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Patent Professor Mark Janis to teach at IU-Bloomington

09 Monday Mar 2009

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janisWord on the street is that Mark Janis, one of the most highly cited patent law professors of all time, is leaving his longtime post at the University of Iowa to take up teaching at IU-Bloomington.

Professor Janis has taught courses in patents, trademarks and unfair competition, as well as seminars on advanced problems in intellectual property.  His scholarly research focuses on patent and trademark law, the intellectual property/antitrust interface, and intellectual property protection in the agricultural biotechnology industry.  Professor Janis is a member of the Indiana bar and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  He formerly practiced with Barnes & Thornburg in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he specialized in patent prosecution and litigation.

Prof. Janis is certainly a welcome return to the Indiana intellectual property community.

Patent Reform Act of 2009 introduced in Congress

05 Thursday Mar 2009

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patentreformactof2009Patent reform legislation was introduced in Congress this week.  The current legislation is similar to the Patent Reform Act of 2007, which died on the Senate floor last year. If passed, the 2009 version would change the way the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office works, bring U.S. patent law more in line with global laws, and introduce “reasonable royalty” provisions, which would change how damages are calculated and reduce the likelihood of massive payouts for some patent holders.

The Indiana Intellectual Property & Technology Blog will keep you updated as the legislation proceeds.

Kenny Crews to speak on Copyright Law and International Fair Use

04 Wednesday Mar 2009

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Copyright maven Kenny Crews will speak tomorrow at Yale University about his landmark 2008 study for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in which he compares fair use and other copyright limitations/exceptions across some 150 countries.kennycrews

Kenny Crews has a distinguished career in copyright and fair use issues. He is currently the Director of the Copyright Advisory Office at Columbia University.  Until his appointment at Columbia in January 2009, he was a professor at Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis and the IU School of Library and Information Science. His work has won wide acclaim, and he has been active in projects and initiatives on copyright law in the United States and around the world. You can read more about his work here.

Th speech is co-hosted by the Yale University Library and the Yale Law School’s Information Society Project.

When: Thursday, March 5, 3:00 p.m.
Where: Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall, 128 Wall Street
Cost: Free and open to public

Disclosure – Kenny Crews taught my Intellectual Property & Copyright courses back in law school. Therefore, I’d have to hold him at least partially responsible for my career in intellectual property law.  He’s an enthusiastic and engaging speaker.  I look forward to seeing the results of his study.

Indiana Patent Litigation Update

26 Thursday Feb 2009

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Eli Lilly & Co. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2009)
On Feb. 24, 2009, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the District Court for the Southern District of Indiana to extend the statutory 30-month stay under 21 U.S.C. § 355(j)(5)(B)(iii), thereby preventing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from approving the Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) filed by Defendant-Appellant Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

See Patent Docs for the full case history and analysis.

Indiana's Clean Technology Opportunity – TechPoint Event 3/6/09

20 Friday Feb 2009

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Indiana’s Green Technology Future has caught the attention of Indiana’s tech leadership…the next TechPoint New Economy * New Rules event topic is “Indiana’s Clean Technology Opportunity“:

There’s a perfect storm brewing for ‘clean technologies’. As federal climate change legislation threatens to increase energy costs by 50% and the Obama administration focuses on ‘green’ investment as a cornerstone of its stimulus plan, market demand is growing for technological innovations to harness the power of alternative energy. That’s why it is expected that the value of sectors like fuel cells, biofuels, solar and wind power will more than triple over the next decade to represent a $300+ billion industry by 2017.

Join us for a panel discussion of how the cleantech revolution can mean big business for Indiana’s technology and manufacturing industries, from the hybrid-electric vehicle market to the high-tech demands of the new smart power grid. Participants include Paul Mitchell, former economic advisor to Governor Daniels, who is now leading the formation of a new cleantech initiative for the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, as well as representatives of Indiana companies in the sector.

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Speakers:
Paul Mitchell, Central Indiana Corporate Partnership
David Heger, Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Date: March 6, 2009

8:00 a.m. Registration and continental breakfast
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Presentation

Click here to register.

Hope to see you there!