Patent & IP news for August 5, 2013

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post image Apple Sales Preserved: White House Vetoes ITC’s Ban from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The battle of the mobiles
continues The United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) Michael Froman, on behalf of the White House, has intervened in the patent dispute between Samsung and Apple.  Back in June, the United ...

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post image Entrepreneur – Getting Started with an Initial Consultation from ocpatentlawyer.com

Most inventions begin as a trade secret. A person encounters a problem. While trying to solve the problem, the person formulates a solution. Inventors intuitively understand that they should keep the solution a secret. Although ...

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post image Clean Tech in Court: Green Patent Complaint Update, Part I from www.greenpatentblog.com

I will catch up on the new green patent lawsuits filed in the last few months with a two-part green patent complaint update.  The first part covers May through mid-June, which saw several new green ...

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post image Does embedding require permission? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Is there a better way to start a new week than with a new copyright case being referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)? 
The answer is most probably 'no' when ...

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post image Public Patent Foundation Asks Supreme Court to Review False Marking Provisions of AIA from www.grayonclaims.com

Public Patent Foundation, Inc. v. McNeil-PPC, Inc.

As previously reported on this blog, in May 2013 the Federal Circuit issued an order summarily affirming a district court's decision dismissing a qui tam false marking ...

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post image Monday miscellany from ipkitten.blogspot.com

No, Tootles --
a poll Kat is not
a polecat
Summer surveys. With nine days left to vote, the IPKat's sidebar poll on what people think of "King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin" as a law ...

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Court Report from www.patentdocs.org

By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. UCB, Inc. et al. v. Sun Pharma Global FZE et al. 1:13-cv-05514; filed August 1 ...

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Medicines Patent Pool, Roche Strike HIV-Related Medicine Pricing Agreement from www.ip-watch.org

The Medicines Patent Pool today announced an agreement with Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche to increase access and reduce the cost of a medicine that treats a viral infection in people with weakened immune systems, specifically ...

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South Korean government fails to distinguish between standard-essential and other patents from www.fosspatents.com

I can understand a certain degree of disappointment in South Korea about the Obama Administration's "Presid-ess-ential" veto of an ITC import ban of older iPhones and iPads over a Samsung declared-essential patent. But I ...

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Samsung filed appeal of unfavorable parts of ITC ruling on complaint against Apple from www.fosspatents.com

Samsung is still trying to win a U.S. import ban against Apple. While it can't appeal the Obama Administration's veto of the ITC's decision with respect to a standard-essential patent, it ...

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No wrestling or hugging: it's a knockout for BBL from ipkitten.blogspot.com

No wrestling or hugging is the second of the Queensberry Rules, which did so much to give the sport of boxing that has provided the veneer of respectability that masks so much of the seamy ...

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Anonymous reexamination requests filed against two touchscreen patents Apple asserted in court from www.fosspatents.com

The WHDA US PTO Litigation Alert blog reports on the latest filings of reexamination requests with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and two of them involve hardware patents Apple has previously asserted ...

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Changing how ITC deals with patents in Section 337 from www.athenaalliance.org

In the latest twist on the Samsung/Apple patent wars, the Obama Administration -- specifically US Trade Representative Michael Froman -- vetoed an International Trade Commission (ITC) order banning the importation of some Apple products (see Froman ...

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Raymond Chen Confirmed to Federal Circuit from inventivestep.net

Last week, the Senate finally confirmed PTO Solicitor Raymond Chen to a seat on the Federal Circuit.  The vote was 97-0.  Chen was nominated in February and brings extensive IP experience to the court. Judge ...

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Raymond Chen Confirmed to Federal Circuit from inventivestep.net

Last week, the Senate finally confirmed PTO Solicitor Raymond Chen to a seat on the Federal Circuit.  The vote was 97-0.  Chen was nominated in February and brings extensive IP experience to the court. Judge ...

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Prior 3% License Did Not Render Jury’s 6% Rate Excessive from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied defendant's motion for a new trial on damages and rejected defendant's argument that the jury's finding of a 6% reasonable royalty was excessive in light of plaintiff's license ...

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ITC Issues Public Version Of Opinion In Certain Toner Cartridges (337-TA-829) from www.itcblog.com

On July 29, 2013, the International Trade Commission (the “Commission”) issued the public version of its opinion on remedy and bond in Certain Toner Cartridges and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-829). By way of background ...

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Is it Time to End the USITC’s Jurisdiction over Patent Cases? from www.patentlyo.com

Presidential review of USITC exclusion orders is designed to directly inject politics into the ultimate legal determination between the parties. In his recent letter of disapproval, US Trade Representative Michael Froman recognized that the review ...

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President Obama Vetoes ITC Final Determination Of Violation In Certain Electronic Devices Including Wireless Communication Devices, Portable Music And Data Processing Devices, And Tablet Computers (337-TA-794) from www.itcblog.com

On August 3, 2013, U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador Michael B.G. Froman, issued a letter to Chairman Williamson of the U.S. International Trade Commission (the “Commission”) announcing that President Barack Obama disapproves of ...

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Spansion Files New 337 Complaint Regarding Certain Flash Memory Chips from www.itcblog.com

On August 1, 2013, Spansion LLC of Sunnyvale, California (“Spansion”) filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence an investigation pursuant to Section 337. The complaint alleges that the following entities (collectively, the “Proposed Respondents ...

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Board finds Machine-or-Transformation test, applied alone, insufficient to sustain 101 rejections from allthingspros.blogspot.com

Posted by: Adam Ellsworth
Takeaway:
 In an appeal involving e-learning games, the Board reversed a rejection under 35 USC § 101 of a method claim directed to constructing e-learning games, where the rejection was based solely ...

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