Patent & IP news for February 13, 2014

IP and Retail Conference: Part III from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The afternoon session of today's IP and Retail Conference started with a blow-by-blow account of Antony Gold (HGF) of the battle between SpecSavers and Asda for the heart and soul of the former's ...

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Wednesday whimsies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Typical designers -- plenty of style,
but they forgot the stairs ...So who cares what designers think?  Given that even brand owners, with their mastery of the media, find it so hard to attract the attention ...

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IP and Retail Conference: Part I from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Today's the day of CLT's IP and Retail Conference, hosted at Holborn Bars, Central London (right).  Opening the programme, barrister Jackie Reid (11 South Square) reviewed the notion of choice of name: what ...

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Early thoughts on Svensson: communication/making available, 'new' public, altering the scope of exclusive rights from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Earlier today [here] the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) released its 42-paragraph judgment [it's quite incredible that the Court could decide a case as important as this without the benefit of ...

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Of safeners, spectres and SPCs: AG Jääskinen advises on isoxadifen from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The IPKat is grateful to his good friend Paul England (Taylor Wessing LLP) for compiling the following note on the Advocate General's Opinion in Case C-11/12 Bayer CropScience AG. This post should please ...

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!!!BREAKING NEWS!!!: CJEU in #Svensson says that in general it is OK to hyperlink to protected works without permission from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The Svensson judgment is out!!!The moment every copyright and internet enthusiast (=everybody) was waiting for has finally come. 

This morning the Court of Justice of the European Union issued its keenly awaited decision in ...

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Slovakia fends off Hungary to keep its Tokaj wine designation from ipkitten.blogspot.com

After a long, hard day's blogging, what could
be more pleasant than a glass of wine with a friend ...?With all the excitement of the day, another IP case from the European Court of ...

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IP and Retail Conference: Part II from ipkitten.blogspot.com

An 100 year lead over etailers wasn't enough
to save Woolworths once the internet arrivedFollowing the coffee break, the next session of CLT's IP and Retail Conference was devoted to a presentation ...

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Who is part of the circles specialised and what do they know about what happens where? That depends, says the CJEU in Gautzsch Großhandel from ipkitten.blogspot.com


Designs (registered and unregistered) are only offered protection in Europe if they are new and have individual character compared with all the designs which have gone before.Those prior designs have to have been “made ...

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Micro Entity Status: Who is Filing for Micro Entity Status? from patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch The name “micro entity” suggests something quite small. In the patent law world, this generally means that the inventor / applicant income level over the past several years is less than around $150 ...

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Google's once-secret, restrictive Android license agreements with Samsung and HTC published from www.fosspatents.com

Late on Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal's Rolfe Winkler reported on the publication of "[p]reviously undisclosed documents [that] show how Google has put limits on what it calls the 'open' Android ecosystem". The ...

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Democratic House Leadership Does Not Want TPP to Undermine Public Health from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- Last month, in a letter sent to the U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador Michael Froman, five Representatives reiterated the importance of incorporating the 2007 Bipartisan Agreement on Trade Policy into the Trans-Pacific ...

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Five New Jurisdictions Added for Paris Convention Filings from info.inovia.com

In the past year, we added over 30 new countries to our global agent network, and our most recent additions include 5 direct (Paris Convention) filing destinations.  Please see below for specific information and requirements ...

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Lack of Analysis Renders Expert Opinions Unreliable from docketreport.blogspot.com

The magistrate judge recommended granting defendants' motion to strike the report of plaintiffs' infringement expert because his opinions were unreliable. "[Plaintiffs' expert] purportedly addresses how each accused product infringes [the patents-in-suit]. His conclusion, however, fails ...

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Patent Reform: MBHB Webinar from patentlyo.com

My friend and former colleague Dr. Andrew Williams is hosting a short Free Webinar on February 18, 2014 focusing on Congressional Patent Reform and “How It May Impact You (Especially if You Are Not Considered ...

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ALJ Bullock Terminates Investigation In Certain Wiper Blades (337-TA-816) from www.itcblog.com

On February 11, 2014, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued the public version of Order No. 107 in Certain Wiper Blades (Inv. No. 337-TA-816). According to the Order, ALJ Bullock granted a joint motion filed ...

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Microsoft announces its 21st Android patent licensee, 26th known Android patent deal in total from www.fosspatents.com

Over the course of the last few weeks, four royalty-bearing Android patent license agreements have been announced. Three of them settled pending litigation (Rockstar-Huawei, Ericsson-Samsung, Nokia-HTC). The latest one was entered into on an amicable ...

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