The U.S. Supreme Court today handed down its much awaited Bilski v Kappos decision. The decision is available here [PDF]. Bilski’s patent application was directed to the management of fixed bill energy contracts, in which consumers pay monthly prices for their future energy consumption in advance of winter based on their past energy use. The [...]
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Food Channel Network (“Network”) has won the latest round in the ongoing legal battle over its FOOD CHANNEL (logo) trade mark. In Food Channel Network Pty Ltd v Television Food Network GP [2010] FCAFC 58, the Full Federal Court upheld Network’s appeal against a decision that its trade mark 967804 should not be registered on [...]
Click here to see the full post The Patents Bill will be re-introduced to the New Zealand Parliament today for its Second Reading. The Report of the Commerce Committee dated 30 March 2010, which includes recommended amendments to the Patents Bill will be debated and voted on by the House of Representatives. If the Bill receives its Second Reading, it will go [...]
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