BPCouncil Director, Jodi Joseph, Chairs Global Patent Congress 2008

15.09.2008

Conference focuses on maximizing IP value through effective portfolio management

USPTO to Hold Live Online Chat for Independent Inventors

15.09.2008

WASHINGTON, DC - The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced in a press release that senior officials of the Office will be available live online on September 18, 2008.

Trubion Pharmaceuticals Wins Patent Opposition

14.09.2008

SEATTLE - Trubion Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced in a press release that the Opposition Division (OD) of the European Patent Office (EPO) has revoked Genentech and Biogen Idec's European Patent 1176981, in its entirety.

IGT Announces Summary Judgment Entered in Its Favor Against Bally

14.09.2008

RENO - International Game Technology (IGT) announced in a press release that it was granted summary judgment in a patent infringement lawsuit against Bally Gaming Inc. d/b/a Bally Technologies.

ICANN Formalizes Relationship with ccTLD Manager for Poland

07.09.2008

MARINA DEL REY, CA - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced in a press release that it has signed an exchange of letters with the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) manager for .pl-Poland, Naukowa i Akademicka Sièc Komputerowa (NASK).

Invitrogen Launches Patent Licensing Program

07.09.2008

CARLSBAD, CA - Invitrogen Corporation announced in a press release that it has signed non-exclusive agreements with New England Biolabs Inc., QIAGEN GmbH, and Kirkegaard & Perry Laboratories Inc. (KPL), whereby the companies have licensed Invitrogen's patented technology covering the random prime amplification of nucleic acids. Financial terms of the agreements were not disclosed.