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IP Think Tank Global Week in Review - 9 May 2008Duncan Bucknell's site updates

Here is IP Think Tank?s weekly selection of top intellectual property news breaking in the blogosphere and internet.

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Highlights this week included:

• Order to transfer myspace.co.uk to MySpace overturned: (Out-Law), (IMPACT),
• New branding scheme for Ethiopian coffees: (Afro-IP), (IP finance), (IPKat),
• USPTO to appeal Tafas/GSK v Dudas: (Patent Docs), (Patently-O), (PLI), (Patent Baristas), (Managing Intellectual Property), (IP Law360), (Patent Prospector), (Ladas & Parry),
• Adidas awarded $305 million against Payless for infringement of three stripe design: (The Trademark Blog), (IP Law360), (The Trademark Blog), (The Trademark Blog), (The Trademark Blog), (Out-Law),
• CAFC upholds noninfringement ruling; cancelled claims narrows construction for asserted claims: PSN Illinois, LLC v Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc: (IP Law360), (Patently-O), (Hal Wegner), (Patent Prospector), (Peter Zura's 271 Patent Blog),

Global

Global - General

• Taylor Wessing?s Global IP Index: (IP ThinkTank), (IPKat), (IP Law360),
• IP without IP: (Part 1 ? 43(B)log), (Part 2 ? 43(B)log), (Part 3 ? 43(B)log), (Part 4 ? 43(B)log),
• Semiconductor companies losing billions each year because of IP infringement: (IAM),
• Maybe it?s time for IP intermediaries to start talking regulation: (IAM),
• Will WIPO soon be dancing to a samba beat?: (IAM),
• Voting procedures set for WIPO DG vote next week: (Intellectual Property Watch),
• People: Change of IP guard at US, Australia missions; IFPMA readies new leader: (Intellectual Property Watch),
• What is intellectual property fraud?: (Ezine @rticles)

Global - Patents

• Rise of machine translation services: (IPKat),
• USPTO / EPO / JPO progress on ?common application format? for expedited examination: (Peter Zura's 271 Patent Blog),
• Proponents: ?Time is now? for TRIPs biodiversity amendment in Doha round: (Intellectual Property Watch),
• TRIPs amendment in favour of disclosures for genetic resources/traditional knowledge patents gathers support: (Afro-IP),
• WIPO Arbitration Panel rules Boston Scientific?s coronary stents do not infringe Medinol?s patents: (IP Law360), (Therapeutics Daily),
• Claim chart ? useful patent tool: (Ezine @articles),
• Gratis greentech and technical disclosures: (Securing Innovation),
• New blog ? Green Patent Blog: (Patent Baristas),
• BP/G radio talk on software patents in US and EU: (IPKat),
• Thomson Reuters publishes new study on patents and innovation: (Peter Zura's 271 Patent Blog),
• Book review of Bessen & Meuer?s ?Patent failure: How judges, bureaucrats, and lawyers put innovators at risk? ? Understanding both sides to the EE/IT v Bio/Pharma debate: (Hal Wegner),
• Towards a global valuations standard: (Managing Intellectual Property)

Global - Copyright

• Thomson Reuters to offer plagiarism detection service via Manuscript Central in conjunction with Crosscheck: (Thomson Reuters)

