Patent Trolls Storm the FTC from www.patentlyo.com By Dennis Crouch MPHJ Technology v. Federal Trade Commission (W.D. Texas 2014) In a bold lawsuit, patent owner MPHJ has sued the Federal Trade Commission and the Individual FTC Commissioners for "the unlawful interference ...
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AIPPI Seminar Report: Res judicata and the importance of Icelandic volcanoes in patent proceedings from ipkitten.blogspot.com The AmeriKat keeping her angry eyes on
while others re-lived
2013's year of res judicataSeveral months after the Supreme Court's towering decision in Virgin v Zodiac [2013] UKSC 46 (see IPKat posts ...
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Readjusting Patent Term Adjustment from www.patentlyo.com By Dennis Crouch Novartis v. Lee (Fed. Cir. 2014); Exelixis v. Lee (Fed. Cir. 2014) This case results in a minor shift in patent term adjustment (PTA) for patents whose prosecution included an RCE filing ...
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If “trolls” that make frivolous claims should be subject criminal penalties, so should patent infringers and filers who act in bad faith from ipcloseup.wordpress.com Lawmakers have failed to make a distinction between NPEs that are good for the innovation and those that are bad – nor the quality of their patents. Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning’s ambitious legislative agenda ...
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Wednesday whimsies from ipkitten.blogspot.com The biter bitten (or "it's all in the game"). Thanks to the vigilance of emeritus guest Kat Miri Frankel we can bring you this remarkable piece of news. From Escapist magazine comes the unexpected ...
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Patent infringement, the Bolar exemption and suppliers: questions for the CJEU from ipkitten.blogspot.com "Bolar CJEU reference: Poles say no, Germans say yes" was the title of a PatLit
blogpost back on 11 December 2013 which brought news via katfriend Paul England (Taylor Wessing LLP) that the Düsseldorf Court ...
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$10.5m in damages might make Canadian pirates think twice from ipkitten.blogspot.com Canada: better known for
tracking villains than for
deterring them -- till now?Some people complain that, while the rewards for copyright infringement are great, the cost of infringing is usually not. This in turn means ...
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USPTO Extends Missing Parts Pilot Program Once Again from www.patentdocs.org By Donald Zuhn -- In a Federal Register notice published last week (79 Fed. Reg. 642), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that the Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program that was implemented three years ...
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WHO Initiative On Poor Quality Medicines Heads To Board Next Week from www.ip-watch.org World Health Organization member governments have been working for several years to agree on ways to address the need to prevent the spread of dangerous and misleading substandard and fake medical products. Now, they seem ...
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Google/Nest v. Honeywell in the thermostat business from ipbiz.blogspot.com Within a post on January 15, 2014 titled
Google steals innovation crown from Apple: Isaacson
[Walter Isaacson] said Google-Nest exemplifies the "amazingly strong integrated strategy that Google has to connect all of our devices, all ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Post-IPR Estoppel Does Not Require Institution of Review on Cumulative Grounds from docketreport.blogspot.com The Board denied the petitioner's request for rehearing of the decision denying institution of inter partes review as to certain grounds that the Board deemed cumulative. "[The petitioner] argues essentially that the Board erred ...
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European Patent Notes on Divisional Applications from www.patentlyo.com European Patent Update from Gwilym Roberts EP divisional practice – Back to the Past Attorneys will be aware that the European Patent Office announced a few months ago that it is reverting to its practice predating ...
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In US, 2014 Promises Bad News For Patent Trolls And Trademark Owners from www.ip-watch.org 2013 was an awkward year in the United States for so-called “patent trolls.” These companies, whose primary business is monetising their patents through licensing and litigation, faced growing criticism from academics, business executives, and US ...
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ITC Issues Public Version of Opinion in Certain Computers and Computer Peripheral Devices (337-TA-841) from www.itcblog.com On January 9, 2014, the International Trade Commission (the “Commission”) issued the public version of its opinion in Certain Computers and Computer Peripheral Devices, and Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-841 ...
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Court action against FCC’s “net neutrality” rules could change rules of Internet service from ipspotlight.com The “open” nature of high-speed Internet service in the United States may be at risk based on a new appeals court ruling that struck down the Federal Communication Commission’s “net neutrality” regulations. Since 2010 ...
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ALJ Bullock Denies Respondents’ Motion for Summary Determination in Certain Tires (337-TA-894) from www.itcblog.com On January 13, 2014, ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued Order No. 27 in Certain Tires and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-894). According to the Order, Respondents South China Tire and Rubber Co., Ltd. and ...
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ALJ Bullock Issues Initial Determination Granting Complainants’ Motion for Summary Determination in Certain Windshield Wiper Devices (337-TA-881) from www.itcblog.com On January 13, 2014, ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued the public version of Order No. 21 (dated December 13, 2013) in Certain Windshield Wiper Devices and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-881). According to the Order ...
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2013 IP Year in Review: To Go Where No One Has Gone Before from www.iposgoode.ca Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the Founder and Director of the IP Intensive Program, the Founder and Director of the IP Osgoode Innovation Clinic, and an Associate Professor at ...
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