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      <title>BLOG: Why Microsoft is best-in-class when it comes to IP</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The cover story of the latest issue of IAM, which came out a couple of weeks ago, focuses on Microsoft&rsquo;s development and launch of Kinect, and the key role that the IP function at the company played in this from day one. We were given the inside scoop on what happened from multiple perspectives, including those of Bart Eppenauer, who leads the patent team at Redmond, and Microsoft&rsquo;s chief of IP strategy, Tom Rubin. But for me one of the things that&nbsp;makes the article really stand out is the input from Alex Kipman, general manager of incubation in Microsoft&rsquo;s Interactive Entertainment...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BLOG: Perhaps Starboard's AOL patent outburst ended up doing Microsoft a big favour</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In the week since it was announced that Microsoft has agreed to pay AOL just over $1 billion for a porftfolio of 800 patents, as well as the right to license 300 more, there has been a lot of commentary about the deal. Over on the IP CloseUp blog, Bruce Berman quotes one experienced IP dealmaker who believes that AOL could have got more. &ldquo;Based on the patents that I examined I thought the entire AOL patent portfolio could be worth as much as $1.79B, the entire market cap of the company,&rdquo; Rob Aronoff of Pluritas, LLC tells Berman.  
&ldquo;At...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BLOG: Business war-gaming to improve IP decision-making</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Martin Lasmanis, a student currently studying for a masters at Chalmers University in Sweden, has been in touch about research he is doing into whether the principles of business war-gaming can be applied to IP management and, if so, whether this can help to identify new practices for IP managers across different industries.  
Business war-gaming is a management tool that uses competitive intelligence to point out threats from competitors and identify new opportunities. Many benefits in using it have been identified, but research into business war-gaming applications to increase the quality of IP decision making and use of IP tools...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 10:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BLOG: And so it begins ... Rockstar seeks buyers for Nortel social networking and LCD patents </title>
      <description><![CDATA[Rockstar Consortium Inc, the company formed to handle the Nortel IP assets purchased at auction last June by RIM, Apple, Sony, EMC, Ericsson and Microsoft, has made its first moves towards monetising the portfolio. Although, it was only in February that the US Department of Justice announced that it had closed down its antitrust investigation into the acquisition of the patents and related rights the consortium puchased, a letter has already been sent to prospective buyers. This announces the intention to &ldquo;sell two single-family patent portfolios, one dealing with social networking and the other with LCD backlighting&ldquo;.
Interested parties are told that...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BLOG: Now’s the time for US companies to start spending on IP</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The worldwide economic picture may be far from rosy right now, but there is good news in some quarters at least. A Wall Street Journal story earlier this week declared that big US companies are now leaner, stronger, and more cash-rich than before the 2007 crash.&nbsp; 
 
To get to this conclusion, the newspaper analysed sales, profits and employment over the past year of members of the S&amp;P 500. &ldquo;Many American companies have emerged from the economic crisis&nbsp;- the worst since World War II&nbsp;- leaner, more productive, and more profitable,&rdquo; the story says. &ldquo;They have lightened their debt burdens and many...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>hsloan@theipmediagroup.com (Helen Sloan)</author>
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      <title>BLOG: Five trillion reasons why IP is of fundamental importance to the US economy</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Intellectual Property and the US Economy - produced by the USPTO and the Economic Statistics Administration, and published yesterday - confirms something that all of us knew already: IP is of fundamental importance to American prosperity and economic growth. And then some. According to the report, IP intensive industries are responsible for $5.06 trillion in value added or 34.8% of annual US GDP; they also directly or indirectly employ 40 million Americans. What&rsquo;s more, those jobs tend to be well paid, being, on average, 42% higher than the mean salaries&nbsp;earned by&nbsp;people working in other parts of the private sector. And on...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BLOG: Facebook pays $1 billion for a company that owns not a single patent</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Billion-dollar deals are starting to seem commonplace in the tech world. Hot on the heels of Microsoft&rsquo;s $1.056 billion patent purchase from AOL comes the news that Facebook has spent $1 billion in cash and shares on buying Instagram, the photo-based social network smartphone app.&nbsp; 
 
But while the AOL valuation had been predicted by at least some parties, the same cannot be said for Instagram. True, it has been phenomenally successful, growing to over 30 million users in just 18 months; however it remains a tiny company that has never made any money, while many commentators have questioned whether a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>hsloan@theipmediagroup.com (Helen Sloan)</author>
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      <title>REPORT: Copyright and industrial designs: the saga continues </title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Italian provision granting copyright protection to works of industrial design has been amended five times in the past 11 years. Controversial provisions establishing a long grace period for infringers that commenced their activities before 2001 have been repeatedly amended under pressure from the European Commission. The most recent amendment has now extended the grace period for infringement to 13 years.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>anaia@jacobacci.com (Jacobacci &amp; Partners)</author>
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      <title>BLOG: Improve our reputation and get a bonus, UBS tells new CEO</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Swiss bank UBS is set to make corporate reputation a key factor when determining the bonus paid to its CEO, Bloomberg has reported.