Events

• India: CII: 2^nd symposium of University-Industry Council ? 9-10 May, Bombay: (Spicy IP),
• US: Webinar on current developments in patents featuring US Patent Commissioner ? 13 May: (Philip Brooks),
• EU: EC conference on counterfeiting and piracy ? 13 May, Brussels: (Class 46),
• US: IP Prospector/Beard Group hosting audio briefing for identifying and evaluating patent investments ? 15 May: (Philip Brooks),
• US CAFC: ?The Federal Circuit: a National Court of Appeals: addressing new challenges? ? 15 May, Washington: (Patent Docs),
• 4^th annual ?meet the bloggers? session ? 19 May, Berlin: (IPKat), (Catch Us If You Can!!!),
• US: ACI ?In-house counsel forum on pharmaceutical antitrust? ? 20-21 May, Maryland: (Orange Book Blog),
• EU: Workshop for mediators in IP disputes ? 26-27 May, Geneva: (IPR-Helpdesk),
• US: PLI: ?Advanced patent licensing 2008: What you need to know before licensing your patent? ? 28 May, New York / 11 June, San Francisco: (Patent Docs),
• US: Worldwide Business Research: PharmaBiotech IP summit ? 28-30 May, Philadelphia: (Patent Docs),
• EU: Advanced workshop for mediators in IP disputes ? 29-30 May, Geneva: (IPR-Helpdesk),
• US: ACI ?FDA boot camp? conference ? 29-30 May, San Francisco: (Orange Book Blog),
• Australia: IPRIA/AIPPI Australia free public seminar on the future of the international IP system ? 3 June, Melbourne: (IPRIA)
• US: PLI: ?Prior art & obviousness 2008: The PTO and CAFC perspective on patent law sections 102 & 103? - 16 June, San Francisco / 1 July, New York: (Patent Docs),
• US: BIO international convention ? 17-20 June, San Diego: (Patent Docs),
• US: PLI: ?Fundamentals of patent prosecution 2008: A boot camp for claim drafting & amendment writing? ? 18-20 June, New York / 9-11 July, San Francisco: (Patent Docs),
• US: LSI: ?Multilateral patents? ? 23 June, San Francisco: (Patent Docs),
• IP Business Congress ? 25-26 June, Amsterdam: (IP Business Congress 2008),
• US: LSI: Patent claim construction workshop ? 16 July, Seattle: (Patent Docs),
• EU: ATRIP meeting on future of European patent system ? 21-23 July, Munich: (IPR-Helpdesk),
• US: PLI: ?Advanced patent prosecution workshop 2008: Claim drafting & amendment writing?: 24-25 July, New York / 11-12 August, San Francisco: (Patent Docs),
• US: ACI 10^th advanced forum on biotech patents ? 15-16 September, Boston: (Generic Pharmaceuticals & IP)
• Switzerland: Discussion of Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology report ?The dignity of living beings with regard to plants? and possible impact on patentability exceptions: (IPKat),

Pharma & Biotech

Pharma & Biotech - General

• WHO IGWG negotiating on IP and public health: (Spicy IP), (Intellectual Property Watch), (Intellectual Property Watch),
• Jon Santamauro, former US trade official now on BIO IGWG delegation: (KEI),
• The best and worst patents for generics to fight: (IP Law360),
• Big pharmaceutical companies continue to woo biotech: (Pharmacapsules@Gowlings),
• Africa: Failing infrastructure renders compulsory licensing pointless: (Afro-IP),
• Canada: Ontario takes lead in global genetic war with cancer: (Pharmacapsules@Gowlings),
• Canada: Update on Patented Medicine Prices Review Board review of ?Excessive price guidelines?: (Pharmacapsules@Gowlings),
• Canada: Proposed amendments to the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations: (Pharmacapsules@Gowlings),
• EU: Limitations on the scope of DNA patent claims in Europe: Monsanto struggles in its attempt to block importation of soy meal: (Holman?s Biotech IP Blog),
• India: SCC journal article ?Intellectual property rights and the challenges faced by the pharmaceutical industry?: (Spicy IP),
• India: Jyothi Datta on the Bayh Dole Bill and CII event: (Spicy IP),
• India: Compulsory for India?: (Spicy IP),
• India: Merck vs Roche: towards differential pricing: (Spicy IP),
• India/Philippines: Access to drugs: The India/Philippines solution?: (Afro-IP), (Managing Intellectual Property),
• Rwanda: Four years after AIDS drugs bill passed, first low cost meds may head to Rwanda: (GenericsWeb),
• US: Abbott?s first quarter lobbying tab hits $880,000: (Patent Docs),
• US: House Bill would expand federal drug pedigree requirements and preempt state requirements: (FDA Law Blog),
• US: Purchasing Canadian drugs and patent infringement: Litecubes decision: (Patently-O),
• US: Neuralstem seeks to reopen stayed patent case against StemCells now that re-exam in almost complete: (IP Law360),
• US: FTC wants to end deals delaying generics: (Philip Brooks), (IP Law360)

