AIPLA News Bytes for 9/30/2003 The following are abbreviated notes from Sept. 30, 2003, American Intellectual Property Law Association Reports newsletter. For the full version, go to www.aipla.org.Patent Act amendment defines attorney-client privilegeThe AIPLA Board recently approved a resolution that Section 284 of the Patent Act should be amended to state, among other things, that no adverse inference may be […] Continue Reading →
Court supports label license restrictions In December 2001, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. that plants as a matter of law are entitled to the benefit of the regular patent laws, like any other invention such as a machine or a new drug. Therefore, Pioneer’s patents on corn plants were properly issued by […] Continue Reading →
Recording Industry Association of America Forces File Sharers to Face the Music On Monday, September 8, 2003, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sued 261 individuals foralleged violations under federal copyright laws. These defendants, described by the music industry as “major offenders”, are accused of distributing on averagemore than 1,000 copyrighted music files each through peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, such as Kazaa and Morpheus.A disturbing aspect about […] Continue Reading →
Law group honors inventors George P. Nissen, creator of the first trampoline and many other sports-related inventions, has been named to the Iowa Inventors Hall of Fame, and Dr. Mark F. Stinski, a Distinguished Professor for Virology at the University of Iowa, has been named Iowa Continue Reading →
Bytes from AIPLA 8/7/2003 The following are condensed articles featured in the AIPLA Report August 7, 2003. For complete articles, log on to www.aipla.org. Questioning Hatch/Waxman At an August 1 hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, representatives of the Justice Department and the PTO expressed reservations over certain provisions of legislation meant to reform procedures under the Hatch/Waxman Act […] Continue Reading →
AUTM in summer McKee Voorhees & Sease was one of a handful of sponsors of the 2003 Association of University Technology Managers Central Regional Meeting held July 27-29 in Kansas City. In addition to enlightening presentations such as Continue Reading →
Bytes from AIPLA 7/28/2003 The following are condensed articles from in the AIPLA Report July 28, 2003, For complete articles, log on to www.aipla.org.USPTO gets wiredThe United States Patent & Trademark Office implemented electronic maintenance of official patent applications effective July 30, 2003. The major changes involve: (1) amendment practice ( Continue Reading →
Des Moines makes strides to lead biotech movement The City of Des Moines is taking steps to ensure Iowa Continue Reading →
Notes from Iowa Biotechnology Association – 7/22/03 For a complete version, log on to www.IowaBiotech.comThe European Commission has filed suit against 11 of its member countries for failing to implement EU Directive 2001/18, Deliberate Release into the Environment of Genetically Modified Organisms. France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Austria and Finland have not implemented the EU directive.Additionally, members of […] Continue Reading →
Bytes from AIPLA 7/14/2003 The following are condensed articles featured in the AIPLA Report July 10, 2003, For complete articles, log on to www.aipla.orgHouse approves outsourcing searchesThe USPTO Continue Reading →