After huge writedowns from subprime mortgage investments, mass job losses and scandals relating to tax evasion and unauthorised trading, UBS has &ndash; like many banks around the world &ndash; taken a severe reputation hit since the global financial crisis unfolded in 2008.
According to the Bloomberg report, UBS chairman Kaspar Villiger said that the CEO&rsquo;s performance would not be assessed by profit alone, but will also be based on client and staff satisfaction, media coverage and the achievement of targets...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>jellis@theipmediagroup.com (Jack Ellis)</author>
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      <title>BLOG: A call for collaboration from China</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Huawei&rsquo;s vice president, Deng Tao, has called for increased cooperation on IP matters between international technology companies. &ldquo;In order to build a healthy global intellectual property rights ecosystem that drives technological and social progress, it is vital that we adopt cooperative and collaborative approaches that respect and protect IPR,&quot; he said, continuing: &quot;We appeal to global organizations, be they governmental bodies, industry associations, or enterprises, to expand their capabilities for IPR collaboration and create viable mechanisms that enable greater IPR access, protection, and paid use. Adopting such approaches will mitigate and help to resolve disputes, while also encouraging innovation and technological...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>hsloan@theipmediagroup.com (Helen Sloan)</author>
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      <title>REPORT: Persistence pays off: TONI&amp;GUY is finally registered</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite facing hurdles at the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board and the Beijing Intermediate Court, the Chinese mark TONI&GUY has finally been registered following a decision of the Beijing High Court. The 2004 application had previously been partially rejected due to a prior similar mark registered by a Chinese individual covering a similar range of beauty products.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>annietsoi@wilgrist.com (Wilkinson &amp; Grist)</author>
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      <title>REPORT: Claiming right to information injunction at pre-trial stage: Supreme Court gives the green light</title>
      <description><![CDATA[France's implementation of the EU IP Rights Enforcement Directive led to some criticism regarding the fact that French legislation was undermined by procedural issues taking over in court. The Supreme Court recently demonstrated that the courts have made progress regarding these issues in a decision regarding the application of the right to information contained in the IP Code.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>jf.bretonniere@bakermckenzie.com (Baker &amp; McKenzie)</author>
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      <title>REPORT: The Hague leads the way in IP rights decisions</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In recent months the courts of The Hague have issued some key decisions relating to IP rights. As well as guaranteeing the right of copyright owners to receive proper compensation for the private use of copyrighted material, the courts have made their mark in the ongoing IP battle between Apple and Samsung.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>alexander.odle@odle.nl (ART Intellectual Property BV)</author>
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      <title>BLOG: Nokia and RIM look to revive their fortunes by getting more bang from their IP buck</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Both Nokia and RIM have recently indicated that as they look to improve on disappointing financial performances, they will be doing more to make their IP assets sweat.  
Speaking last week after the announcement that the company had turned in a $1.2 billion quarterly loss, CFO Timo Ihamuotila stated that Nokia is now looking to put greater emphasis on patent licensing and is even contemplating some sales. Then on Friday&nbsp;Reuters reported&nbsp;that RIM had appointed law firm Milbank Tweed Hadley &amp; McCloy to advise on a restructuring plan that could &ldquo;include selling assets, seeking joint ventures or licensing patents&rdquo;.  