Pharma & Biotech - Products

• Aricept (Donepezil): Court of Appeal orders NICE to grant Esai and Pfizer access to information on how it reached its decision on whether to recommend prescription of Aricept; NICE had claimed duty of confidence prevented disclosure: (IPKat),
• Celebrex (Celecoxib) ? US CAFC won?t rehear Celebrex patent dispute between Pfizer and Teva: (IP Law360),
• Coversyl (Perindopril) ? Canada: Judicial review of Minister?s decision regarding bioavailability comparison: Apotex v Canada (Minister of Health) & Servier: (Pharmacapsules@Gowlings),
• Eloxatin (Oxaliplaten) ? Sanofi-Aventis claims German precious metals company is aiding Eloxatin patent infringement by providing active ingredient to generics makers: (IP Law360),
• Erbitux (Cetuximab) ? US: ImClone cries fraud over Erbitux patent deal: (IP Law360),
• Evista (Raloxifene) ? Canadian Federal Court refuses Novopharm?s motion to dismiss patent infringement proceeding for abuse of process: Eli Lilly v Novopharm: (Pharmacapsules@Gowlings),
• Fentora (Fentanyl buccal) ? US: Watson challenges Cephalon?s Fentora patent: (TherapeuticsDaily),
• Lipitor (Atorvastatin) ? Pfizer?s Lipitor US ?893 patent survives reexamination: (Patent Docs),
• Nexium (Esomeprazole) ? Teva sues to invalidate AstraZeneca?s Nexium patents: (IP Law360),
• Provigil (Modafinil) ? Canadian Federal Court finds Cephalon?s Provigil patent invalid in its dispute with Aoptex: (Pharmacapsules@Gowlings),
• Sublimaze (Fentanyl) ? UK: Patents Court grants Alza?s request to join two proceedings concerning alleged infringement of its European patent relating to transdermal patches for Fentanyl: Ratiopharm (UK) Ltd v Alza Corp; Alza Corp v Sandoz Ltd: (IPKat),
• Symbicort (Formoterol/Budesonide) ? EPO revokes one of AstraZeneca?s Symbicort patents following challenge from Norton Healthcare and Generics UK: (Managing Intellectual Property), (IP Law360),
• Tarceva (Erlotinib) - Roche v CIPLA: Drug Controller General of India rules out low-cost version of patented drugs: (Philip Brooks),
• Tarceva (Erlocip) ? CIPLA denies Roche?s allegations of wrongful promotion of Erlocip for unapproved uses: (Spicy IP)

Africa

• Ethiopia: New branding scheme for Ethiopian coffees: (Afro-IP), (IP finance), (IPKat),
• Ghana: WIPO, Ghana sign IP development plan: (Afro-IP), (WIPO),
• Kenya: Kopiken puts photocopying bureaus on notice: (Afro-IP),
• Zimbabwe: Taking stock of piracy: Zimbabwe reflects: (Afro-IP)

Asia

• Cost, convenience drive rise in Asia arbitrations: (IP Law360)

Australia

• Full Federal Court judgment of no copyright infringement in case over electronic program guide: Nine Network v IceTV: (LawFont.com), (LawFont.com),
• New IP resource ? PubPat for searching for Australian patents: (IP Menu News),
• Goods or shape of goods as trade mark: Global Brand Marketing Inc v YD Pty Ltd: (IPRoo)

Benelux

• District Court in The Hague: Microsoft wins dispute over msnlock domain names and figurative trade mark registered by Unicaresoft: (Ars Technica), (Class 46)

Canada

• Apple launches iPhone amid trade mark dispute: (Canadian Trademark Blog),
• DFAIT?s consultation on Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: (Michael Geist),
• Getting beyond Canada?s copyright myths: (Michael Geist),
• Angus warns of DMCA lobbyist parade: (Michael Geist),
• The Conservative policy on treaty ratification in action: (Michael Geist),
• Canwest on copyright reform: (Michael Geist)

China

• SIPO launches online Chinese-English patent information translation tool: (IPR-Helpdesk), (Patent Docs), (Anticipate This!),
• Underwear ads and China IP licensing: (China Hearsay),
• China education and innovation: (China Hearsay),
• Chinese firms triumph in US battery patent suit brought by Energizer: (Philip Brooks)

Denmark

• Update on Louis Vuitton?s trade mark and copyright infringement complaints over Vuitton-style handbag depicted in artwork for Darfur fundraiser: (Innovationpartners)

Europe

• OHIM: Service charter for 2008 and ?delays in public inspection requests?: (Class 46),
• Standard setting ? Will US CAFC decision in Rambus v FTC impact Europe?: (IPEG),
• EPO oppositions and appeals: (Patent Prospector),
• Commission will fund translation technology development for Community patent: (IAM),
• Gorgonzola applies to modify PDO spec: (Class 46),
• CFI: REVERIE and REVERT ?similar?: Redcats SA v OHIM, Manual Revert & Cia, SA: (Class 46),
• EC Vice President adds to Community patent momentum: (Managing Intellectual Property), (IAM),
• OHIM: Overview of Boards of Appeal decisions of 2007: (Class 46),
• European Inventor of the Year awards for 2008 presented: (Managing Intellectual Property),
• Free MIMOSA expert search in ESPACE EP database: (EPO),
• EPO President on patenting of ?green? technology in the future: (IPKat),
• European Patent Forum presentations available ? Day 1: Technologies to save the planet: (EPO)
• EPO admits backlogs cannot be mastered: (IAM), (BLOG@IP::JUR)

