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• Microsoft Loses Patent Appeal On Office And Word

  
  Gadget News and Reviews — Authority: 460
  It seems that Microsoft has lost its appeal in its legal battle with Canadian company i4i. The dispute involves XML cipher that is included in Microsoft Word 2007 and Office 2007, and that latest updated would require Microsoft to pay $290 million and additionally yank Word 2007 and Office 2007 off the shelves ...
  9 hours ago

• Microsoft to Issue New Office 2007 Version to Avoid Sales Ban

  
  Daily Contributor — Authority: 577
  Microsoft lost a court battle regarding one of the features of Microsoft Word 2007 that infringes a patent held by a Canadian company . It was ordered to remove the said features or else the company will no longer be allowed to sell Word or Microsoft Office 2007 by January 11, 2010. The US Court of Appeals ...
  23 hours ago

• Microsoft lost Word appeal for injunction in i4i Case

  
  D' Technology Weblog — Authority: 526
  Microsoft have to cease providing Custom XML as part of its Office suite, as a federal appeals court upheld an injunction against Microsoft that barring settlement or further appeal will prevent the company, as of Jan. 11, from selling copies of Microsoft Word in the U.S. containing XML technology found to infringe ...
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• US Patent Office Seeks to Modify Appeals Rules… Again

  
  IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law — Authority: 131
  The United States Patent and Trademark Office earlier today announced in the Federal Register that they will once again attempt to modify the rules of practice and procedure in ex parte appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI). Many will undoubtedly remember that just over one year ago, on ...
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• USPTO Announces Changes to PKI Certificate Usage Policy

  
  Patent Docs — Authority: 473
  By Christopher P. Singer -- In a Notice published in the December 17, 2009 Federal Register (74 Fed. Reg. 66955), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced changes to its previously published procedures (October 27, 2009 Federal Register Notice, 74 Fed. Reg. 55200) relating to usage of public key infrastructure ...
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• USPTO Proposes New Procedure for Treating Rejected Claims That Are Not Appealed

  
  Patent Docs — Authority: 473
  By Sarah Fendrick -- Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice in the Federal Register (74 Fed. Reg. 66097) proposing changes in the procedure for handling notices of appeal and appeal briefs that identify fewer than all of the rejected claims as being appealed. Under the change, rejected ...
  2 days ago

• What the Board of Patent Appeals Can Learn from the NFL

  
  IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law — Authority: 131
  The difference between a successful and unsuccessful season for an NFL Football Team often times hinges upon the outcome of a single game. In some cases, a single play of a game can doom a team’s season or even a coaching/playing career. Due to the heightened importance of games in the NFL, indeed, [...]
  3 days ago

• Patent Office Delay and Inventors Representing Themselves

  
  IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law — Authority: 131
  Earlier today I stumbled across US Patent No. 7,631,368, which is titled Combined concealed carry holster undergarment and outergarment with quick release and quick access mechanisms.  This patent is one that offers a number of lessons, both for inventors and for those who are seeking to reform the US patent ...
  4 days ago

• USPTO provides a Chanucka present to other patent offices

  
  The IP Factor — Authority: 420
  Patently-O has reported an interesting development. the USPTO have published a spreadsheet that uses historical data regarding the number of examiners, backlogs of pending applications and the like, to simulate the effects of hiring and firing and new filings on USPTO backlogs.   See ...
  4 days ago

• Design Firm Sues Microsoft by Bing Trademark

  
  Gadget News and Reviews — Authority: 460
  Do you think that anybody might have been using the word “Bing” in its name before Microsoft used it for its Bing search engine? whether you did, you’re right, as a small graphic design firm has been using “Bing!” for its branding since early 2000 (according to the company’s claims). The company, Bing! ...
  5 days ago

• Recession Not Responsible for Dip in US Patent Filings

  
  IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law — Authority: 131
  In the popular press there have been a number of stories over the last week or so regarding how the US is losing its edge in innovation as indicated by the drop in patent filings between fiscal year 2008 and fiscal year 2009.  The headlines have been sensational at times, claiming that the recession is [...]Related ...
  6 days ago

• Google Patent – Duplicate Document Detection

  
  E-Commerce for All — Authority: 114
  Duplicate document detection in a web crawler system Is your content unique? 12/1/2009 Google was granted a patent by the US Patent Office detailing how duplicate documents are detected in a web crawler system. This new patent details how Google detects and then filters or determines which documents are the ...
  1 week ago

• Provisional Patent Application Filing Kit 2010

  
  PimpThisBlog.com - Latest published stories — Authority: 463
  The new Provisional Patent Application Filing Kit 2010 provides inventors with complete instructions and forms to lock in patent pending for their inventions at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Includes instructions for filing electronically and by mail.
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• US Senate Votes to Leave Patent Office Underfunded for 2010

  
  IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law — Authority: 131
  Congress convened in a rare session last Sunday. On that sleepy news day, the U.S. Senate passed an appropriations bill leaving the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office funding for 2010 essentially the same as 2009. President Obama should send this bill back. The USPTO is solely funded through fees. But Congress ...
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• Israel Patent Office Publishes Decision on Design for Kerb-Stone

  
  The IP Factor — Authority: 420
    In a  cancellation proceeding regarding Design Number 39519 to Ackershtein Ltd, Wolfman Industries Ltd. have managed to cancel a design for a kerb-stone. The Law (Section 36 of the Patent and Design Ordinance) allows third parties to initiate design cancellation proceedings where a design was published ...
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• Israel Patent Office Goes Green!

  
  The IP Factor — Authority: 420
  In Circular M. N. 76, the Israel Commissioner of Patents, Dr. Meir Noam has announced a new class for classifying patents: the environmentally friendly class, to include technologies that counter global warming, reduce pollution of water or air, promote environmentally friendly agriculture and the like (sic). ...
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• USPTO Requests Comments on Enhancement of Patent Quality

  
  Patent Docs — Authority: 473
  By Sarah Fendrick -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) have created a project to improve the overall quality of patents, reduce patent application pendency, and ensure that granted patents are valid. The improvement initiative does not involve changes in patent law or ...
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• Fig Leaf

  
  Patent Prospector — Authority: 484
  The USPTO proves itself a political creature (again) with a pilot program to fast-track so-called green technology patent applications. "Every day an important green tech innovation is hindered from coming to market is another day we harm our planet and another day lost in creating green businesses and green jobs," ...
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• Obscure Patent: Doll Urn – Issued in 10 months!

  
  IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law — Authority: 131
  Doll UrnUnited States Patent 7,627,935Issued December 8, 2009Filed February 5, 2009This is straight from the “you have to be kidding me” file, and for more reasons than immediately are apparent simply by looking at the invention. This invention is a doll urn, which allows for the storing of a human’s or a ...
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• Surprisingly, US Design Patent Filings Down in 2009

  
  IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law — Authority: 131
  It is about that time of year where we start to wind down the old and prepare for the new. So with retrospectives on my mind I thought it might be interesting to take a look at the United States Patent and Trademark Office Annual Report for 2009. The Patent Office adheres to [...]No related posts.Related posts ...
  1 week ago

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