Archive for March, 2006
eBay marks the beginning of Round Two in the patent reform movement
The oral arguments in eBay v. MercExchange are over and now we wait to hear what sayeth the Supremes on the injunctive relief issue. (Update May 15, 2006 - click here for an analysis of the Supreme Court decision) Some expert Court watchers are reporting that the tone of the questioning during yesterday’s oral [...]
eBay at the Supreme Court…and my article at Law.com
Law.com is running an article of mine on the eBay v. MercExchange case, argued before the Supreme Court this morning, in its IP Law Practice Center. You can view the article here (you’ll need a law.com subscription), but I can send you a .pdf if you ask for it.
The USPTO wants to hear from you
The USPTO has reiterated its call for comments and suggestions for the forthcoming new strategic plan that will guide agency operations from 2007 through 2012. You can send your ideas by e-mail to StrategicPlanning1@uspto.gov.
It’s perhaps a fortunate coincidence that the development of the next strategic plan comes as the same time as PTO stakeholders are [...]
Rethinking the Blog Carnival
We’re hosting the 48th edition of BlawgReview this week at Rethink(IP). In drafting our edition of the review, Steve, Doug and I did our usual collaborative thing - we fired up Writely and Skype, and starting writing. We hosted Carnival of the Capitalists before, so we were aware of the work involved with a carnival [...]
New PTO system for electronic filing of patent applications - A Rethink(IP) conversation with Carl Oppedahl
Have you heard? The Patent and Trademark Office is scheduled to release its next-generation e-filing system for patent applications on March 17th. The new system, EFS-Web, appears to be a quantum leap forward and is likely to prove to be a practice-changing technology.
The Rethink(IP) crew (Doug Sorocco, Steve Nipper and me) wanted to learn more about the new [...]
Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead
Steve Nipper has summarized views recently expressed in Greg Ahorian’s PATNEWS newsletter about the rule changes recently proposed by the Patent and Trademark Office.
Greg’s views are certainly interesting. Thanks Steve for presenting them to the blog readers of the world.
Wall Street Journal on the state of patent law: “Blame the Lawyers”
Today’s edition of the Wall Street Journal includes an op-ed piece on the current state of patent law, entitled “Patently Absurd.”
You can view the article here (subscription required).
The article is an attack on all things patent. Don’t worry, though. The Editors have determined the source of the problem - the lawyers.
Yep. It’s [...]
House Judiciary Committee gets to work
The House Judiciary Committee will hold a markup hearing today on H.R. 2955 (the Intellectual Property Jurisdiction Clarification Act of 2005), which aims to clarify that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has exclusive jurisdiction of appeals relating to patents and other intellectual property issues.
Separately, the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual [...]
