Category: Miscellaneous

By Josh Rich — On Tuesday, the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, Victoria Espinel, published a notice in the Federal Register "requesting any recommendations for legislative changes that would enhance enforcement against, or reduce the risk of, the misappropriation of trade secrets for the benefit of foreign competitors or foreign governments."  78 Fed. Reg. 16875…

By Kevin E. Noonan — The Obama Administration issued a Report earlier this month, entitled "Administration Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets," that sets forth its efforts to prevent trade secret misappropriation.  The Report involves the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, State, Treasury, Director of National Intelligence, and the Executive…

By Kevin E. Noonan — Last Friday, the White House released the names of the 2012 recipients of the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.  In the press release, the President said he was "proud to honor these inspiring American innovators" and that: They represent the ingenuity and imagination…

The authors and contributors of Patent Docs wish their readers and families a Happy Holidays.  Publication of Patent Docs will resume on December 26th.

Patent Docs Makes List for First Time The ABA Journal has announced its annual list of the 100 best legal blogs — or blawgs — following a nomination process that began in August.  The 100 blogs selected for the 2012 list have been divided into fifteen categories:  News/Analysis, Trial Practice, Business of Law, Niche, For…

The authors and contributors of Patent Docs wish their readers and families a Happy Thanksgiving.  Publication of Patent Docs will resume on November 23rd.

By Kevin E. Noonan — Since 1980, the Bayh-Dole Act has encouraged, facilitated, and required universities and other recipients of Federal grant money to license inventions resulting from funded research for commercialization.  While this has been one of the bedrocks upon which the biotechnology industry was built, and has enabled almost every research university to…

The ABA Journal has begun work on its 6th annual list of the 100 best legal blogs (or blawgs) and has announced that it is seeking the advice of its readers, via the ABAJournal.com website, on which blawgs and practice areas to include on this year's Blawg 100.  Readers interested in nominating a particular blog…

The authors and contributors of Patent Docs wish their readers and families a Happy Holidays.  Publication of Patent Docs will resume on December 26th.

The authors and contributors of Patent Docs wish their readers and families a Happy Thanksgiving.  Publication of Patent Docs will resume on November 25th.