Nokia...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BLOG: Microsoft sells 650 AOL patents to Facebook for $550 million</title>
      <description><![CDATA[This press release just in from Covington &amp; Burling
Covington &amp; Burling advised Microsoft Corp. in negotiating a definitive agreement with Facebook that assigns the social networking company the right to purchase a portion of a patent portfolio that Microsoft recently purchased from AOL Inc. Under the agreement, announced today, Facebook will pay $550 million in cash.  
Covington also represented Microsoft in its $1.056 billion purchase of 925 AOL patents and patent applications earlier this month. In that deal, Microsoft secured the ability to own or assign approximately 925 U.S. patents and patent applications plus a license to AOL&rsquo;s remaining patent...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BLOG: The IP market is thriving in the US, says Kappos, but it may be different in Europe</title>
      <description><![CDATA[USPTO Director David Kappos was in the UK last week and I had an opportunity to sit down with him for an hour or so to talk over a few issues.
The interview began with Kappos handing over a hard copy of the recently published Intellectual Property and the US Economy , which the office put together with the Economic Statistics Administration. The main headlines from what is a very detailed piece of work are that on a conservative estimate around 40 million American jobs are either directly or indirectly supported by US IP-intensive industries, and that collectively these contribute something like...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BLOG: Twitter has decided that patents are not strategically important assets; good luck with that!</title>
      <description><![CDATA[I got a note from a senior figure in the IP market last night following up on the Twitter IPA blog we ran yesterday. This is what it said:  
You write:  
As long as inventors are on side, Twitter will still be able to pre-emptively assert patents where it suspects infringement; while the IPA makes clear that Twitter sees any entity that has filed patent litigation in the past 10 years as fair game for &lsquo;offensive&rsquo; assertion. Given that this applies to myriad companies, including the likes of Yahoo!, Microsoft, Apple, Google (via Motorola) and perhaps Facebook too ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BLOG: Has Twitter just wiped millions off the value of its patents?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Twitter announced earlier this week that it would begin implementing the Innovator&rsquo;s Patent Agreement (IPA) in relation to all of its patenting activities later this year. Adam Messinger, Twitter&rsquo;s vice president of engineering, wrote on the company&rsquo;s blog: &ldquo;Like many companies, we apply for patents on a bunch of [our] inventions. However, we also think a lot about how those patents may be used in the future; we sometimes worry that they may be used to impede the innovation of others.&rdquo;
The IPA is a pledge that Twitter will assert its rights just for defensive purposes. Patents will only be used &lsquo;offensively&rsquo;...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>jellis@theipmediagroup.com (Jack Ellis)</author>
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      <title>BLOG: The challenge of the centralising IP world</title>
      <description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The IP world is shrinking at an alarming rate,&rdquo; according to FICPI President Peter Huntsman, speaking this week at the organisation&rsquo;s conference in Melbourne, Australia. Increased international cooperation between governments, the judiciary and practitioners means that the IP landscape today is very different to how it was even 10 years ago, and it remains in a state of flux. The challenges (and benefits) brought about by this increasing harmonisation of IP law and practice was one of the major themes running though the event.  
 
That cooperation between government agencies is a good thing was largely taken for granted by...]]></description>
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      <title>BLOG: The IPBC is getting close to capacity, so if you want to come (and you should) sign up now!</title>
      <description><![CDATA[At the last count 415 people had signed up to attend the IP Business Congress in Cascais, Portugal, from 24th to 26th June. That puts us within touching distance of capacity. With a delegate list comprising senior-level professionals from industry, government, finance and investment, as well as aggregators and intermediaries, plus a world class speaking faculty, this year&rsquo;s event will offer top rate content, as well as great networking opportunities.  
