Hull Design Protection Act Under Review |
| Issue 55 |
3-5-03 |
Supreme Court Decides Victoria's Secret Case |
| Issue 54 |
3-3-03 |
USPTO Posts Priority Claim Procedure Notice |
| Issue 53 |
2-27-03 |
UPDATE: European Community Patent Proposal |
| Issue 52 |
2-24-03 |
Update: USPTO Strategic Plan and Fee Proposal |
| Issue 51 |
2-20-03 |
USPTO Encourages New Amendment Format |
| Issue 50 |
2-17-03 |
Issues Raised by Festo on Remand to Federal Circuit |
| Issue 49 |
2-12-03 |
Patent Searching Improvements On the Horizon |
| Issue 48 |
2-6-03 |
Festo Arguments Held Today |
| Issue 47 |
2-3-03 |
Certain Unpublished Works Now in the Public Domain |
| Issue 46 |
1-27-03 |
A Brief Summary of the WIPO Treaties |
| Issue 45 |
1-15-03 |
European Union Begins Accepting Applications For Community Design Protection |
| Issue 44 |
12-17-02 |
Electronic Filing of First Requests for Extension of Time to Oppose |
| Issue 43 |
12-12-02 |
World's Major Patent Offices Publish Results: Patentability Issues of 3D Protein Structures |
| Issue 42 |
12-09-02 |
USPTO Fees to Increase January 1, 2003 |
| Issue 41 |
11-26-02 |
USPTO to Test Image Processing of Patent Applications |
| Issue 40 |
11-22-02 |
APLF Signs Qualified Letter of Support for Patent Fee Increases |
| Issue 39 |
11-18-02 |
USPTO Requests Small Businesses' Comments†on Foreign Patent Protection |
| Issue 38 |
11-8-02 |
USPTO Releases New Patent Examination Guidelines |
| Issue 37 |
11-7-02 |
New U.S. Intellectual Property Law |
| Issue 36 |
11-4-02 |
Patent Interference Notifications - No Charge Service Sign Up |
| Issue 35 |
11-1-02 |
New European Community Design Protection |
| Issue 34 |
10-21-02 |
"Certain Compact Disc and DVD Holders" Instituted on October 16, 2002 |
| Issue 33 |
10-11-02 |
Sign Up For Our New Section 337 Watch Service - No Charge |
| Issue 32 |
10-7-02 |
USPTO Fees Unchanged for FY 2003 New 4-Digit Fee Codes |
| Issue 31 |
10-3-02 |
New Section 337 Watch Service |
| Issue 30 |
9-27-02 |
11 strikes and you're out? Prosecution Laches at the PTO |
| Issue 29 |
9-21-02 |
Electronic Submission of Information Disclosure Statements |
| Issue 28 |
8-29-02 |
Duty of Disclosure Extends to Japan |
| Issue 27 |
8-19-02 |
The Lemelson Patents - Lessons Learned |
| Issue 26 |
8-5-02 |
Webcast: USPTO Strategic Plan And Fee Proposal |
| Issue 25 |
7-17-02 |
Live Audio Feed: Congressional Hearings PTO Fee Schedule Adjustment |
| Issue 24 |
7-9-02 |
How The Proposed 2003 USPTO Fees Will Hit Your Budget |
| Issue 23 |
6-28-02 |
New Requests for Unfair Import Investigations |
| Issue 22 |
6-13-02 |
UPDATE: New Web-Based Trademark Prosecution Forms |
| Issue 21 |
6-4-02 |
US Supreme Court Reverses Patent Decision |
| Issue 20 |
5-28-02 |
Festo - Supreme Court Opinion |
| Issue 19 |
5-24-02 |
New Web-Based Trademark Prosecution Forms |
| Issue 18 |
5-10-02 |
File Provisional Applications with Declarations |
| Issue 17 |
4-29-02 |
Mosel Vitelic Requests ITC Investigation |
| Issue 16 |
4-19-02 |
USPTO Business Plan Highlights |
| Issue 15 |
4-12-02 |
CAFC Fortifies Written Description Requirement in Biotech Cases |
| Issue 14 |
4-09-02 |
New Unique Statutory Bar |
| Issue 13 |
4-01-02 |
CAFC Further Narrows D.O.E. |
| Issue 12 |
3-29-02 |
SKF Requests ITC Investigation for "Certain Bearings and Packaging Thereof" |
| Issue 11 |
3-14-02 |
PCT Preliminary Examination Lives On! |
| Issue 10 |
2-26-02 |
U.S. Inventions Excluded by European Patent Office--Update |
| Issue 9 |
2-12-02 |
Lemelson Vulnerable on Prosecution Laches |
| Issue 8 |
1-29-02 |
U.S. Inventions Excluded by European Patent Office |
| Issue 7 |
1-10-02 |
New Rules for U.S. Patent Practice |
| Issue 6 |
12-19-01 |
European "Community Patent" Proposal Derailed Again |
| Issue 5 |
11-07-01 |
Use Provisional Patent Applications For Best Mode Compliance |
| Issue 4 |
10-23-01 |
Set A Standard - Still Keep Your Patents |
| Issue 3 |
10-16-01 |
Software: Is It Ready For Patenting? |
| Issue 2 |
10-08-01 |
This Week In The Federal Circuit |
| Issue 1 |
9-27-01 |
Hyperlinks In Patent Applications |