Patent & IP news for October 20, 2013

The IP Saga of Piggly Wiggly from ipkitten.blogspot.com

When is a pioneering business model, anchored in an early 20th century version of a business method patent, taken together with an iconic trade mark, not enough to ensure continued business dominance? The answer—when ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

October 22, 2013 - Patent 'Trolls' Under Fire: Strategies, Tactics and Legislation Impacting University Patents & Licensing (Technology Transfer Tactics) - 1:00 to 2:00 pm (Eastern) October 22, 2013 - Reverse-Payment License Agreements: A Review of the ...

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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. University of Utah Research Foundation et al. v. GeneDX 2:13-cv-00954; filed October 16, 2013 in ...

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Samsung Proposes a Patent Pledge to Settle EC FRAND Investigation from www.patentlyo.com

Guest post by Jorge L. Contreras. Prof. Contreras is an Associate Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law. As part of the global smartphone litigation between Apple and Samsung, the European Commission ...

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