All in all, the IPBC will once again be a must-attend event for anyone whose focus is on how IP can be used to create strategic advantage, build shareholder returns,...]]></description>
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      <title>REPORT: The Dusseldorf World Patent Court?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Justice of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia recently issued a press release stating that: "Because of their acknowledged high quality in specialist circles, the Dusseldorf patent courts have acquired the reputation of a 'world patent court'." But how accurate is this claim?]]></description>
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      <title>REPORT: At last! CIPO starts accepting sound mark applications</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Pursuant to a recent groundbreaking Federal Court order, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has issued a new practice notice stating that as of 28th March 2012, the Trademarks Office is accepting applications for sound marks. 

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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>REPORT: Indirect (contributory) patent infringement: requirements for the precautionary taking of evidence</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Swiss Federal Supreme Court recently clarified the provisions of the new Code of Civil Procedure regarding interim measures in general, and the precautionary taking of evidence in particular. The importance of this decision lies in the clarification that general interim measures (including the precautionary taking of evidence) may be requested in patent infringement cases. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BLOG: Survey reveals nuanced approach to NPEs among operating companies</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Article One Partners has released the results of a survey it conducted last November among attendees of its annual client meeting. The 36&nbsp;individuals at the event were drawn from 20 organisations and included representatives from 10 of the top 30 NPE targets, so what they had to say about NPEs, the threat they pose to operating companies and how this can be reduced was bound to be worth hearing. And it is. Article One states that:  
NPE litigation was reported to represent 75% of all active litigation matters, and more than half reported that NPE litigation increased over last year,...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BLOG: Why trademarks rock</title>
      <description><![CDATA[IAM has moved its HQ for a few days to Washington DC. We&rsquo;re here en masse to cover the INTA annual meeting, which started this weekend and is said to have attracted over 9,000 delegates.  
The annual INTA meeting &ndash; the USTA meeting as was &ndash; is by far the oldest and biggest annual IP event of them all. It brings together delegates from dozens of countries and totally takes over every city in which it is held. Whatever the time of day, you will see slightly befuddled, jet-lagged people wandering the streets with INTA badges around their necks, whiling...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 13:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BLOG: IPXI publishes its first rule book as membership surges</title>
      <description><![CDATA[IPX International, the pioneering financial exchange designed to facilitate the transparent trading and licensing of patent rights, is set to publish its first rulebook. The move comes as the exchange&rsquo;s membership has surged since the announcement of its first founding members in December 2011. Back then it was confirmed that two companies &ndash; Philips and Com-Pac International &ndash; along with three academic institutions - Rutgers University, Northwestern University and the University of Utah - had signed up. That number has now increased to over 25, around half of which are founding members and so entitled to take part in developing the...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 12:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BLOG: EU patent plans slammed by British MPs; but the UK government only has itself to blame</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The European Scrutiny Committee of the UK&rsquo;s House of Commons has published a report that is highly critical of current proposals to create a unitary patent in the EU. The MPs who have written The Unified Patent Court: help or hindrance? conclude that:  
Although the theory of a unitary patent and unitary patent court in Europe has long been thought desirable, the practice has long been elusive. The latest attempt appears, regrettably, to be a further example of this. Moreover, some of the criticisms raised by witnesses result from traits that are so ingrained in the operation of the EU...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 12:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[We had 22,272 unique users in April. They made 85,534 visits. The most read blogs posted last month were:  
16-Apr-12 Why Microsoft is best-in-class when it comes to IP  
19-Apr-12 Has Twitter just wiped millions off the value of its patents?  
09-Apr-12 Starboard vindicated as Microsoft buy AOL portfolio for $1 billion plus  
15-Apr-12 Perhaps Starboard's AOL patent outburst ended up doing Microsoft a big favour  
06-Apr-12 On IV's $350 million payment from Verizon and its&quot;bitter parting of the...  
