March 28, 2006

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This newsletter contains current news about US patents and the US Patent and Trademark Office, current intellectual property (IP) court ca ses, domestic and international IP news and IP information of general interest to manageme Because of the potential impact of the Supreme Court’s decisions in Microsoft vs. AT&T, I have also included a number of articles about it. PIPS provides strategic intellectual property services; pre-legal intellectual property protection assistance and negotiation services; and in-licensing of needed technologies and out-licensing of excess technologies. Please visit about PIPS, its services and capabilities. Please contact PIPS to discuss your situation in a free 45 minute consultation. NewsFactor Network - Woodland Hills,CA,USA In late March, patent examiners rejected Lengthy delays between applying and getting a WARF's patent claims in the first ruling of what promises to be a prolonged patent-review companies that market innovations without Yet the federal government's conduit for invention — the US Patent and Trademark Office — has not grown with the rapidly ruled that AT&T could not extend its patent Disclaimer: PIPS is not responsible for the content of the articles in this newsletter, nor for the results of any decisions based on them. If you would like to be added to the PIPS mailing list, please send an e-mail to info@ protectiveIPservices.com with “ADD” in the subject line. To be removed from the PIPS mailing list, please send an e-mail to info@ protectiveIPservices.com with “REMOVE” in the subject line. P R O T E C T I V E I N T E L L E C T U A L P R O P E R T Y S E R V I C E S , L L C
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complaint with Microsoft past US borders in a In related news, the US Patent and Trademark Office has revoked three patents on methods for producing human and primate embryonic stem KSR vs. Teleflex, the latest in a series of cases the court has heard recently to examine US patent law. In the Microsoft case, the court ruled May 10, 2007 (InfoWorld) -- In its appeal of a jury verdict in the patent infringement case brought against it by Verizon, Vonage has technology companies in two major patent EETimes.com - USA IEEE's policy would allow patent holders to publicly agree to specific restrictions on future licensing terms and conditions for intellectual For example, he noted that patent laws don't distinguish between scientific categories of inventions. "The same obviousness test is used "Industries that are built with intellectual property are critical to our economy," the US Chamber of A US Federal judge has approved the $1.53bn Microsoft's patent infringements with its Many tech buyers, however, also have to run a different, less understandable sort of risk: the chance that a patent lawsuit will make a product A US appeals court has rejected Vonage’s request for a retrial of a crippling patent Vonage is close to coming up with a technical fix that could solve its patent infringement problems, Chief Executive Jeffrey Citron said Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies - P R O T E C T I V E I N T E L L E C T U A L P R O P E R T Y S E R V I C E S , L L C
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"There's no way a small company, even if it For decades in America, claimants in a patent does secure its own patents, can compete suit have been eligible for treble damages – against the patent portfolio of any big company," three times the assessed amount of the violation By taking the proper steps, you can protect your trademarks, trade secrets and product design WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto R. and packaging with intellectual property laws. . Department’s ongoing efforts to protect developments related to patent law that could Attorney General Alberto Gonzales wants to have serious implications to the biomedical Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2007, intellectual property (IP) protections could stifle Association of America told us: “We appreciate discovery because the protections would bar too the department’s commitment to intellectual More than 100 organizations, including small technology firms, biotech companies, and venture capital groups, have raised concerns May 4 (Bloomberg) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva broke the patent on Merck & Co's AIDS drug Efavirenz after the company's Last month, a bipartisan group of leaders from the Senate and the House introduced identical patent-reform legislation that experts believe has Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA An asset manager at Ocean Tomo, a Chicago P R O T E C T I V E I N T E L L E C T U A L P R O P E R T Y S E R V I C E S , L L C
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financial services firm specializing in intellectual property, Cardoza concluded the marketplace was failing to . British Industry - UK But the Web-based business world poses new challenges that leave manufacturers’ intellectual property at risk. As product designs in electronic formats move . ZDNet.com blogs - USA Novell has posted to the Securites and Exchange Commission (SEC) Web site redacted versions of the company's patent, business and technology agreements with . P R O T E C T I V E I N T E L L E C T U A L P R O P E R T Y S E R V I C E S , L L C

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