10/31/2008 IP News & Blog Round-Up

• Get a quick summary on how we got to In re Bilski, then get an overview of the en banc Federal Circuit decision on business method patents. (from Patent Baristas and 271 Patent)

• Your next battery may be organic and environmentally-friendly. - A Taiwanese professor has invented a chlorophyll battery powered by water that contains no toxic substances and extremely cheap to manufacture. ( from Taiwan CNA)

• If No One Sees It, Is It an Invention? - No, not a warning on early publication... but an article on how an inventor used the power of the Internet--specifically, YouTube--to promote his ideas and a job in the process. ( from NYT)

• Keep up with the changes in China's Patent Law. - A series of articles detailing and dissecting China's new patent regulations. This week's covers all three type of patents and also infringement issues. (from ChinaBio Today)