Tag Archives: patent

WIPIP, plenary session 1

Posted on February 19, 2016 by rtushnet

WIPIP, University of Washington School of Law Plenary Session 1: Innovation Policy   Stephanie Bair, Promoting the Useful Arts: Corporate Edition   87% of patents are assigned to organizations, not individuals.  How to motivate individuals/employees?  Assumption is usually that companies … Continue reading →

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Showing irreparable harm isn’t easy

Posted on January 25, 2016 by rtushnet

Pruvit Ventures, Inc. v. ForeverGreen International LLC, — F.Supp.3d —-, 2015 WL 9876952 No. 15-CV-571 (E.D. Tex. Dec. 23, 2015) (magistrate judge)   Defendants moved for a preliminary injunction on their counterclaims involving dietary suppplements.  Defendant Axcess is the exclusive … Continue reading →

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AALS panel on the scope of IP rights

Posted on January 11, 2016 by rtushnet

Intellectual Property – Interpreting the Scope of IP Rights Moderator: Zahr Said, University of Washington School of Law   Margaret-Jane Radin, The University of Michigan Law School: Patent scope. The problem of describing innovation (thing in the world) in words. … Continue reading →

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CFP 2015: Internet content blocking by the ITC

Posted on October 13, 2015 by rtushnet

Computers, Freedom & Privacy Conference 2015 Internet Content Blocking by the U.S. International Trade Commission.   In April 2014, a little-known agency called the U.S. International Trade Commission handed itself power to block data on the Internet. Internet companies fear … Continue reading →

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Notre Dame Roundtable on Drassinower, Part 4

Posted on October 2, 2015 by rtushnet

Session IV – Subject Matter and Limitations   •           Rebecca Tushnet   Drassinower defines trademark as the right to completely control the meaning of a mark as applied to a good or service: radically unidirectional, like a one-way traffic sign, … Continue reading →

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Notice and Notice Failure at BU, panel 7

Posted on September 26, 2015 by rtushnet

Mark Lemley – Ready for Patenting   Patent’s problematic approach to what we want to encourage when we grant a patent. Long struggle with what you are giving us is simply an idea/conception or an actual thing/reduction to practice.  Various … Continue reading →

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Notice and Notice Failure at BU, panel 6

Posted on September 26, 2015 by rtushnet

Margaret Jane Radin – Patent Notice and the Trouble with Plain Meaning   Notice is a cost and a cost-saver; hard to figure out its overall profile.  Plain meaning as ever-receding ideal.   Philips v. AWH (Fed. Cir. 2005); Festo … Continue reading →

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Notice and Notice Failure at BU, panel 3

Posted on September 25, 2015 by rtushnet

Pamela Samuelson – Notice Failures Arising from Copyright Duration Rules   Agrees w/ other expressions of concern about notice failures in copyright—here she focuses on notice failures related to the long duration of copyrights.  More information about work’s © status … Continue reading →

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Notice and Notice Failure in Intellectual Property Law at BU, keynote

Posted on September 25, 2015 by rtushnet

Boston University School of Law   Welcome and introduction: Dean Maureen O’Roarke New clinic w/MIT—representing MIT students who need legal/IP help.  Searching for an exec. director now—encourages applications.   Stacey Dogan: Meurer & James Besson’s book on patents: pointed out … Continue reading →

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Journal of Patent & Trademark Office Society’s Mid-Atlantic student writing competition

Posted on September 16, 2015 by rtushnet

As the oldest publishing intellectual property law journal in America, the Journal of Patent & Trademark Office Society (JPTOS) provides a forum dedicated to the discussion of legal and technical subjects related to patent, trademark, and copyright laws.  JPTOS boasts … Continue reading →

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