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Director Kappos “Chats” About PTO S.W.O.T.
Wednesday noon at the AIPLA 2010 Annual Meeting, USPTO Director David Kappos engaged in a “fireside chat” (actually podium-side chat) with AIPLA Executive Director and former PTO Director Q. Todd Dickinson about the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats that he has … Continue reading
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Tagged AIPLA, David Kappos, intellectual property, ip, IP law tools, Patent Law, USPTO, Warren Woessner
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Inducement of Patent Infringement: Even Without Knowledge of the Patent?
Under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) “[w]hoever actively induces infringement of a patent shall be liable as an infringer.” On October 12th, the Supreme Court has granted certiorari (link below) for the case of Global-Tech v. SEB (S. Ct. No. 10-6) … Continue reading
Should Preambles “Count” – The Debate Continues
On September 13th, the Fed. Cir. reversed a summary determination of non-infringement which turned on the question of whether or not to give weight to a term that appeared only in the preamble of a claim to a prostate treatment … Continue reading
USPTO Proposes Incentivizing Humanitarian Technologies and Licensing
On Monday, the PTO requested comments on the use of the IP system to incentivize humanitarian technologies and licensing to benefit “impoverished population[s].” A grab-bag of concepts and ideas was set forth, with perhaps the most concrete (and marginally useful) … Continue reading