Patent & IP news for February 20, 2014

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post image New Name and New Invalidity Procedure for German Registered Designs from patlit.blogspot.com

Cornelia Rudloff-Schäffer - a friend
of handy names - at least for IP rightsThe German IP right formerly known as Geschmacksmuster is a fairly powerful tool but has hitherto lingered in a niche existence. One of the ...

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post image Fifty Shades of Grin-and-Bear-It as publishers struggle with Russian online infringements from ipkitten.blogspot.com

In his younger days as a PhD student, this Kat was fascinated by copyright law in the then USSR, a vast and apparently largely snowbound zone in which Communist Party members were top dogs, the ...

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post image White House Executive Action on Patent System from inventivestep.net

Today, the White House released a FACT SHEET on executive action to strengthen the patent system and foster innovation.  A number of new initiatives are listed in the fact sheet by the administration: Promoting transparency ...

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post image Something to read: more new IP titles from ipkitten.blogspot.com

It has been a little while since this Kat has taken much of a look at fresh titles in the general area of intellectual property, so here's a chance for him to do so ...

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post image Bad faith and trade mark use for export – some Great Blue Sky thinking from The Hague Court of Appeal from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Is it bad faith to apply for a trade mark you know your business associate is already using in the EU, albeit that he is only exporting goods under that mark? No, says the Dutch ...

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Supreme Court Preview -- Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Health Mgmt. Sys., Inc. from www.patentdocs.org

By Andrew Williams -- As we indicated last week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments next week in two cases involving the Attorney Fees provision at 35 U.S.C. § 285. That section provides that a ...

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Not much Unity as Shorinji Kempo warriors come to court from ipkitten.blogspot.com

One of the most rewarding and educational aspects of living in a multicultural society such as the United Kingdom today is that you get to find out so much about the way others live their ...

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TTIP: No Lowering Of Standards, Officials Say; New Trade Consultation Body Scrutinised from www.ip-watch.org

After three rounds of negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), European Union Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht this week welcomed the progress so far. But negotiators have to “step up a gear ...

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The Value of Open Data for Patent Policy from patentlyo.com

Guest Post by Christopher A. Cotropia, Professor of Law and Austin Owen Research Fellow, University of Richmond School of Law; Jay P. Kesan, Professor and H. Ross & Helen Workman Research Scholar, University of Illinois College ...

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Interview With Nazeem Mohamed, CEO Of Kampala Pharmaceutical Industries from www.ip-watch.org

Nazeem Mohamed is chief executive officer of Kampala Pharmaceutical Industries (KPI), a Ugandan generic manufacturer. Local manufacture of medicines is described by many, including the World Health Organization, as one of the tools that will ...

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A new twist to medical tourism from www.athenaalliance.org

As readers of this blog know, I've posted a number of pieces on medical tourism -- the phenomena of patients going abroad for health care treatment. My interest in this activity comes from looking at ...

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Federal Circuit Dissent Precludes Finding of Willfulness from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment that it did not willfully infringe plaintiff's patent because, on interlocutory appeal, a dissenting Federal Circuit judge opined that plaintiff's patent was invalid. "[I ...

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Patent Reform 2014: Via Executive Action from patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch The White House is expected to announce today (February 20) a round of new patent reform initiatives. This comes eight months after the President announced a set patent reforms via executive action ...

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Ring & Pinion v. ARB: No Foreseeability Limitation on DOE from patentlyo.com

Ring & Pinion Service Inc. v. ARB Corporation Ltd. (Fed. Cir. 2014) Opinion Panel: Moore (author), Clevenger, Reyna One of the main justifications for the doctrine of equivalents is that it prevents patents from becoming worthless ...

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White House Fact Sheet on Patent Reform from patentlyo.com

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 20, 2014 Executive Actions: Answering the President’s Call to Strengthen Our Patent System and Foster Innovation  Year of Action: Making Progress Through ...

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PatentlyO questions validity under 35 USC 112 of Butamax claims in US 7,993,889 from ipbiz.blogspot.com

In a post on February 18, 2014, the blog PatentlyO takes on the patent drafting skills of Butamax [attorney: Lhulier; Christine M.] in the case of US 7,993,889 (issued August 9, 2011). Text ...

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1st Guiding Case on Intellectual Property Now Available in English! from www.iposgoode.ca

The re-posting of this blog is part of a cross-posting collaboration with the Stanford Law School China Guiding Cases Project. We are pleased to release the English translation of Guiding Case No. 20, the first ...

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News on ISPs liability from Spain: YouTube not responsible for infringements of copyrighted materials. The second chapter of Telecinco v YouTube from www.iposgoode.ca

Marco Bassini is the Managing Editor of MediaLaws, www.medialaws.eu, and a lawyer at Baker & McKenzie LLP’s office in Milan. The re-posting of this analysis is part of a cross-posting collaboration with MediaLaws ...

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White House Announces Actions On Patents from www.ip-watch.org

The White House today announced measures that it said will advance its battle against "patent trolls", and urged Congress to pass patent reform legislation toward the effort. And the United States Patent and Trademark Office ...

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Gave keynote at settlement party of HTC and Nokia's German lawyers, patent attorneys from www.fosspatents.com

It's a well-known fact that (good) lawyers treat each others as colleagues, not adversaries, despite their best efforts to defend their clients' interests vigorously. The relationship between Nokia and HTC's German outside patent ...

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CAFC in Takeda: patent valid but no infringement from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The result in Takeda v. Zydus


Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and Cadila Healthcare Limited (“appellants” or “Zydus”) appeal from a final judgment of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey finding ...

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Ivoclar Files New 337 Complaint Regarding Certain Lithium Silicate Materials from www.itcblog.com

On February 19, 2014, Ivoclar Vivadent AG of Liechtenstein, Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. of Amherst, New York, and Ivoclar Vivadent Manufacturing Inc. of Somerset, New Jersey (collectively, “Ivoclar”) filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence ...

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