Patent & IP news for May 10, 2014

There is (copyright) life on the planet of the APIs from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Oh really? Copyright in APIs?By the time this Kat had already swapped her usual Katfur for her Katkini and her laptop for a more friendly copy of Vogue Italia and was thus ready to ...

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In Java case, Federal Circuit just declined to hold massive body of creative stuff non-copyrightable from www.fosspatents.com

Within the context of the "smartphone IP wars", yesterday's appellate opinion in Oracle v. Google was spectacular. An unprecedented comeback. Oracle now has more legal leverage over Google than anyone else, such as Apple ...

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Re:publica 14: “Take Back The Net From Criminal Services” – And Develop A Business from www.ip-watch.org

The fight for copyright reform has become a secondary issue, it seems, amidst calls to take back the internet from “evil” intelligence services at the 14th edition of re:publica, the mega-conference on all things ...

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WTO Negotiations On GI Register Still Tied To Broader Round Of Talks from www.ip-watch.org

Longstanding negotiations to set up a previously agreed register of wine and spirits geographical indications held by World Trade Organization members remain tied to broader negotiations of the WTO Doha Round, the WTO director general ...

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