Obama’s USPTO choice supports patent reform (Ars Technica)
Obama’s USPTO choice supports patent reform (Ars Technica)
Last Thursday, the Obama administration finally named its choice to head the Patent and Trademark Office: David J. Kappos, who is currently serving as IBM’s assistant general counsel. Kappos has a long history in the field of intellectual property law, and has been an advocate of patent reforms, having testified in favor of a reform bill before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Normally, a public …
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Viagra Producers In Canada Win Suit To Protect Patent (redOrbit)
Viagra Producers In Canada Win Suit To Protect Patent (redOrbit)
In a major legal victory for pharmaceutical monolith Pfizer, a Canadian court ruled on Thursday that the company s patent for Viagra would remain valid, rebuffing attempts by generic drug manufacturer Novopharm to produce a cheaper version of the popular sex-enhancing drug.The decision is important both as a symbolic and precedent-setting triumph for all manufacturers of name-brand …
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Sony Ericsson bracelet phone concept unearthed in patent app (Engadget)
Sony Ericsson bracelet phone concept unearthed in patent app (Engadget)
Yeah, we can probably safely leave this one in the file we found it in: you know, the one marked “never going to happen.” Regardless, when we spied this little dude on Unwired View, we thought we’d pass along the weirdness. Unearthed in a Sony Ericsson patent application mysteriously dubbed “Mobile Terminal,” what we have here is a bracelet mobile phone concept, sort of reminiscent of LG’s …
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