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IP Frontiers: Court – YouTube may be liable for copyright infringement

By Erica M. Hines
POSTED: May 14, 2012
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Internet service providers can no longer avoid liability by turning a blind eye to copyright-infringing content posted to their websites. In its April 5 Viacom v. YouTube decision, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, an appellate court, found that if YouTube turned a blind eye to infringement, the company could be liable for [...]

IP Frontiers: SCOTUS on patent eligibility of medical diagnostics

By Andrew K. Gonsalves
POSTED: April 16, 2012
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Medical diagnostic tests are often used by health care providers to aid in determining whether a patient has a particular disease or medical condition. Over the last decade, advances in the field of molecular biology have enabled researchers to better understand how a patient’s unique metabolic, genetic and proteomic profile might be used to develop [...]

IP Frontiers: Patenting antibodies: You get what you ask for, or do you?

By Kathy Smith Dias
POSTED: March 20, 2012
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Production of complex macromolecules called antibodies are an important way in which the body responds to invasion by foreign organisms such as viruses and bacteria. The development of vaccines to artificially spur the production of antibodies as a way of preventing infectious disease represents one of the earliest attempts in medicine to harness the disease-preventative [...]

IP Frontiers: Is it time to mark again? More on the AIA

By Garth Mashmann
POSTED: February 21, 2012
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The America Invents Act, or AIA, enacted in September 2011, was the most significant overhaul of patent law in 50 years. Some of the most publicized changes include the adoption of a first-to-file system, an increase in the fee schedule, the creation of a micro-entity, and the creation of a post-issue challenge period. While these [...]

IP Frontiers: A look back at top IP news of 2011, and a look ahead

By Annette I. Kahler
POSTED: January 13, 2012
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As we settle in to the new year, it is the perfect time to reflect on the year in IP that has just passed, and perhaps get a glimpse of what 2012 has in store. No doubt about it, 2011 was a big year. The World Intellectual Property Organization has recently reported that the global [...]

IP Frontiers: Develop a strategic IP portfolio management plan

By John W. Boger
POSTED: December 19, 2011
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The management of a company’s intellectual property is all about two things: (1) guiding the work of the Research and Development staff and transforming any created inventions into valuable corporate assets; and (2) coordinating the work of the R&D staff with the business plans of the sales and marketing departments of the company. Achieving efficient [...]

IP Frontiers: Soybean patents not exhausted — yet

By Garth Mashmann
POSTED: November 14, 2011
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A patent is often referred to as a bundle of rights. One of the strongest rights in the bundle is the right to exclude others from making, using or selling the patented item or performing the patented process. However, the right to exclude others from using or selling is generally limited after the first sale [...]

ACLU accuses FBI of racial profiling (access required)

By The Associated Press
POSTED: October 20, 2011
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NEW YORK — The American Civil Liberties Union has accused the FBI of targeting innocent Americans for investigation based on widespread stereotyping in ethnic communities. The ACLU on Thursday released documents that it said show …

IP Frontiers: The AIA – What you and your clients should know

By Alana M. Fuierer
POSTED: October 18, 2011
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Chances are you’ve either read or heard news and commentary about the new patent reform known as the America Invents Act (AIA) over the past few weeks. The AIA “constitutes the most significant overhaul of the American patent system in decades,” according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

IP Frontiers: The importance of describing, enabling your invention (access required)

By Shahrokh Falati
POSTED: September 19, 2011
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A patent is a contract between an individual inventor and the government. Both parties derive benefit — or at least that was the thinking of the framers of the U.S. constitution. The inventor gets to use the police power of the state to prevent others …

IP Frontiers: Nortel auction another battle with mobile device patents (access required)

By Matthew W. Hulihan
POSTED: August 15, 2011
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While consumers enjoy the latest advances in mobile technology, mobile device industry titans are waging an all-out patent war against each other. In an effort to capitalize on the surging popularity of smartphones and tablets, stakeholders are asserting their rights in a web of litigation …

IP Frontiers: Patent harmonization initiatives – a review (access required)

By Kellie Fredericks
POSTED: July 18, 2011
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Obtaining worldwide patent protection is often a financially onerous and time-consuming endeavor because patent protection is still only available on a country-by-country basis. That means that, if you want to block an infringer in Japan, you have to have a Japanese patent …

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