Patent & IP news for August 16, 2013

Offer for Sale – Inventor’s own purchase order invalidates patent from ocpatentlawyer.com

Startups are always worried that they might do something that will jeopardize their ability to seek patent protection for their idea or invention. One area that startups and inventors often falter is in the bars ...

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Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Scrooge of the day week month. The IPKat recently received a request to review a publication of the Practising Law Institute, Post-Grant Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Naturally willing to oblige, the ...

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United States Weighs-In on the Medtronic Case from www.patentdocs.org

By Andrew Williams -- As we previously reported, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the Medtronic Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corp. case, where the sole issue on appeal is whether the burden of proof shifts in ...

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Branding of law firms: what's the message? Does it matter? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

What did you think of the name "King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin"? After it was announced that London-based law firm SJ Berwin was combining this autumn with King & Wood Mallesons, a leading law firm network ...

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Supplier’s Offer to Make Product is Invalidating Sale from inventivestep.net

Earlier this week, the Federal Circuit held that a supplier’s offer to make a product more than one year before the patent application was filed is an invalidating sale.  Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. v ...

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Supplier’s Offer to Make Product is Invalidating Sale from inventivestep.net

Earlier this week, the Federal Circuit held that a supplier’s offer to make a product more than one year before the patent application was filed is an invalidating sale.  Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. v ...

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Friday Foreign Filing Roundup from info.inovia.com

Good morning and Happy Friday from all of us at inovia.  We have gathered the latest headlines in foreign patent news for your consideration:  With 259 invention patent applications and 132 design patent applications, Apple ...

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The Texas Two Step, A Tale of Two Texas District Courts' Differing Views Concerning Stay Requests Pending Inter Partes Review from www.iplawalert.com

The District Courts for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas appear to have taken different positions with regard to estoppel in an inter partes review (“IPR”) context, in e-Watch v. FLIR Systems, Case No ...

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Excessive Jury Verdict Requires Plaintiff to Choose Between 50% Remittitur or New Damages Trial from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted in part defendant's motion for remittitur or a new damages trial following the jury's verdict of $30.2 million and required plaintiff to choose between a reduced award of $15 ...

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MVS Filewrapper® Blog: Supplier's Agreement to Manufacture May Trigger On-Sale Bar from www.filewrapper.com

In an Opinion on August 14, 2013 (Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. v. Sunbeam Products, Inc.), the Federal Circuit ruled that the on-sale bar was triggered when a purchase order for slow cookers by patentee Hamilton ...

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Business of Biosimilars Conference from www.patentdocs.org

The Institute for International Research (IIR) will be holding its 14th Annual Business of Biosimilars conference from October 15-17, 2013 in Boston, MA. The conference will allow attendees to: • Navigate the EMEA approval pathway for ...

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IPO Webinar on Licensing Self-Replicating Technologies from www.patentdocs.org

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Licensing Self-Replicating Technologies after Monsanto" on August 20, 2013 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET). A panel consisting of Christopher Jeffers of Womble ...

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Conference on Creating and Leveraging Intellectual Property in Developing Countries from www.patentdocs.org

The Companies and IP Commission (CIPC) and National IP Management Office (NIPMO) of South Africa will be co-sponsoring a conference on "Creating and Leveraging Intellectual Property in Developing Countries: A Power Tool for Social and ...

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