Germany

• Bundesgerichtshof decides it is possible to apply for an injunction directly against internet auction house, where vendors are offering counterfeit goods: (Class 46);
• Skype discontinues appeal against court ruling of open source general public licence violation: (Ars Technica), (Techdirt)

India

• Indian patent law, s 107A(b) ? parallel import debate: (Spicy IP), (Patent Circle),
• Kerala leftists for copyleft!: (Spicy IP),
• Story of bribe-taker in Trade Mark Office: (Spicy IP),
• Irresponsible reporting by Mint on s 107A(b) Patents Act 1970: (Patent Circle),
• The song and dance continues - More on Bollywood and piracy: (Spicy IP),
• Trade mark tussle erupts between vodka barons Bacardi and Radico Khaitan: (Spicy IP),
• Validity of trade mark registration decision adjourns infringement proceedings: BDA Private Ltd v Paul P John: (International Law Office),
• Commerce Minister to make IP part of free trade agreement with Europe Free Trade Association: (Spicy IP),
• Legal and policy framework for equitable access to documentary heritage: (Spicy IP)

Israel

• Israel remains on US priority watch list: (The IP Factor),
• Israel Patent Office issues guidance on 3D trade marks: (The IP Factor),
• New Israel copyright law to come into effect: (The IP Factor)

Italy

• Court of Turin confirms seizure order against Chinese manufacturer of cars imitating Daimler Chrysler?s SMART car: (Catch Us If You Can!!!)

Japan

• Japan stops production of commemorative coins due to copyright infringement claim: (Daily Dose of IP)

Montenegro

• Sunrise periods for registering .me domain names: (Class 46), (Rouse & Co International)

Poland

• Still problems with OSCYPEK PDO (a smoked cheese made from salted sheep?s milk): (Class 46)

Spain

• Aceite de La Alcarria to be PDO for olive oil: (Class 46),
• Cybersquatting, freedom of expression and drought ? individual registers .es domains coinciding with acronyms for new Ministries to post political criticism: (Class 46)

United Arab Emirates

• Metro naming rights in Dubai: (IP finance)

United Kingdom

• Token use may not be evidence of genuine use, rules CFI: Sonia Rykiel Création et Diffusion de Modeles v OHIM, Cuadrado SA: (Class 46),
• Judicial review of BSI?s vote on OOXML: (BriefBlog),
• Reports of possible challenge to Google?s revised AdWords rules in UK and Ireland: (IAM),
• Order to transfer myspace.co.uk to MySpace overturned: (Out-Law), (IMPACT),
• Lucas film empire strikes back in Star Wars case over IP rights in costumes: (International Law Office),
• UK minister backs Community patent: (Managing Intellectual Property),
• Rundown on lecture: ?The role of economic analysis in IP law: implications for competition? (1^st in UCL/Howrey competition and IP lecture series): (IPKat)

United States

US General

• Intellectual Property Group: IP prosecution and litigation statistics: (Philip Brooks),
• USPTO and industry discuss automobile design protection: (Daily Dose of IP), (PLI)
• Legal outsourcing increases as economy stagnates: (IP Law360),
• USTR ?Special 301 report?: (Rouse & Co International),
• Beware the open source software risks ? four US companies sued for failing to comply with OSS licences: (Managing Intellectual Property),
• Trade secrets suits rising, but uncertainty remains: (IP Law360)

US Patent Reform

• USPTO to appeal Tafas/GSK v Dudas: (Patent Docs), (Patently-O), (PLI), (Patent Baristas), (Managing Intellectual Property), (IP Law360), (Patent Prospector), (Ladas & Parry),
• John Whealan reported as new New George Washington Associate Dean; Does this mean Leahy s 1145 is dead?: (Hal Wegner),
• Patent reform: doing the same thing repeatedly: (IPBiz),
• Patent Reform Act stalls in Senate: (Electronic Frontier Foundation), (Ars Technica), (Patent Docs), (Patent Baristas),
• John McCain and patents - Justice Advisory Committee members announced: (Patently-O),
• New PTO Director in an Obama or McCain presidency: (Hal Wegner)

