Patent & IP news for May 24, 2014

Apple seeking U.S. permanent injunction against Samsung based on this month's jury verdict from www.fosspatents.com

Surprise. Not. In a follow-up to this month's $119 million jury verdict in the Northern District of California, Apple filed a motion for a U.S. permanent injunction against Samsung late on Friday by ...

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Apple requests retrial of Samsung patent case, demonstrates dissatisfaction with jury verdict from www.fosspatents.com

After the original version of the Apple v. Samsung II jury verdict that came down on May 2 (and had to be amended on May 5), Apple's PR department had issued a premature statement ...

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WHO Committee Agrees Plan For R&D For Neglected Diseases; TDR May Host Pooled Fund from www.ip-watch.org

World Health Organization members in committee today agreed on a plan taking forward efforts to find alternative financing for diseases predominantly afflicting poor populations. The draft decision was modified overnight to address concerns that the ...

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What is a Fair Share for Inventors? from patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch Ian Shanks v. Unilever, [2014] EWHC 1647 (England & Wales High Court of Justice, Patents Court) [Shanks v Unilever judgment] Ian Shanks invented the disposable personal glucose meter back in the 1980s while ...

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Crisis At WIPO Over Development Agenda; Overall Objectives In Question from www.ip-watch.org

The World Intellectual Property Organization Committee on Development and Intellectual Property finished a weeklong meeting yesterday having not achieved the week’s goals and with harsh words from delegates calling into question the very functioning ...

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World Health Assembly Approves Plan To Strengthen Access To Essential Medicines from www.ip-watch.org

World Health Organization members tonight approved a resolution aimed at improving access to essential medicines. Agreement came after a compromise on a proposed provision referencing other medicines that are not qualified as essential medicines.

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WHO Takes Step Toward Policy Of Engagement With Lobbyists, Foundations from www.ip-watch.org

The World Health Organization today (24 May) adopted a one-year plan to come up with a policy on engagement with “non-state actors” – industry, nongovernmental groups, foundations and academics.

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