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IP Licensing
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GPC Licenses Patent to Personal Communications Devices
by IPFrontline.com - DTL's key cell phone patent also licensed by two regional wireless service providers
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A Few Problems in Licenses and How to Avoid Them
by Charles A. Weiss - This article identifies a few that not all readers have likely experienced and presents some ideas for avoiding them, in the hope that those who learn from the mistakes of others won't have to learn from their own
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Imation v. Philips
by Rufus Pichler - Federal Circuit holds that patent license extends to subsidiaries acquired after expiration of license agreement
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Competitive Intelligence and IP Search
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Prior Art Unlocks Patents for Being Obvious
by Mark R. Anderson - Wyers brought a patent infringement action against Master Lock, asserting infringement of three patents relating to hitch pin locks that secure a draw bar to a hitch receiver of a vehicle for towing a trailer
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Choking Patent Attorney Representation
by Harold C. Wegner - In its infancy the emerging field of biotechnology was denied patent attorney expertise based upon arbitrary rules denying biology as a registration-eligible technology
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Keyword Advertising Not Misleading in Canada
by Sheldon Burshtein - It is important to note that this case arose in connection with an administrative law provision relating to misleading advertising and therefore did not involve the vexing question of trade-mark "use" so this decision is not likely to be the final word on keyword advertising in Canada
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Intellectual Asset Management
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How Canadian Companies View Intellectual Property
by John P. Beardwood and Mark D. Penner - In order to assist clients more efficiently and effectively manage their IP within this competitive and challenging marketplace, Fasken Martineau conducted a survey of a number of Canadian companies as to how these companies view the importance, value and role of IP in their business
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Intellectual Property Protection for the Apparel Industry
by Hani Z. Sayed and Susan Barricella - While any one area of intellectual property law may be inadequate to fully protect all facets of apparel, and some facets are simply not protectable, the most effective protection is obtained from combining the rights available under each area of intellectual property law
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Bilski: Little Guidance to Patent Applicants
by Edward T. Fan and Jason L. Gilman - Although the USSC affirmed that the patent in issue did not claim patentable subject matter, in the decision, the USSC left muddled the applicable test for determining patentability of methods in the United States
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