Patent & IP news for December 15, 2013

The Surprising (?) Strength of the Mercedes-Benz Brand from ipkitten.blogspot.com

It has been a while since this Kat has considered the thorny issue of brand rankings and brand value. But a recent piece on Daimler/Mercedes-Benz has once again attracted his attention to this issue ...

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CAFC concludes a § 337(a)(1)(B)(i) violation may not be predicated on a theory of induced infringement in these circumstances from ipbiz.blogspot.com

from Suprema v. ITC


We vacate the cease and desist order, vacate the limited exclusion order in part, and remand so that the order can be revised to bar only a subset of the scanners ...

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Orders/Opinions from www.717madisonplace.com

The Federal Circuit recently issued some decisions on merit cases as “orders.”  For example, see Optimum Power Solutions, LLC v. Hewlett-Packard, Inc., App. No. 2013-1277 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 12, 2013).  If I recall correctly, the ...

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Readers' comments on the Nagoya Protocol from ipkitten.blogspot.com


This moggy posted last week about the Nagoya Protocol and the current status of the implementation of it in the EU.  He was blogging from scratch about something that has not been written about as ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

December 16, 2013 - "Means-Plus-Function Patent Claims After the AIA -- Assessing Benefits and Risks, Surviving AIA's PGRs, IPRs and Reissue" (Strafford) - 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) January 8-12, 2014 - National CLE Conference (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. Pfizer Inc. et al. v. Hetero USA Inc. et al. 1:13-cv-02021; filed December 11, 2013 ...

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