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Entries from March 2010

Qatar Receives Approval for Arabic Internet Domain (source: AG IP News)

March 31st, 2010 · No Comments

DOHA – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that Qatar has received approval to have its internet domains written in Arabic, one of the first countries in the world to receive approval to use non-Latin language scripts … (source: AG IP News) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

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United States: Marketing to Kids: A Time for Playing by the Rules – Loeb & Loeb LLP

March 31st, 2010 · No Comments

The growth of action sports has largely been fueled by fans under 18, and on-line marketing companies targeting that audience have followed.

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United States: Patent And Trademark Bulletin For The District Of Massachusetts – A Reporter On Recent Patent And Trademark Opinions From The United States District Court For The District Of Massachusetts – Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

March 31st, 2010 · No Comments

This is a four-month issue of the Patent and Trademark Bulletin for the District of Massachusetts following a hiatus for the 2009/2010 holiday season.

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United States: Deliberate Indifference Of Competitor’s Patent Leads To Finding Of Induced Infringement – Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

March 31st, 2010 · No Comments

In a recent Federal Circuit decision, the court held that a defendant that acted with deliberate disregard to an overt risk that a device it copied might be associated with a patent was liable for induced infringement.

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United States: Contradictory Statements Made To Foreign Patent Office And Withheld From USPTO Lead To Finding Of Inequitable Conduct – Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

March 31st, 2010 · No Comments

In “Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson and Co.”, the Federal Circuit held that an applicant’s characterization of its own prior art reference in proceedings with the EPO that directly contradicts statements made to the USPTO by the applicant regarding the same reference is material to patentability and can serve as the basis of a finding of inequitable conduct.

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