http://dva.2010.managingip.comhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/DisputeResolution©2011 Managing Intellectual Property60Dispute ResolutionAfter the Court of Justice of the EU ruled against Monsanto in a dispute over the import of soybean meal from Argentina, Managing IP asked the company to respond to the rulinghttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2625664/Monsanto-our-focus-is-on-Argentina.htmlWed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTGermany’s highest civil court, the Bundesgerichtshof, has published its full decision in the Opel Blitz II case, which it ruled on in January. http://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2624295/German-court-outlines-trade-mark-function-rules-in-Opel-case.htmlMon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTChinese companies should defend themselves in ITC Section 337 actions and US patent litigation rather than give up their market share, lawyers told the China-International Forum in Beijing on Tuesdayhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2623498/How-and-why-to-defend-your-rights-in-the-US.htmlFri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTScott Davidson contrasts approaches to patent subject matter eligibility and business method patents in Canada and the US, highlighting some key Canadian developments http://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2622313/Canadas-business-method-battle.htmlThu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTDavid Perdue is the CEO of Asentinel, a telecom expense management software company. He told Eileen McDermott why the Bilski opinion is “a major step forward” for software companieshttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2622314/Interview-David-Perdue-CEO-Asentinel.htmlThu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMTJeffrey Whittle, Michael Samardzija and Michael Hay analyse the Bilski decision from a life sciences perspective, and argue it is a victory for these industrieshttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2621947/Bilski-what-next-for-life-sciences.htmlWed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe Supreme Court’s Bilski ruling has left the door open to business methods, but presents new challenges for those seeking to apply for or litigate such patents. Rob Masters, Tim Cremen and Brock Weber explain the risks, and provide tips to companies whose portfolios include business method patentshttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2621341/Business-method-strategies-post-Bilski.htmlWed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe Supreme Court on Monday issued orders granting certiorari, and then vacating and remanding, both Prometheus v Mayo and Classen v Biogen in light of this week’s Bilski decisionhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2621350/Federal-Circuit-to-re-hear-biotech-cases-post-Bilski.htmlWed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTFrom biotechnology to computers, industry leaders are having their say on the Bilski decision. Here are a few statements to notehttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2621675/Round-up-industry-views-on-Bilski.htmlWed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTImmediately after the Bilski decision was released at about 10:45 am on Monday, USPTO commissioner for patents Bob Stoll and his team gathered to discuss next stepshttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2621339/USPTO-takes-conservative-approach-to-Bilski.htmlWed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe Supreme Court’s judgment in Bilski v Kappos will present new challenges for business method patents in both prosecution and litigation, say lawyershttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2620380/Analysis-Why-Bilski-could-be-a-blow-to-business-methods.htmlTue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe US Supreme Court said today in Bilski v Kappos that the Federal Circuit’s machine-or-transformation test is too restrictive and not the only test for determining patent eligibilityhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2620044/Bilski-ruling-highlights-uncertainty-over-business-method-patents.htmlMon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTDoes the owner of the Bilski patent want to lose the Supreme Court case, where a decision is expected today? Bloggers speculated on that and other questions this weekhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2619730/Blog-round-up-Bilski-YouTube-FIFA-and-clamps.htmlMon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTLawyers representing the two sides in a dispute about eBay’s use of keyword advertising made their cases before Europe’s highest court last weekhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2619739/Europes-top-court-begins-hearings-in-eBay-case.htmlMon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTChina’s government has introduced measures to regulate online trading that could help brand owners restrict the sale of counterfeit products through online trading platformshttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2617906/China-cracks-down-on-fake-sales-online.htmlThu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe International Trade Commission (ITC) has agreed to investigate HTC’s patent infringement complaint against Apple in the latest battle in an all-out smartphone patent warhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2602172/HTC-hits-back-at-Apple-in-smartphone-battle.htmlThu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTA full panel of the Federal Circuit has agreed to re-hear a case regarding the US doctrine of inequitable conduct, answering Chief Judge Paul Michel's plea to IP practitioners last yearhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2576122/Full-Federal-Circuit-to-rule-on-inequitable-conduct.htmlTue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTIn another blow to multinational pharmaceutical companies in India, the Chennai Patent Office has invalidated a key patent owned by Swiss drug maker F Hoffmann La Roche, allowing generic competitors to enter the markethttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2576127/Roche-loses-patent-opposition-in-India.htmlTue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe US Supreme Court has refused to hear Microsoft’s appeal of the Federal Circuit’s ruling that it infringed Lucent’s patentshttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2579176/Supreme-Court-declines-Microsoft-appeal.htmlWed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT“Courts and trademark offices are increasingly taking an interest and even controlling the way survey evidence is used,” warned moderator Kate Swaine of Wragge & Co at yesterday’s session on the topic. “They can and will interfere.”http://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2577678/Surveys-proceed-with-caution.htmlTue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 GMTFollowing a U.S. Supreme Court decision, a new law and more than 10 years of litigation, one of the most controversial trademark cases of the past decade looks finally to have reached a conclusionhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2576881/Victory-for-Victorias-Secret.htmlMon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 GMTThis week, a UDRP decision illustrated why the Policy is not proper for contesting post-domains, while geography and distributor deals thwart other complaints http://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2573077/Panel-says-UDRP-is-improper-for-post-domain-dispute.htmlTue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 GMTImporting trade mark jurisprudence into European Community design law brings clarity and certainty, argues David Stonehttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2546224/Analysis-Court-adopts-sensible-approach-in-designs-case.htmlMon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe UPSTO has upheld i4i’s patent relating to Extensible Mark Up Language (XML) technology, which Microsoft was found to have infringed last yearhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2551445/USPTO-denies-Microsofts-request-to-cancel-i4i-patent.htmlMon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe EPO’s Enlarged Board has ruled that there is no conflict in the Office’s case law over the patenting of computer-implemented inventions, in a decision welcomed by patent attorneyshttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2485779/EPO-Enlarged-Board-says-rules-on-software-patents-are-consistent.htmlWed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 GMTThis week an Australian domain dispute discusses the merits of smartphone numbers as marks and a panellist considers the conjunctive element of bad faith use and registrationhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2485014/Domain-disputes-consider-smartphones-and-bad-faith.htmlTue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2483853/Kagan-to-replace-Stevens-on-Supreme-Court.htmlMon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 GMTAt the AIPLA Spring Meeting in New York last week, a panel including Chief Judge Paul Michel of the Federal Circuit, in-house counsel and patent attorneys predicted what the Supreme Court might decide in Bilskihttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2483922/Patent-Bar-predictions-on-Bilski.htmlMon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 GMTIn another blow to multinational pharmaceutical companies in India, the Chennai Patent Office has invalidated a key patent owned by Swiss drug maker F Hoffmann La Roche, allowing generic competitors to enter the market http://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2483734/Roche-loses-patent-opposition-in-India.htmlMon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 GMTSecondary-domain auction site SnapNames parent Oversee.net has sued former employee Nelson Brady for shill bidding and embezzlementhttp://dva.2010.managingip.com/Article/2481299/SnapNames-sues-ex-employee-for-33million.htmlThu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT