Monday, July 7, 2008

July 7th, 2008

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Patent News Watch
From First to File (www.firsttofile.com)
July 7th, 2008
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Headlines for the week: (Scroll down for articles)

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-U.S. Patent Office ruling supports Titleist
-Nokia, InterDigital Unit Settle Suits
-In a "Surprising" Victory, Barr and Mylan Invalidate Boehringer Ingelheim's Patent on Mirapex
-Patent-holders' next target: medical device makers?
-Intellectual Property on Trial
-The value of branding becomes patent
-Seven Questions in Seven Minutes with USPTO Director John LeGuyader
-US striving for sustainability
-Reigniting the Engine of Growth with the Sparkplug of Invention
-Encouraging results from Peer-to-Patent
-July 7, 1936: Get a Grip - Phillips Screws Up the Toolbox
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U.S. Patent Office ruling supports Titleist


(Standard-Times/southcoasttoday) Acushnet Co. won a victory last week in its ongoing fight against Callaway Golf for the right to continue to manufacture its wildly successful Titleist Pro V1 golf balls.

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Nokia, InterDigital Unit Settle Suits

(WSJ) Nokia Corp. settled two patent-infringement lawsuits in U.K. courts with a unit of InterDigital Inc., a wireless-technology developer.

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In a "Surprising" Victory, Barr and Mylan Invalidate Boehringer Ingelheim's Patent on Mirapex

(istockanalyst) Last week, following a bench trial held in March, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware held that Boehringer Ingelheim's patent on Mirapex (pramipexole dihydrochloride) is invalid for obviousness-type double patenting.

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Patent-holders' next target: medical device makers?

(thepriorart) I reported a few weeks ago that following two big verdicts against Boston Scientific, patent-holding company Acacia Research Corporation filed a lawsuit in the medical-device area.

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Intellectual Property on Trial

(americanbanker) Sick and tired of "patent troll" lawsuits against banks, the Financial Services Roundtable and several institutional members such as Bank of America are urging a federal court to overturn the patentability of certain business method processes.

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The value of branding becomes patent

(ft) More companies are filing for patents in China - and suing to enforce patent rights there - than anywhere else in the world, highlighting a new Chinese attitude to intellectual property.

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Seven Questions in Seven Minutes with USPTO Director John LeGuyader

(patentbaristas) This week Patent Baristas talked with John LeGuyader, Director of TC 1600 at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, about the regarding the biotech section's take on alternate claiming strategies and restrictions:

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US striving for sustainability

(delawareonline) Secured to one corner of the Graham Hall roof, a set of solar panels keeps the lights on inside the University of Delaware's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy.

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Reigniting the Engine of Growth with the Sparkplug of Invention

Why do patents end up in litigation? Typically, people answer that it is the amount of money at stake. This answer is not wrong.

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Encouraging results from Peer-to-Patent

(O'reillyRadar) Congratulations to the organizers of Peer-to-Patent, which is carrying off one of the most audacious experiments in Internet activism in our day.

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July 7, 1936: Get a Grip - Phillips Screws Up the Toolbox

(Wired) 1936: Henry F. Phillips receives patents for a new kind of screw and the new screwdriver needed to make it work.

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