http://www.patentblurb.com/ 2008-08-19T17:48:52-04:00 http://www.patentblurb.com/ http://www.patentblurb.com/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-08-17T13:10:53-04:00 Len http://www.patentblurb.com/doku.php?id=pto:newrules081708&rev=1218993053&do=diff § 1.4 Nature of correspondence and signature requirements.§ 1.4 Nature of correspondence and signature requirements.Forms.§ 11.18(b)Forms.§ 10.18(b)Certifications.11.1811.18(b)sub11.18(b)(2)sub11.18(c)sub11.18(b)sub11.18(d)11.804(b)(9)subCertifications.10.1810.18(b)10.18(b)(2)10.18(c)10.18(b)10.18(d)10.23(c)(15)Sanctions:11.18(c)Sanctions:10.18(c)§ 1.8 Certificate of mailing or transmission.§ 1.8 Certificate of mailing or transmission.1110§ 1.9 Definitions.§ 1.9 Definitions.part 11part 1… text/html 2008-07-25T11:46:16-04:00 Len http://www.patentblurb.com/doku.php?id=blog_list&rev=1217000776&do=diff Most of these are blogs, but there are news and educational sites as well. Abbrev. Name URL pzb pzb> 271 Blog (Peter Z.) <http://271patent.blogspot.com/> at at> Anticipate This <http://anticipatethis.wordpress.com/> anysun anysun> Anything Under the Sun <http://www.krajec.com/index.php?/weblog/archives/> asialaw asialaw> Asia La… text/html 2008-07-15T20:54:33-04:00 Len http://www.patentblurb.com/doku.php?id=legal:supreme_court:quanta-lg&rev=1216169673&do=diff Supreme Court Decision On June 9, 2008, the Supreme Court rendered its verdict, reversing the Fed. Cir., in Quanta Computer Inc., et al. v. LG Electronics, Inc. The following summarizes the Court's findings: Legal principle: “The longstanding doctrine of patent exhaustion provides that the initial authorized sale of a patented item terminates all patent rights to that item.” text/html 2008-07-15T20:50:12-04:00 Len http://www.patentblurb.com/doku.php?id=legal:validity_and_enforceability:exhaustion&rev=1216169412&do=diff the comprehensive Quanta-LG page S. Ct. denies review of McFarling patent exhaustion (01/07/08) The S.Ct. today denied review of McFarling, leaving a Federal Circuit decision in place holding that the patent exhaustion doctrine doesn't apply against next-generation seeds produced by legally-purchased patented seeds. text/html 2008-07-14T01:07:29-04:00 Len http://www.patentblurb.com/doku.php?id=start&rev=1216012049&do=diff Fed. Cir. affirms narrow construction of "partially" (06/15/08) [Claim 1] In Helmsderfer and Brocar Products, Inc. v. Bobrick Washroom Equip. Inc. et al., the Fed. Cir. upheld the Southern District of Ohio's ruling that “partially hidden” should be narrowly construed, i.e., as excluding “totally hidden.” Stated the court: “It is true that the plain meaning of 'partially hidden from view' does not include totally hidden from view, and that therefore claims 6-7 [which depend from claim … text/html 2008-06-23T23:11:30-04:00 Len http://www.patentblurb.com/doku.php?id=wiki:copyright_notice&rev=1214277090&do=diff A license is granted to the use of individual blurbs free of charge or attribution for any purpose without prior consent. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document or any collection of blurbs contained therein under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation license, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entit… text/html 2008-06-16T22:23:07-04:00 Len http://www.patentblurb.com/doku.php?id=legal:statutory_subject_matter&rev=1213669387&do=diff Fed. Cir. orders en banc rehearing of Bilski (02/22/08) The Fed. Cir. ordered sua sponte rehearing of In re Bilksi, decided on March 8, 2006 by the BPAI. Bilksi addressed statutory subject matter questions surrounding a patent claiming ”[A] method for managing the consumption risk costs of a commodity sold by a commodity provider at a fixed price”. On October 1, 2007, the case was argued before a panel of the Fed. Cir., but rather than issuing an opinion, the court decided to rehear the … text/html 2008-06-16T22:17:57-04:00 Len http://www.patentblurb.com/doku.php?id=legal:preliminary_injunctions&rev=1213669077&do=diff Slam-dunk obviousness trumps status quo (02/20/08) In Erico v. Vutec et al., the Fed. Cir. held that the district court abused its discretion in granting a preliminary injunction against defendants. The Fed. Cir. laid out what appears to be a slam-dunk case of obviousness, showing lack of likelihood of success on the part of plaintiff in overcoming a validity challenge. J. Newman issued another trademark cogent and strident dissent, stating, “The district court decided that the status quo… text/html 2008-06-16T22:17:30-04:00 Len http://www.patentblurb.com/doku.php?id=index:start&rev=1213669050&do=diff * General Legal * Statutory Subject Matter * Inventorship * Infringement * Contributory/Joint Infringement * Willfulness * Claim construction * Of issued patent * During prosecution * Doctrine of Claim Differentiation * Doctrine of Equivalence text/html 2008-06-16T22:15:36-04:00 Len http://www.patentblurb.com/doku.php?id=legal:international&rev=1213668936&do=diff UK Patent Office says software is patentable (01/27/07) The UK High Court has issued a ruling holing that software patents can be patented after all. Thanks to I/P Updates for passing this along. * [UK Court Ruling] * Summary and links 8-)