Adv. Amir Naiberg, has been appointed CEO of Yeda Research and Development Company Ltd. the technology transfer company of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel’s leading center of research and graduate education.
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The Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property has scheduled a hearing on "Perspectives on Patents: Post-Grant Review Procedures and Other Litigation Reforms" for Tuesday, May 23, 2006. Senator Hatch will preside.
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At the request of Peter Calveley, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is re-examining Amazon.com's patent for online shopping, which was granted for the invention of allowing registered users to buy items with a single click of their computer mouse.
Calveley, a New Zealand actor, was upset about a slow book delivery from Amazon, and used his blog to raise the $2,520 reexamination fee, claiming that a patent from March 1998 for a system called "Digicash" disclosed the single click concept. Read the rest of this entry »
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In its decision in eBay v. MercExchange Yesterday, the US Supreme Court has ruled that "the decision whether to grant or deny injunctive relief rests within the equitable discretion of the district courts, and that such discretion must be exercised consistent with the traditional principles of equity, in patent disputes no less than in other cases governed by such standards", Read the rest of this entry »
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Despite then Finance Minister, Olmert kowtowing to the US, it appears that Israel will remain on the Priority Watch List for 2006. Read the rest of this entry »
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In the PCT Newsletter No 5/2006, reference is made to a new footnote to be added to the PCT Applicant’s Guide (Annex B1, Israel) that clarfies that direct filings of PCT applications with the International Bureau in Geneva are under the same restrictions regarding National Security as applications filed with the Israel Patent Office as the PCT Receiving Office. Read the rest of this entry »
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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, and recently, Israel Clothing Manufacturer “Matim Li” that serves the larger woman, sued competitor “Crazy Line” for using her name as a keyword. Read the rest of this entry »
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The British High court has rejected Apple Corps claims that Apple Computers has infringed their trademark. The music publishing company owned by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono – John Lennon's widow, and the estate of George Harrison, shares a similar looking logo to that used by Apple Computers. Read the rest of this entry »
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