Patent & IP news for March 14, 2014

DPMA Challenges SIPO in terms of Growth Rate from patlit.blogspot.com

Readers who thought that growth rates beyond 20% are only possible in china beware: The German Patent- and Trademark Office DPMA has published a press release on its annual statistics here. The number of granted ...

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Upcoming Events of Interest from patentlyo.com

My former MBHB colleague Richard Carden is hosting a live Webinar on March 25, 2014 on privacy issues involved with big data with consideration of both US and international data privacy issues. Free to participate ...

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PatCon 4 from patentlyo.com

On April 4th and 5th, the University of San Diego School of Law will host PatCon 4, the largest annual conference for patent law scholars.   Over 60 patent law, economics, and business professors—as well ...

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UPC has its first premises - and new rules of procedure from patlit.blogspot.com

Mr. Rubik, Hungarias model-inventorThe training centre for the future Judges of the UPC has been opened yesterday in Budapest.  According to the press release of the EPO:

Speaking about the Hungarian patent system, Miklós Bendzsel ...

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A Rebuttal to The Economist's "Stalking Trolls" from www.patentdocs.org

By Michael Borella and Andrew Williams -- On March 8th, The Economist published an article deriding both so-called "patent trolls" and "software patents" as being impediments to innovation in the United States. Unfortunately, as we have ...

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Rockstar fine-tuning its Android lawsuits, now asserting four more patents against Google from www.fosspatents.com

There hasn't been much progress so far with the Rockstar Consortium's Halloween lawsuits against Google and seven Android device makers (one of whom, Huawei, has already settled) because the parties are still debating ...

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Patent Filing Cost Reduction Coming For Small Companies In Japan from www.ip-watch.org

Japanese small and medium-sized venture companies and micro enterprises will receive a reduction on patent filing costs under the national "Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Act" as of 1 April.Related Articles:

• Multiple Defendants In Patent Infringement ...

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Improper Motives: Federal Court Safeguards its Process Against “Copyright Trolls” from www.iposgoode.ca

The Federal Court granted an order compelling an internet service provider (ISP) to divulge the names and addresses of some 2000 account holders implicated in alleged copyright infringement over peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. This type of ...

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Garcia v Google Inc.: Copyright Ownership, ISP Liability and the Future of Freedom of Expression from www.iposgoode.ca

In a stunning decision recently released by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Google was ordered to remove the now-infamous film, “Innocence of Muslims”, from YouTube. While the ruling challenges traditional ...

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“CANDY” Trade-mark Proves Too Bitter for King from www.iposgoode.ca

Video game developer King made headlines and the IPilogue last month when they applied for a trade-mark for the word CANDY in the United States. The move generated extensive commentary and negative backlash from game ...

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EU Parliament To Vote On Compulsory Publishing Of Clinical Trial Data from www.ip-watch.org

The European Parliament is scheduled to vote on 3 April on amended draft legislation that would oblige pharmaceutical companies to publish all clinical trial data in a publicly accessible database.Related Articles:

• EFPIA, PhRMA Release ...

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ALJ Lord Issues Notice Of Enforcement Initial Determination In Certain Two-Way Global Satellite Communication Devices (337-TA-854) from www.itcblog.com

On March 7, 2014, ALJ Dee Lord issued a notice regarding the Enforcement Initial Determination (“EID”) in Certain Two-Way Global Satellite Communication Devices, System, and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-854). By way of background, the ...

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ALJ Shaw Issues Public Version Of Initial Determination In Certain Compact Fluorescent Reflector Lamps (337-TA-872) from www.itcblog.com

Further to our February 3, 2014 post, on March 6, 2014, ALJ David P. Shaw issued the public version of the Initial Determination (“ID”) in Certain Compact Fluorescent Reflector Lamps, Products Containing Same and Components ...

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ALJ Gildea Rules On Motion To Preclude Testimony And Strike Portions Of Expert Report In Certain Integrated Circuit Devices (337-TA-873) from www.itcblog.com

On March 10, 2014, ALJ E. James Gildea issued the public version of Order No. 44 (dated February 10, 2014) in Certain Integrated Circuit Devices and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-873).  In the ...

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Guest Post: Patent Remedies Should Not Depend on a Patentholder’s Business Model from patentlyo.com

Guest Post by Prof. Ted Sichelman, University of San Diego School of Law The standard justification for patents is that they are necessary to allow inventors to recoup R & D costs in the presence of ...

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Call for Applications: JD Research Assistants from www.iposgoode.ca

  Professors Giuseppina D’Agostino and David Vaver are seeking JD Research Assistants to assist in intellectual property law research. Eligibility To be eligible, you must be currently enrolled as a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall ...

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Google ripped at CAFC in Vederi v. Google; CJ Rader v. CJ Kozinski from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The Vederi v. Google decision is notable because a claim construction from CD Cal ( Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting by designation .) was altered in ...

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Professor Thomas E. Jensen, cyanobacteria expert, dies at 81 from ipbiz.blogspot.com

In the story   Professor shared a love for science , his daughter is quoted:

"By the time I was 12 years old I knew what the Krebs cycle is.  I think a lot of people go ...

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Bose does not fare well at the CAFC in Bose v. SDI from ipbiz.blogspot.com

On all points but one, Bose lost.  Summary judgment of noninfringement by SDI was affirmed.  The last point on induced infringement is of interest.


SDI moved for summary judgment of noninfringement for lack of requisite ...

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TTIP Still In ‘Exploratory’ Phase On GIs; Data Flows Tied To Privacy Regimes from www.ip-watch.org

Press conferences, stakeholder meetings and presentations as well as picture-tweets about consultations have become a habit of the negotiators of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Still, after this week's round of negotiations ...

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