Patent & IP news for March 17, 2014

Construing claim when validity and infringement depends on size from ocpatentlawyer.com

Construing claim when validity and infringement depends on size The Federal Circuit in Takeda v. Zydus (Fed. Cir. Feb. 20, 2014) resolved issues in relation to claim construction, infringement and invalidity.  The patent was directed ...

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Gone Fishing: 25 year old patent application rejected again from patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch In re Rudy (Fed. Cir. 2014) Back in 1988, Christopher Rudy filed a patent application for a fishing hook that is both colored and translucent. An illustrative pending claim is as follows ...

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Inter Partes Review -- A Look Back from www.patentdocs.org

By Andrew Williams -- Today, March 16, 2014, marks the eighteen-month anniversary of the inter partes review ("IPR") system of challenging issued patents at the Patent Office. We thought that this would be an appropriate time ...

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Court document reveals discriminatory royalty demands by Ericsson for its wireless patents from www.fosspatents.com

Ericsson is increasingly becoming a patent troll (and privateer feeder) in the sense that it places the emphasis on patent monetization and apparently expects more growth in that business area than in its product business ...

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Innovating To Help African Students Learn With Legal, Affordable Textbooks from www.ip-watch.org

An innovative South African start-up is offering local university students a way around buying cheap pirated books with a legal print-on-demand service that slashes the price of expensive academic textbooks.Related Articles:

• South African Authors ...

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New draft rules for future European patent court slightly more balanced with respect to sales bans from www.fosspatents.com

A week ago, I expressed, in a post on infringement lawsuits filed that day by a non-practicing entity over former Ericsson wireless patents, doubts about the European Commission's Internal Market officials' commitment to a ...

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Breeders’ Group CIOPORA Redefining Its Position On IP from www.ip-watch.org

The International Community of breeders of asexually reproduced ornamental and fruit plants (CIOPORA) is preparing a new position on intellectual property rights to respond to changes in the market and what it says is the ...

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Attorneys’ Fees Denied in Exceptional Case For Failure to Distinguish Between Declaratory Judgment Fees and Counterclaim Fees from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied plaintiff's motion for attorneys’ fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285 following a joint motion for dismissal. Although the court found the case to be exceptional, plaintiff did not submit adequate ...

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Expert’s Past and Potential Consulting Work Precludes Access to Defendant’s Confidential Information from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendant's motion for a protective order precluding plaintiff's proposed expert from reviewing defendant's confidential information. "[One proposed expert] is an active consultant in the field at issue. In the ...

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Bill Introduced to End Fee Diversion from inventivestep.net

Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) has introduced the Patent Fee Integrity Act to purportedly end Congress’ theft of PTO user fees.  The bill would place user fees into a fund that can only be used by ...

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PTO Issues Guidance on Patentable Subject Matter from inventivestep.net

Several weeks ago, Andrew Hirschfeld, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, issued a Procedure for Subject Matter Eligibility Analysis for claims purportedly involving laws of nature, natural principles, natural phenomena, or natural products. At its ...

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WIPO: Internet Domain Expansion Disruptive To Trademark Strategies from www.ip-watch.org

The UN World Intellectual Property Organization today announced its concern over the effect on trademark protection of the current launch of over 1,000 new internet domains by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and ...

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ALJ Gildea Rules On Motion For Clarification And/Or Reconsideration 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. 56 (dated February 21, 2014) in Certain Integrated Circuit Devices and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-873).  In the ...

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ALJ Bullock Terminates Investigation As To Doublestar Dong Feng Tyre In Certain Tires (337-TA-894) from www.itcblog.com

On March 4, 2014, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued the corrected version of Order No. 36 in Certain Tires and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-894). According to the Order, ALJ Bullock granted a ...

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ALJ Essex Sets 17-Month Target Date In Certain Vision-Based Driver Assistance System Cameras (337-TA-907) from www.itcblog.com

On March 4, 2014, ALJ Theodorde R. Essex issued Order No. 3 in Certain Vision-Based Driver Assistance System Cameras And Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-907). By way of background, this investigation is based on a ...

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ALJ Bullock Terminates Investigation As To Shandong Hengyu In Certain Tires (337-TA-894) from www.itcblog.com

On March 14, 2014, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued Order No. 40 in Certain Tires and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-894). According to the Order, ALJ Bullock granted a motion filed by Complainants ...

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