US Patents

• Patent prosecution highway programs streamline global patent process: (IP Spotlight),
• Hitch a ride on the patent highway ? Do patent highways offer more advantages to applicants or examiners?: (Managing Intellectual Property),
• USPTO ? EPO patent prosecution highway: (Patent Prospector),
• How to put together an Appeal brief summary: (Patent Prospector),
• New study says Western District of Washington?s claim construction decisions get reversed nearly 40% of the time: (Washington State Patent Law Blog),
• Stranded R&D: (Patent Prospector),
• Source code discovery in patent litigation: (IP Law360),
• CAFC reverses FTC decision in Rambus but patent holders should still use caution with proposals to standard-setting organizations: (IP Spotlight),
• Rambus addresses some questions, raises others: (IP Law360),
• How to respond to § 103 obviousness rejections using the ?all elements test? in view of recent revisions to s 2143.03 of MPEP: (Patentably Defined),
• The increasing role of antitrust principles in defining patent rights: (Philip Brooks),
• Forging a patent document: (Patently-O),
• Early US patents recovered: (Patent Librarian?s Notebook),
• USPTO says peer-to-patent program is a winner: (IP Law360),
• US Supreme Court petition challenges constitutionality of BPAI judge appointments: Translogic v Dudas: (Washington State Patent Law Blog), (Public Knowledge), (Patent Prospector),
• Presentation on patent quality by Christopher Ainsley of the Patent Board: (IP finance),
• Peterlin urges IP counsel to file better patents: (Managing Intellectual Property),
• An analysis of the new USPTO written description training materials: (Patent Docs),
• American Antitrust Institute backs Auto Repair Parts Patent Bill: (IP Law360),
• Ocean Tomo offers new site for patent transactions: (IP Law360),
• Anonymous examiner rating site draws criticism: (IP Law360),
• What Adam Smith taught the founding fathers: (Patent Prospector)

US Copyright

• House Judiciary Committee passes PRO IP Bill: (Counterfeit Chic), (Managing Intellectual Property), (Ars Technica), (IP Law360), (Electronic Frontier Foundation),
• Judge Learned Hand?s opinion in copyright case Myers v Mail & Express Co and the writing of history: (Patry Copyright Blog),
• Happy birthday now pay the license fee: (Patry Copyright Blog),
• MSN music debacle highlights EULA dangers: (Electronic Frontier Foundation),
• RIAA: Piracy fight more important than net neutrality bill: (Ars Technica),
• Support mixed for US Orphan Works Bill: (Intellectual Property Watch), (Public Knowledge), (Public Knowledge),
• Forseeability and copyright incentives: (Patry Copyright Blog),
• San Francisco MusicTech Summit ? IP lawyer, Andrew Bridges, explains why uploading files may not be distribution for copyright: (Techdirt),
• If music DRM is dead, the RIAA expects its resurrection: (Ars Technica), (Techdirt),
• Microsoft Zune and NBC Universal copyright filtering collaboration: (Public Knowledge),
• Viacom, CBS lean on ISPs and online media outlets to combat piracy: (Ars Technica),
• Infringement by copying public domain works: (Patry Copyright Blog),
• Retail value among thieves ? Fourth Circuit clarifies ?retail value? in counterfeiting case: US v Armstead: (Patry Copyright Blog)

US Trademarks

• Ambush marketing: new laws for sports events?: (IP Law360),
• Concise guide to likelihood of confusion ? Larkin?s article ?Section 2(d) and (e)(1) refusals and substantive issues in ex parte appeals: the applicant?s perspective?: (IP Updates)

US ? Companies / Entities

• Adidas ? Adidas awarded $305 million against Payless for infringement of three stripe design: (The Trademark Blog), (IP Law360), (The Trademark Blog), (The Trademark Blog), (The Trademark Blog), (Out-Law),
• Agam ? Artist, Yaacov Agam, claims restoration of his work of art breaches copyright: (Chicago IP Litigation Blog),
• Alcatel-Lucent ? Alcatel-Lucent wins partial appeal against Microsoft, Dell in patent dispute: (IP Law360), (ISinIP),
• Alphatec ? Alphatec to pay $11 million in settlement deal to resolve patent suit brought by DePuy Spine over pedicle screw technology: (IP Law360),
• AuthenTec ? AuthenTec wins judgment in fingerprint patent case brought against it by Atmel: (IP Law360),
• Bilski ? CAFC hears oral arguments in In Re Bilski concerning patentability of business methods: (PLI), (Anticipate This!), (Hal Wegner), (Patently-O), (IP Law360),
• Blizzard ? Blizzard attempt to kill World of Warcraft bot bad news for copyright law, first sale doctrine: MDY v Blizzard: (Public Knowledge), (Public Knowledge), (Electronic Frontier Foundation), (Techdirt), (Ars Technica),
• Canon ? Light Valve Solutions files suit against 3M, Canon and several others claiming their LCD projection products infringe two light valve patents: (IP Law360),
• Decisioning.com ? CAFC upholds judgment in favour of Macy?s (formerly Federated Department Stores) in patent suit brought by Decisioning.com over technology for establishing credit accounts: (IP Law360), (boomark / email).
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