The US Supreme Court refused appeal of Japanese car manufacturer Nissan Motors and has allowed former Israeli Uzi Nissan to retain his domain names Nissan.net and Nissan.com. He is still allowed to sell advertisements on this popular website. Read the rest of this entry »
Nissan (April 2005)
January 29, 2006
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Google™ wins partial victory against plaintiff Geico™ in high profile trademark infringement case (Jan 2005)
January 29, 2006In addition to generating and displaying search results based on objective criteria of relevance to the search term and importance of the website, Google, Yahoo and other search engines allow advertisers to display adverts and links to web sites on the user’s screen in response to keywords. This service generates hundreds of millions of dollars a year to search engine providers.
In addition to generating and displaying search results based on objective criteria of relevance to the search term and importance of the website, Google, Yahoo and other search engines allow advertisers to display adverts and links to web sites on the user’s screen in response to keywords. This service generates hundreds of millions of dollars a year to search engine providers. The acceptability of such practices is questionable where the keywords sold to paying advertisers are registered trademarks of other organizations. Read the rest of this entry »
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Developments in NTP vs. Research in Motion (BlackBerry) Patent Infringement Case (25 January 2006)
January 29, 2006On Monday, the United States Supreme Court rejected a bid by Research in Motion, the Canadian maker of BlackBerry e-mail devices, to review its patent dispute with the holding company NTP.
The case is thus returned to Judge James R. Spencer of Federal District Court in Richmond, Va. who is considering Read the rest of this entry »
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Israel Patent Office Announces Appointment of Deputy Commissioner of Patents
January 29, 2006We congratulate Noach Shalev Shlomovich on his Appointment as Deputy Commissioner of Patents at The Israel Patent Office that was announced on 11 January 2006. Since Attorney and former Deputy Comissioner, Yisrael Axelrod left to become a District Judge in the Beer Sheva Circuit, the position has been vacant. Deputy Comissioner Noach Shalev Shlomovich’s rulings are exceptionally clear and well reasoned. We wish him success in this appointment.
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Fa©tor-Patent Attorneys introduce Globally Priced Preliminary Search & Opinion
January 29, 2006Recently Fa©tor-Patent Attorneys introduced a “Preliminary Search & Opinion” which is offered to their clients for a round $500. This popular service has proven invaluable to clients interested in attracting financial backing for their technologies Formerly they provided searches on an hourly basis, reflecting the fact that searching is essentially open-ended, and one can never state categorically that something does not exist. Many clients were wary of ordering an open-ended service. The global “Preliminary Search & Opinion” addresses this issue.
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Royalties for Inventors in Academia
January 29, 2006Professor Niva Elkin-Koren of Haifa University slammed the practice of giving inventors in academia a share of the royalties of their inventions. We disagree with her politically and economically, in that we believe that the current practice encourages collaboration between industry and academia. Read the rest of this entry »
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Israel Patent Office Ruling on Software Patents (28 December 2006)
January 29, 2006Annulment Proceeding No. 142049 (28 December 2005), the IP Arbitrator at the Israel Patent Office, Noach Shalev Shmulovich has recently issued an important ruling on Software patents, and voided a patent issued for displaying graphical and textual elements of search results. Whilst not discounting Software patents per se. Shalev stresses the importance of “technological contribution” and clarifies how novelty of software patents should be assessed. The requirements for enablement were also discussed. This important ruling is available from the Patent Office, or we can send it as a PDF attachment to interested parties. It is hoped that this ruling will serve to deter a repetition of the plethora of vaporware patents that were filed at the end of the last millennium.
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