08-Apr-12 Hewlett Packard signals a change of approach on patent sales  
13-Apr-12 And so it...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 18:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>REPORT: TIPO determines royalty rates for public performance</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) recently completed a review of several copyright public performance royalty rates set by copyright collective management organisations. The royalty rates reviewed and determined by TIPO will remain effective for three years. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>yulan.kuo@taiwanlaw.com (Formosa Transnational)</author>
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      <title>REPORT: How much disclosure is required to support utility of a patented drug? </title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Court of Canada has held that Sanofi-Aventis Patent 1,336,777 for clopidogrel bisulfate (Plavix) was infringed by Apotex, but was invalid on the basis of lack of utility. The same patent had previously been the subject of a complex litigation under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations, and was found to be both infringed and valid in a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Canada.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>slapointe@fasken.com (Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP)</author>
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      <title>REPORT: Patent reform is on the way</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Further to a 2010 agreement with the US Trade Commission, the Israeli government is finalising an amendment to the Patent Law. The agreement has resulted in the removal of Israel from the blacklist of countries that fail to protect copyright adequately and enabled Israel to join the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Under the amendment, Israeli applications will publish 18 months after the filing or priority date, as in most Western countries.

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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>michal@ipatent.co.il (Ehrlich &amp; Fenster Patent Attorneys)</author>
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      <title>BLOG: Kappos puts quality above all else, as he calls on Europe to finally accept a grace period</title>
      <description><![CDATA[When USPTO Director David Kappos was in London recently I had the chance to sit down with him for an hour and talk through a variety of issues. Some of those I have already discussed in a previous piece on this blog, but we got through a lot, so following are a few more highlights.  
One of the major developments during the time in which Kappos has been in charge at Arlington came last year with the signing of the America Invents Act - the most far-reaching reform of the US patent system in generations and one which took many...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 17:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BLOG: Another big hitter at Intellectual Ventures heads to pastures new</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Joe Chernesky, vice president and general manager of global licensing sales at Intellectual Ventures, has left the firm to become senior vice president of intellectual property at the Kudelski group, the world&rsquo;s leading independent provider of media content protection and value-added service technology. Chernesky will be reporting directly to the company&rsquo;s CEO Andr&eacute; Kudelski and has been given a brief which includes expanding collaborative and licensing operations based on a 4,000-strong patent portfolio. Notably,&nbsp;in making the appointment Kudelski becomes one of the&nbsp;few European-based companies&nbsp;in which&nbsp;a non-lawyer&nbsp;runs the IP organisation.&nbsp; 
By my count, Chernesky is at least&nbsp;the sixth senior executive to leave...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Over on the IP Watchdog blog they are celebrating &ndash; or not &ndash; the fifth anniversary of the handing down of the KSR v Teleflex decision by the US Supreme Court. It&rsquo;s one that I remember well, not just because the judgment itself was so eagerly anticipated, but because I had actually sat in on the court and listened to the oral arguments.
A day later I put together what remains the most read piece in the history of the IAM blog. It was all about the way in which it seemed to me the justices struggled with the points the case...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Global IP Law Group has just had a very good fortnight in what has generally been a very good three years since it was formed in 2009. On 18th April, a US Bankruptcy Court in New York approved the firm&rsquo;s February retention by the committee representing unsecured Kodak creditors. Global IP advises them on the patent sale process, as well as other IP issues, in the company&rsquo;s bankruptcy process. Then this past Friday it was announced that the firm had acted for Aware in its sale $75 million sale of WiFi (802.11n/ac), LTE and Wireline Home Networking patents and patent...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Yesterday pro-IP initiative Ideas Matter was officially launched at Microsoft&rsquo;s Brussels office. Started by a group of corporations including Microsoft and Philips, as well as a number of SMEs and trade associations, Ideas Matter is aimed at countering the growth of IP scepticism in Europe and further afield by presenting real-life stories of how IP has brought success to individual inventors and small businesses. &ldquo;Negative fringe stories about multi-billion dollar patent wars and anti-counterfeiting treaties are tainting the image of IP,&rdquo; said Ron Zink, Chief Operating Officer for EU Affairs at Microsoft. &ldquo;We want to draw attention to and celebrate the...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>jellis@theipmediagroup.com (Jack Ellis)</author>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Supreme People&rsquo;s Court&nbsp;of China has released a report&nbsp;on IP cases heard by Chinese&nbsp;courts&nbsp;in 2011. It shows a dramatic increase in their workload. First instance courts across the country accepted 59,612 IP cases during the year and disposed of 58,201 - rises of 38.86% and 39.51% respectively. In specific areas of IP, the report states:
