Patent & IP news for March 28, 2014

Unrest at the EPO Part 3 - SUEPO Strikes Back from ipkitten.blogspot.com

What Merpel wanted to be doingMerpel was looking forward to a day curling up under the late March sunshine in Lincoln's Inn Fields, but the IPKat has sent her once again to investigate ...

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Radiator designs heat up a crowded market in the General Court from ipkitten.blogspot.com

This is another note from me on a designs decision. As I write this I’m suffering a cold, so conveniently this General Court judgment concerns the “notoriously crowded” (to quote the Board of Appeal ...

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ICANN 'Oscars', auctions and settlements: why negotiate if you're rich enough not to? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

What's happening in the wonderful world of ICANN these days? The IPKat and Merpel are happy to leave the answer to this far from rhetorical question in the capable hands of  Olivia Gregory, a ...

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Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

9 million: quantum leap or Mega Jump ...?Thank you all so much.  Earlier today, the IPKat and Merpel achieved something which they can in all honesty say the wouldn't have been able to do ...

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No Reference to IPR During Trial from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted plaintiff's motion in limine to preclude reference to a pending inter partes review proceeding. "Plaintiff moves the Court to preclude Defendants from making any reference to the pending inter partes review ...

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#BeyondIP Blog Symposium from writtendescription.blogspot.com

On Sunday the Yale Law School Information Society Project is hosting our Innovation Law Beyond IP conference, at which I'll be moderating the plenary session and presenting Beyond the Patents-Prizes Debate (coauthored with Daniel ...

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WIPO Members Working On Evolving Draft Of Potential TK Treaty from www.ip-watch.org

World Intellectual Property Organization member states today are trying to agree on the draft text of a potential international instrument to protect traditional knowledge from misappropriation.Related Articles:

• New Draft Text At WIPO On Protection ...

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Alternative Therapies, Incentive Models Eyed For Antibiotic Resistance from www.ip-watch.org

As bacteria become more and more resistant to existing medicines, product pipelines are drying up. A solution may lie in a forgotten therapy developed in 1917, the use of which has been restricted to certain ...

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Alleged Leaked Sheds Light On TTIP Negotiations On IP from www.ip-watch.org

An alleged leaked analysis by the European Union provides insight into the intellectual property section of the draft Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with the United States. And separately, the US International Trade Commission ...

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Propping Open Cracks in Secret Depths of Fracking Chemicals: How the Wyoming Supreme Court Is Demanding More of Companies Seeking Trade Secret Protection from www.iplawalert.com

In Powder River Basin Resource Council v. Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 2014 WY 37 (2014), the Wyoming Supreme Court recently held that state district courts receiving appeals of denied record requests must independently ...

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Washington College of Law Post Argument Discussion of Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International from www.patentdocs.org

As part of its ongoing Supreme Court series, the American University Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice & Intellectual Property will be hosting a post argument discussion on the Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v ...

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China Pharmaceutical Regulatory Law Boot Camp from www.patentdocs.org

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding a China Pharmaceutical Regulatory Law Boot Camp on April 22, 2014 in New York, NY. ACI faculty will help attendees: • Explore the swiftly evolving landscape of Chinese pharmaceutical ...

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PatCon 4: The Annual Patent Conference from www.patentdocs.org

The University of Kansas School of Law, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, University of San Diego School of Law, and Boston College Law School will be holding the fourth annual Patent Conference -- PatCon 4 -- on ...

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Webinar on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility from www.patentdocs.org

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Patent Subject Matter Eligibility: Navigating the New "Myriad" Guidelines -- Analyzing Subject Matter and Avoiding Rejection Under the USPTO's Detailed Framework" on April 16, 2014 from 1 ...

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ALJ Gildea Sets 15-Month Target Date In Certain Lithium Silicate Materials (337-TA-911) from www.itcblog.com

On March 27, 2014, ALJ E. James Gildea issued Order No. 2 in Certain Lithium Silicate Materials and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-911). By way of background, the investigation is based on a ...

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