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In Takeda Pharma v. John J. Doll (08-1131), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit looked at an earlier District Court decision holding that later developments in the art may inform the “patentably distinct” determination for double patenting. The Federal Circuit agreed but only to the extent that the subsequent developments predate the […]

The Irish Minister for Finance announced two new measures designed to enhance the prospects of what it has termed Ireland’s “Smart Economy”. First, the Government intends to introduce a new tax relief for capital expenditure incurred in the purchase of intellectual property assets. Secondly, the Government has committed to increasing R&D spend to 2½% of […]

The Japan Patent Office has just announced a new policy to help stimulate the economy.  It relates to the fees for filing a request for examination.  Apparently, the Japan Patent Office is not the only patent office to experience a large drop in the number of patent applications being filed.  The JPO’s annual report shows […]

Entrepreneur and self-promoter Amilya Antonetti, a CNBC expert on The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, is looking for entrepreneurs with the next great success story to be featured on her upcoming Reality TV Show pilot. Amilya wants to show that that “one person with an idea and passion can change the world or at least […]

Since posting a list of the top patent blogs you should be reading, I got some inquiries about the top business blogs, particularly venture money blogs. In using the same pseudo-scientific methods of the earlier list, I reviewed what are the most cited VC blogs. This list is not meant to be definitive given the […]

Today is National Inventors’ Day in the United States. It is celebrated on the birthday of Thomas Alva Edison and for good reason.  Edison had 1,093 U.S. Patents issued in his name covering not just the incandescent light bulb but the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and an early printing telegraph, among other things. The […]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) released its Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement Manual, a publication designed to help businesses protect their consumers and brands. The manual features case studies on the proven strategies companies are implementing to protect their creative assets from criminal counterfeiting and piracy. The Intellectual Property Protection […]

It’s been a wild ride of a year and it is with mixed emotions that we bring 2008 to a close.  With 228 posts and 6 million hits, a lot has gone into Patent Baristas and I hope this only improves next year. To wrap up the blogging year, I thought I’d just mention a […]