U.S. Senators Bernard Sanders and Sherrod Brown have written to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to ask the USPTO to examine ACTA to determine whether it is compliant with domestic U.S. legislation or if U.S. law will require amendment.
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USPTO Offering Millions for Int’l IP Protection Programs
Jamie Love tweets that the USPTO is currently offering $4 million in funding to promote fair intellectual property protection internationally.
The Copyright Myths
As part of Monday's Public Policy Forum's symposium on copyright, I was given the opportunity to deliver a short talk on copyright. I titled the talk "The Copyright Myths," a nod to the rhetoric around the copyright reform issue in Canada (for those who are wondering – the U.S. Ambassador […]
The Copyright Myths
As part of Monday's Public Policy Forum's symposium on copyright, I was given the opportunity to deliver a short talk on copyright. I titled the talk "The Copyright Myths," a nod to the rhetoric around the copyright reform issue in Canada (for those who are wondering – the U.S. Ambassador […]
USPTO Rejects Blackboard’s E-Learning Patents
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a preliminary decision that rejects all 44 claims Blackboard Inc. made regarding the controversial patent it was granted for an online-learning system. The case could have major ramifications for the ongoing lawsuit between Blackboard and Canadian-based Desire2Learn.