Patent & IP news for March 31, 2014

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post image Monday miscellany from ipkitten.blogspot.com

It can be tough online if you
can't enforce your copyright ..
Getting ready for #HappyKat.  Tomorrow's the day that the IPKat's exciting afternoon seminar, "Online Copyright + Enforcement = Happiness?", masterminded by Eleonora, takes ...

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post image Bad news for brands? It's early days for gTLDs from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Got .milk?The clocks went forward in the UK this weekend which means Spring is in the air, and so is the new era of domain name domination (discussed here). The race is officially on ...

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post image Exercising restraint: a sad little episode where there are only losers from ipkitten.blogspot.com

While in theory every piece of intellectual property litigation has a winner and a loser, from time time to time one spots a case that seems to leave everyone worse off.  Mensah (trading as 37 ...

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post image BREAKING NEWS: Belgians declare Louboutin mark invalid from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Here's some exciting breaking news from the Benelux, courtesy of Katfriend Laurens Kamp (Simmons & Simmons LLP, Amsterdam). Writes Laurens:
In infringement proceedings between Van Dalen Footwear B.V. (a Netherlands retail store) and Christian ...

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post image Cybor Watch: Supreme Court to Consider De Novo Appellate Review for Claim Construction from www.grayonclaims.com

Teva Pharms. USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. (No. 13-854)

Today, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in this case, where the petitioner has challenged the Federal Circuit's de novo review standard for claim construction.  The ...

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Forbes terms Apple/Samsung patent litigation as borderning on farce from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Within a post Apple Pursuit of Samsung Starts Bordering On Farce , one has the text


By building an equivalence between its iPhone sales and Samsung’s products, Apple is laying the blame on its South ...

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Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International from patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the patent subject matter eligibility case of Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International. Alice Corp.’s patent covers a computerized escrow ...

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Korea Joins Hague Agreement; WIPO Hopes Others Will Follow from www.ip-watch.org

Today, the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) joined the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs. A ceremony was held at the World Intellectual Property Organization, according to a ...

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Expert’s Reasonable Royalty Analysis May Not Include “Price Effect” from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendant's motion to exclude the opinions of plaintiff's compensatory damages expert regarding the "price effect" on a reasonable royalty. "[Plaintiff's expert] attributes more than half of his reasonable royalty ...

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Patent 101 from www.iplawalert.com

On the heels of CLS Bank Int’l v. Alice Corp. Pty presently before the Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit and district courts in 2014 have continued to issue decisions analyzing computer-implemented inventions under 35 ...

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Briefing Continues in Limelight v. Akamai from www.717madisonplace.com

The briefing continues in the Supreme Court case of Limelight v. Akamai with respect to the issue of divided infringement.  Akamai filed its brief last week.  The ABA site has all the briefs, including amicus ...

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The Times IP Supplement Targets Mainstream Business Readers from ipcloseup.wordpress.com

The Times of London today published a sponsored 16-page special report devoted to intellectual property developments that addresses general and business readers with sprightly illustrated articles, data and commentary. The focus of the content in ...

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Supreme Court to Address Standard of Review for Claim Construction from patentlyo.com

This morning the Supreme Court granted Teva’s petition for certiorari in Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc.  Teva’s petition presents the following question: Issue: Whether a district court’s factual finding in ...

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Supreme Court to Consider De Novo Review of Claim Construction from patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. (Supreme Court 2014) The Supreme Court has granted Teva’s petition for writ of certiorari on the issue of de novo review of district court ...

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UKIPO: New Exceptions In UK Copyright Law Boost Flexibility For Users from www.ip-watch.org

On 27 March, the United Kingdom introduced new exceptions to its Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 “to make our copyright system better suited to the digital age,” the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has ...

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“Innocence of Muslims” Creates Copyright Controversy In US from www.ip-watch.org

When “Innocence of Muslims” first appeared online, the video provoked outrage among millions of Muslims around the world. Now the consternation has spread to many copyright experts, internet firms, news organisations, and entertainment companies, who ...

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Unpatentable: See Bilski, Mayo, Flook, and Benson from patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch The question of patentable subject matter is nominally grounded in the statute 35 U.S.C. § 101. That statute offers patent rights to anyone who “invents or discovers any new and useful ...

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ITC Institutes Investigation (337-TA-912) Regarding Certain Earpiece Devices Having Positioning And Retaining Structure from www.itcblog.com

On March 31, 2014, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a press release announcing their vote to institute an investigation of Certain Earpiece Devices Having Positioning And Retaining Structure and Components Thereof (Inv. No ...

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10 things software patent applicants need to know about the USPTO’s Glossary Initiative from ipspotlight.com

In an effort to combat criticisms about poor quality and ambiguity in software and business method patents, the USPTO as announced a new ”Glossary Pilot Program” that encourages applicants to provide a glossary of clear ...

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Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Teva Pharmaceuticals v. Sandoz from www.patentdocs.org

By Andrew Williams -- Earlier today, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc. case (Supreme Court docket number 13-854). The sole issue on appeal is encapsulated by the question ...

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Dr. Cook-Deegan Brings the Medical Community Up to Date on the Myriad Case from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- In an article in The Cancer Letter entitled "Robert Cook-Deegan's Viewers' Guide To the Super Bowl of Gene Patent Cases," Professor Robert Cook-Deegan (at right) of the Institute for Genome ...

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