Among the cases accepted in 2011, 7,819 were patent cases, up 35.16% year-on-year; 12,991 were trademark cases, up 53.56% year-on-year; 35,185 were copyright cases, up 42.34% year-on-year; 557 were technology contract cases, down 16.87% year-on-year; 1137 were competition cases (18 were monopoly-related), up 0.53% year-on-year; and 2,193...]]></description>
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      <author>hsloan@theipmediagroup.com (Helen Sloan)</author>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Megaupload website, which allowed users to download pirated films, music and other content, has been taken down. While Megaupload’s main servers were located in the United States, Megaupload Limited is incorporated in Hong Kong. Pursuant to the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Ordinance, Hong Kong Customs cooperated with the US Department of Justice in the action.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>estherho@wilgrist.com (Wilkinson &amp; Grist)</author>
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      <title>REPORT: Where’s my Oasis? Juice company wins in court, but loses social media battle </title>
      <description><![CDATA[In a recent case involving alleged trademark infringement, juice company A Lassonde Inc learned the hard way that the power of social media knows no bounds. Good branding strategies can no longer rest on classic formulae of trademark registration, oppositions and enforcement. Rather, brand owners must gauge the impact of their actions and anticipate public sentiment.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>mnitoslawski@mtl.fasken.com (Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP)</author>
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      <title>BLOG: The turmoil at Yahoo! continues, but new board must not snub IP strategy</title>
      <description><![CDATA[It emerged yesterday that Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson has stepped down after less than five months in the role. Thompson, previously president at PayPal and senior vice president at eBay, was reportedly pushed after allegations that he had fabricated part of his curriculum vitae. Sadly, it has also been reported that he has been diagnosed with cancer. Some time away from the grindstone will hopefully allow him to make a full recovery.
The fact is that regardless of the truth or otherwise of the resume accusations, investors&rsquo; patience with Thompson had been wearing thin for quite a while. After his appointment at...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>jellis@theipmediagroup.com (Jack Ellis)</author>
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      <title>BLOG: Expect more of the same says IV, after announcing IPWireless patent purchase with NVIDIA</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The IP marketplace can expect to see more deals&nbsp;in which&nbsp;Intellectual Ventures and other parties work together to purchase patents. So say Loria Yeadon, executive VP of IV&rsquo;s Invention Investment Fund, and Ken Lustig, the firm&rsquo;s head of strategic acquisitions. They were speaking to me after the announcement of IV&rsquo;s hook-up with NVIDIA to purchase what a press release describes as &ldquo;approximately 500 patents granted and pending in the wireless communications area, including essential concepts in LTE, LTE-Advanced and 3G/4G technologies&rdquo; from IPWireless.  
Although they were not giving much away about the specifics of the transaction, Yeadon confirmed that the portfolio...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>jwild@iam-magazine.com (Joff Wild)</author>
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      <title>BLOG: At some stage IP owners in Germany are going to have to take the Pirate Party seriously</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Another week, another triumph for the Piratenpartei in a German election; this time, the IP-sceptic group took around 7.5% of the vote in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany&rsquo;s biggest state, and so secured 18 seats in its Parliament. This is the fourth state election in which the Pirates have secured legislative representation and with nationwide elections set for next year, the chances are that for the first time the party will find itself sitting in the Bundestag. Clearly, it can now count on the support of millions of German voters, even if the percentage it receives in actual&nbsp;elecitons tends to be a little...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>jwild@iam-magazine.com (Joff Wild)</author>
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      <title>BLOG: The case against specialist IP courts</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Intellectual Property Institute, in conjunction with the USPTO, has published a study (as well as an excellent interactive map) examining the level to which countries offer specialised IP courts. It&rsquo;s a detailed piece of work covering almost every major jurisdiction and big economy, although there are some holes; and, not surprisingly given who has put it together, its central message is that specialisation is a good thing:  
Based upon the case studies, this report finds that specialized IPR courts have many advantages. Specialized courts benefit the IPR owners and the government alike as they are more efficient and...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>jwild@iam-magazine.com (Joff Wild)</author>
