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• Bangkok to Barcelona: Uncertainties loom large over the issues of sharing green technology for environmental protection

  
  IP Osgoode — Authority: 423
  Nirav Bhatt is an LLM Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.From 2-6 November 2009, the meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group for the ongoing negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol to enhance international climate change cooperation took place in ...
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• Sharpened

  
  Patent Prospector — Authority: 103
  Samsung has been stung by Sharp at the ITC over flat-panel LCD display patents. One of the Sharp patents in the case went to LCD brightness and refresh rate, and another to minimizing flickering. Samsung has brushed aside speculation about the rulings impact, stating that it wont affect the companys ability meet ...
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• Bilski v. Kappos Oral Arguments: Supreme Skepticism Toward Method Patents

  
  The Prior Art — Authority: 494
  For the first time in almost 30 years, the U.S. Supreme Court onMonday considered the issue of what types of technology should beeligible for patent protection when it heard oral arguments in Bilski v. Kappos . Across the board, the justices indicated a deep skepticism toward theinvention described in the patent ...
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• BLOG: EPO presidency - the plot thickens

  
  IAM Magazine — Authority: 128
  Well, it seems that the EPO presidency vote that we reported last week on this blog may actually have been only the first part of what occured in Munich during the Administrative Council meeting at the end of October. A case of close but no banana, in other words. According to a news bulletin sent out by EPO staff ...
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• ITC rules Samsung infringed on four Sharp patents, bans import of some LCDs

  
  Engadget — Authority: 879
  The US International Trade Commission already ruled in June of this year that Samsung had infringed on one patent held by Sharp, but its now back with another ruling that finds Samsung violated no less than four LCD-related patents held by its rival. Once again, the ITC has also barred Samsung from selling the ...
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• ITC rules Samsung infringed on four Sharp patents, bans import of some LCDs

  
  Engadget HD — Authority: 630
  Filed under: Industry , Misc , Regulatory , Displays , Samsung , Sharp The US International Trade Commission already ruled in June of this year that Samsung had infringed on one patent held by Sharp, but its now back with another ruling that finds Samsung violated no less than four LCD-related patents ...
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• Case could alter patent definitions

  
  Long Island Business News — Authority: 445
  This week, the U.S. Supreme Court began hearing the case of Bilski v. Kappos, whose outcome will have a major impact on the scope of what is eligible for patent protection.Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw were denied a patent for a business method of hedging commodity risk. The partners appealed to the Court [...]
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• USPTO Unveils Fast-Track Patent Plan

  
  Business Opportunities Weblog — Authority: 490
  Inventors with two or more patent applications pending at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office can have one of their patents fast-tracked – “jumped to the head of the line,” in the words of USPTO director David Kappos – provided inventors abandon one of their less pressing applications, reports Inventors ...
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• Slew of Online Mappers Sued by WebMap Technologies for Patent Infringement

  
  All Points Blog — Authority: 559
  Fifteen companies that offer Web maps being sued by WebMap Technologies LLC for infringement of patent 6,772,142 called Method and Apparatus for Collecting and Expressing Geographically Referenced Data. The patent in question: 6,772,142 "Method a... Read more
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• ITC rules Samsung infringed on four Sharp patents, bans import of some LCDs

  
  Technology Blog — Authority: 169
  The US International Trade Commission already ruled in June of this year that Samsung had infringed on one patent held by Sharp, but it’s now back with another ruling that finds Samsung violated no less than four LCD-related patents held by its rival. Once again, the ITC has also barred Samsung from selling the ...
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• My Field Trip To The Supreme Court

  
  Feld Thoughts — Authority: 558
  I had an incredible experience yesterday.  My friend Phil Weiser , who is now the Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the US Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (I prefer to call him America’s Top Cop on Agriculture) invited me, my partner Jason Mendelson , and my wife Amy Batchelor to attend the ...
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• US Supreme Court Skeptical of Business Method Patents

  
  Slashdot — Authority: 455
  Trepidity writes "The US Supreme Court held oral argument Monday in Bilski, a business-methods patent case that might also have important implications for software patents (We have previously discussed the case several times). The tone of the argument appears to be good news, as the justices were very skeptical of the ...
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• No Joke: Nota Bene for 9 November 2009

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 587
  Well I figured I’d give you all a break and spare you the wacky and profane puns and snark. I’m going to directly quote a single line or phrase from each of the links; the quote may have little or nothing to do with the subject. Enjoy! … “So I finally squeezed his bullocks a bit to get his recipe” … “ ...
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• EU patent office rejected CDTs challenge of a core UDC flexible OLED patent

  
  OLED-Info - OLED TV and displays information and news — Authority: 584
  UDC says that the European Patent Office has rejected an opposition to one of their core flexible OLED patents in Europe. The opposition was filed by Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) back in 2006. Source: UDCs conference call (via Seeking-Alpha )
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• The Future of Software Patents: U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Bilski v. Kappos

  
  Disputing — Authority: 421
  As previously discussed , today the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments for Bilski v. Kappos , a high-stakes software patent case (the transcript is here ). In Bilski , the Federal Circuit rejected patent claims involving a method of hedging risks in commodities trading. The U.S. Supreme Court is now asked to ...
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• U.S. Motorola Droid Does—and Doesnt—Have Pinch-and-Zoom - Gearlog

  
  Today's Review — Authority: 166
  One theory is that Apple holds patents in the US for multi-touch gestures, which might cause Motorola to fear enabling multi-touch in native applications for the Droid in the US. Continue reading from the original source: U.S. Motorola Droid Does—and Doesnt—Have Pinch-and-Zoom - Gearlog
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• Software at the core of a teleological conundrum as Bilski case continues

  
  Senses: A blog about the Thirdi Software perception — Authority: 128
  Right now in the United States there is a legal case proceeding that has important implications for the software industry and modern business in general. The case began in 1999 when The PTO (American Patent and Trademark Office) refused to award a patent for a business method (model) developed by Bernard Bilski . A ...
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• Supreme Court hears arguments in the Bilski case

  
  IAM magazine - Blog — Authority: 124
  The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Bilski case this afternoon in Washington DC. One of those in the courtroom was Pavan Agarwal, a partner at law firm Foley & Lardner. I have just received this brief report from him on what happened today:The Supreme Court showed great interest in understanding the ...
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• BLOG: Supreme Court hears arguments in the Bilski case

  
  IAM Magazine — Authority: 128
  The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Bilski case this afternoon in Washington DC. One of those in the courtroom was Pavan Agarwal, a partner at law firm Foley & Lardner. I have just received this brief report from him on what happened today:The Supreme Court showed great interest in understanding the ...
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• 19th Century Patents -- 200 Years Later

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 734
  The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on the appeal of two "math geeks" who were denied a patent for a business method they developed for utility companies. This is one of the most watched cases of the Supreme Court term, drawing some 67 briefs. Although the patent office has recognized that business methods ...
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