Patently-O Bits and Bytes

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  • Speaking of the Job-Board. There are several new listings:
    • Leviton Manufacturing (Long Island, New York) needs to hire a patent agent to manage both US and Foreign prosecution.
    • The International IP firm of Ladas and Parry seeks EE patent prosecutors in Los Angeles as well as IP attorneys with their own books of business.
    • Pfizer seeks an experienced patent attorney to join its small molecule therapeutics team in Groton, Connecticut.
    • In Washington, D.C., the firm of Smith, Grambrell & Russell, LLP is seeking an experienced patent attorney with a mechanical engineering background.
  • Speaking of MBHB.
    • I'm proud to announce that Team USA is champion the 2010 Patent Cup Regatta held this year off the island of Marstrand in Sweden. Team USA included three MBHB partners – Leif Sigmond (captain), Marcus Thymian, and Michael Gannon – along with Derek Minihane of Cochlear. The US team beat-out competing teams from Canada, Brazil, France, Germany, UK, and the EPO. [Link]
  • Patenting Methods of Paying for Patents
    • WhitServe LLC v. Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aranoff LLP et al., 8-10-cv-01639 (D. Md. 2010). [Zura]