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      <title>BLOG: Micron, Round Rock and Intellectual Ventures - the plot thickens</title>
      <description><![CDATA[A big high five to Patrick Anderson over at the Gametime IP blog: he has done some deep digging and put together a piece that suggests Micron may not have been exactly candid when its spokesmen told me in June 2010 that it had no on-going interest in Round Rock. You will recall that it was around that time that it emerged that Micron had sold over 20% of its entire patent portfolio to the NPE in a move that it had initiated. This was just a few months after the company&rsquo;s then CEO told the US Senate Judiciary Committee that...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>jwild@iam-magazine.com (Joff Wild)</author>
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      <title>BLOG: US businesses paint mixed picture of IP in China </title>
      <description><![CDATA[US companies have painted a positive picture of doing business in the PRC, according the 2012 China Business Climate Survey Report. This review by the American Chamber of Commerce, now in its 14th year, shows continued optimism for the most part; however, when it comes to IP protection, the survey suggests that the Chinese government still has considerable work to do.&nbsp; 
 
The general view to be found in the full report is likely to be cheering to Chinese authorities. While there has been a slowdown in China&rsquo;s growth and the global economic picture remains gloomy, US businesses remain optimistic about...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 11:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>hsloan@theipmediagroup.com (Helen Sloan)</author>
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      <title>REPORT: Preliminary declaration of non-infringement introduced – but with limitations </title>
      <description><![CDATA[The Industrial Property Code now explicitly allows for a declaration of non-infringement in certain circumstances. Such a declaration could previously be issued only during the main judgment. A recent decision of the Court of Venice clarified the appropriate basis for such declaration by finding that a preliminary declaration of non-infringement is inadmissible if it is based only on a challenge to the validity of an IP right. 

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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>fchimini@jacobacci.com (Jacobacci &amp; Partners)</author>
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      <title>REPORT: New Trademark Law finally comes into force</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Following various attempts to reform the Greek trademark legislation, Greece's obligation to implement the EU IP Rights Enforcement Directive has finally led to the adoption of the new Trademark Law. Only partially enacted so far, the new law brings about several changes to the existing trademark framework.

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      <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>george.ballas@balpel.gr (Ballas Pelecanos &amp; Associates LPC)</author>
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      <title>REPORT: European Patent Court: under attack from friendly fire?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The European unitary patent is just around the corner, and the new European Patent Court promises to become the most efficient patent court worldwide based on a new, specific code of procedure. Most applicants are expected to shift to the new system and a new EU IP era will begin. Accordingly, future European patent filing strategies should be obvious – but are they?]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>gschuell@cohausz-florack.de (COHAUSZ &amp; FLORACK)</author>
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      <title>BLOG: China’s social network saw the patent light years before Facebook</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Facebook&rsquo;s preparations for its upcoming IPO may currently be hogging the headlines, with much debate and opinion on whether it can justify its estimated $95 billion valuation, and if its shares will be worth investing in. But the social networking company is not the only major internet player out there. The Wall Street Journal has posed an interesting question for potential investors: is China&rsquo;s Tencent worth a punt instead?  
 
The story considers why shares in Tencent Holdings Ltd have surged 48% to a record high this year. One reason for the recent activity, it suggests, is the &ldquo;ebullience&rdquo; surrounding...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>hsloan@theipmediagroup.com (Helen Sloan)</author>
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      <title>BLOG: Indian companies finally start to embrace the potential of patents</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Tata Steel has recently announced that it intends to license some of its patents, in a move that could be an indication of India&rsquo;s gradual awakening to the importance of intellectual property. The Mumbai-based multinational, which is part of the Tata Group conglomerate, owns more than 1,200 patents in total - over 300 in India and another 900 internationally. Its move may herald the start of a change in approach for the entire Tata organisation. R. Gopalakrishnan, director of Tata Sons (which oversees the conglomerate), said that the steel business had become more &ldquo;patent literate&rdquo; in recent times, and that its...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <author>jwild@iam-magazine.com (Joff Wild)</author>
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