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Category : Regulatory developments and adjudication

May 28, 2012

'Do You Copy?' Podcast, Episode 23, May 28, 2012

Podcast (stream or download): In this episode of "Do You Copy?," Ananda talks about the Georgia State University decision, which has universities and academic librarians breathing sighs of relief at what apparently seems to be a major victory for them. And Tony talks...  

May 23, 2012

PTO transparency lauded; Student access was fair use; Challenge to 'Pomegranate' drink barred

Bloomberg BNA full stories: Tony Dutra's writeup on a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Patent and Trademark Office's implementation of the patent reform statute for... Anandashankar Mazumdar's writeup on the hefty decision allowing a university to offer some excerpts from scholarly works to students through its electronic reserves system for... Tamlin Bason's writeup on a failed attempt to bring a private Lanham Act claim to overrule a labeling decision by the Food and Drug Administration's for...  

April 24, 2012

Kappos v. Hyatt Supreme Court decision April 18

Blog exclusive: Okay, this is probably boring even for me.  The Supreme Court was unanimous in affirming a Federal Circuit ruling that, even if you don't use up all your best evidence and arguments while...

April 10, 2012

PTO fee-setting: First draft stuns

Blog exclusive plus Bloomberg BNA full story: I am not going to criticize (too much) the Patent and Trademark Office's first attempt to set fees after the America Invents Act gave them that authority.  Believe me, though, I'm in the...

January 5, 2012

Copyright Office report urges Congress to federalize rights in pre-1972 recordings

Bloomberg BNA full story: Anandashankar Mazumdar's writeup on a report by the Copyright Office on the status of pre-1972 sound recordings for...