Collective Rights Management Directive published in the OJ (at last) from ipkitten.blogspot.com Choose Bruce to manage your rights
instead of that old collecting society of yoursAs IPKat readers will remember, at the end of February last the Council formally adopted a new EU directive "on collective ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
No patent infringement by Google or Microsoft from www.lotempiolaw.com Two of the largest search engine marketing vendors in the United States (Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp.) will not have to pay Paid Search Engine Marketing Tools LLC for their alleged patent infringement. The Patent ...
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Pre-issuance conduct and declaratory judgment actions in the US from patlit.blogspot.com In the recent case of
Danisco v Novozymes, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the patentee’s conduct prior to issuance of a patent may be sufficient to satisfy the ‘actual ...
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Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Consolidates Myriad Cases in Utah District Court from www.patentdocs.org By Kevin E. Noonan -- The old adage "Be careful what you wish for" comes to mind regarding Myriad Genetics' motion to the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation under 28 U.S.C. § 1407, that cases ...
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Rise Of Knowledge Societies Leads To New Social Conflicts, Book Says from www.ip-watch.org The rise of knowledge societies leads to the emergence of new conflicts initiated by stakeholders who do not come from the closed world of intellectual property, but rather from the general civil society. This reflects ...
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“License Production Order” Requires Disclosure of Licenses Covering the Patents-In-Suit, Including Settlement Licenses from docketreport.blogspot.com Following the case management conference, the court issued a "License Production Order" requiring plaintiff to produce all license agreements covering the patents-in-suit. "If plaintiff is seeking a reasonable royalty, in whole or as part of ...
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New Document On Technical Assistance, But WIPO Design Treaty Still In Trouble from www.ip-watch.org World Intellectual Property Organization delegates are trying to find a way out of a dividing line on how to address technical assistance in a potential new treaty on industrial designs. A new non-paper by the ...
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WIPO Debate: Can – Or Should – Governments Own Their Country Names? from www.ip-watch.org This week, Jamaica tabled a proposal at the World Intellectual Property Organization for a non-binding instrument that would provide a guideline on the protection of country names against misleading trademarks for intellectual property offices and ...
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Mixed result in Alcon v. Barr: no infringement and no invalidity from ipbiz.blogspot.com The case
Alcon v. Barr was a Hatch-Waxman matter, with Alcon losing on infringement, but surviving as to validity. The discussion of enablement and written description is of interest.
From within:
Critically, however, the district ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
A game of “inventor musical chairs,” from ipbiz.blogspot.com See
Gabriel v. Qualcomm for the text
plaintiffs played a game of “inventor musical chairs,” Defs.-Appellees Br. 23, repeatedly shifting positions as to which individuals from Locate were omitted inventors. In the end, none ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Quantitative Analysis Of Contributions To NETMundial Meeting from www.ip-watch.org A quantitative analysis of the 187 submissions to the April NETmundial conference on the future of internet governance shows broad support for improving security, ensuring respect for privacy, ensuring freedom of expression, and globalizing the ...
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UN Praises US Pullback Of Internet Control from www.ip-watch.org The United Nations Secretary General and head of the UN International Telecommunication Union earlier this week applauded an announcement by the United States government that it plans to relinquish its remaining control over the internet ...
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Embracing Technology: A New Hope for Digital Distribution from www.iposgoode.ca On March 7th, the 16th annual Osgoode Entertainment & Sports Law Association Conference brought together students and professionals to explore emerging issues in entertainment and sports law. Susan Abramovitch (of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP) moderated the ...
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Presidential Innovation Fellowship for USPTO Data Initiatives from patentlyo.com By Dennis Crouch Can you Step Up? Patent attorneys often remember Judge Rich and his important contribution to the development of U.S. patent law. One important element of Judge Rich’s legacy is that ...
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ITC Decides To Review Initial Determination Granting Summary Determination In Certain Crawler Cranes (337-TA-887) from www.itcblog.com On March 19, 2014, the International Trade Commission (the “Commission”) issued a notice in Certain Crawler Cranes and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-887). In the notice, the Commission determined to review in part Order No ...
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Plagiarism matters: Schavan loses appeal; Bassem Youssef has problems from ipbiz.blogspot.com Former German Education Minister Schavan lost her appeal to regain her doctorate degree which had been revoked for plagiarism.
As reported by dw.de:
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Annette Schavan resigned as Education Minister last February, four days after ...
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Hauge wins reversal at CAFC of civil contempt ruling in "former employee" case from ipbiz.blogspot.com The former employee Hauge prevailed against his former employer in a contempt/injunction case
Energy Recovery v. Hauge.
Of the background for this inventor/former employer disagreement:
The dispute between Mr. Hauge and his former ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Myriad Appeals Adverse Preliminary Injunction Decision from www.patentdocs.org By Kevin E. Noonan -- On March 13, Myriad Genetics filed a Notice of (interlocutory) Appeal with the Federal Circuit. Myriad is seeking to have the Court review and reverse the District Court's denial of ...
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