Posted by: Ophir Tal in USPTO, United States, prosecution, Patents Opposition, Patents, Patently-O, Patent search, Patent Prosecution, patent opposition, patent, oppositions, intellectual property, consultation, blogging on
Jul 08, 2008
A possibility for opposing pending patent applications in the US is presented by Dennis Crouch in his blog Patently-O under the title "poor-man's opposition proceedings ".
The US law does not allow opposing a patent application (in contrary e.g. to israeli procedures which are partly based on receiving third party's oppositions), however they do commit applicants to submit to the patent office any relevant subject matter.
So, the procedure comprises sending such subject matter to the applicant, thus making him obligated to disclose it to the patent office!
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Posted by: Amit Zuckerstein in USPTO, United States, United Kingdom, UK-IPO, TTab, Trademarks, trademark, private copying, Patent Legislation, Inventors, indefinite articles, ICANN, Domain names, domain name tasting, defences, cyberlaw, Copyright defences, copyright, consultation, claims, blogging, Australia on
Jan 21, 2008
I'd like to share 10 IP related blog posts that caught my eye in the previous week.
Patents
1. Dennis Crouch, in his blog "PatentlyO", writes about one of the suggested changes mentioned in the Senate report on patent reform and in particular to the elimination of
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