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Introduction
Both critical intellectual property studies and feminist legal scholarship seldom address the gendered dimensions of patent law or its ...
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The Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012 (PLTIA) amends the patent laws to implement the provisions of the Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs (Hague Agreement) in title I, and the Patent Law Treaty (PLT) in title II. The PLT harmonizes and streamlines formal procedures pertaining to the filing and processing of patent applications. This notice proposes changes to the rules of practice for consistency with the changes in the PLT and title II of the PLTIA. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is implementing the Hague Agreement and title I of the PLTIA in a separate rulemaking. The notable changes in the PLT and title II of the PLTIA pertain to: (1) The filing date requirements for a patent application; (2) the restorati...
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A new federal patent law adds some clarity to rules for protecting new products and intellectual property, but creates a new world of confusion on some issues that could last for years, said Kurt Rylander, a Vancouver patent attorney.
Speaking Wednesday evening at Clark County PubTalk, Rylander offered advice to his small business audience on mistakes to avoid and potential dangers ahead under the America Invents patent law that took effect in September. The most common mistake, among the people he sees, is an improper use of nondisclosure agreements that fail to adequately protect products or ideas. He warned against simply pulling nondisclosure forms off the Internet, saying that most people dont know how to properly fill out and execute the forms.
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Article by John Richards1
BACKGROUND
Patent Law reform legislation (in the form of the "America Invents Act") has at last passed both houses of th...
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I. INTRODUCTION
In recent years, the major innovator pharmaceutical companies have experienced two pronounced and significant trends: a decreasing o...
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking stakeholder input on certain matters relating to international harmonization of substantive patent law, in particular, information and views on: (1) The grace period; (2) publication of applications; (3) the treatment of conflicting applications and (4) prior user rights. To assist in gathering this information, the USPTO is holding a public hearing at which interested members of the public are invited to testify on the issues outlined above. In addition, interested members of the public are encouraged to complete an electronic questionnaire relating to the above-identified issues. Separate written comments may be provided through electronic mail, though completion of the questionnaire is strongly preferred in lieu of sepa...
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ARTICLE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. TECHNOLOGY AND COGNITIVE BURDENS IN THE PATENT SYSTEM A. Generalist Judges and Technological Anxiety B. Traditional P...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION II. EFFORT CURVES IN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT A. The Norden Model B. Prototype in Light of Design C. Product in Light ...
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After passing Congress with bipartisan support, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, also known as the Patent Reform Act,1 was signed by President Bar...
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At that point, it will be possible to examine the laws of invention in a more egalitarian manner. [...] according to Radical Feminist theory, the widespread perspec-tive of -gender as difference merely utilizes gender as an exclusory me-chanism stunting the growth of women in general and, for the purposes of this discussion, as inventors.