Patent & IP news for June 2, 2014

Colour colour colour colour colour Chameleon from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Unlike the new Common Practice...Back in April, this Kat reported on the new European trade mark Common Practice as regards black and white trade marks, and how they are to be compared to colour ...

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Monday miscellany from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Photo by Mo LIThe OHIM IP Mediation conference in Alicante last week received a fair bit of attention on this blog (see posts here, here, here, here and here), as well as on Twitter ...

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Surprising growth of support for Europe's Unitary Patent Court, but ... from ipkitten.blogspot.com

"But WHY?"It's not quite a case of turkeys voting for Christmas, or even of sane and ostensibly unbribed humans voting to play the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, but here's a survey ...

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UPC: suddenly more popular than we thought? from patlit.blogspot.com

Here's a surprise press release from Allen & Overy, published today and discussed by the IPKat and Merpel here.  The press release is reproduced in full below, with some comments in red:

"Research reveals growing ...

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By Dennis Crouch Limelight Networks v. Akamai Tech. (Supreme Court 2014) In an 11-page unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court has rejected the Federal Circuit’s expansion of the inducement doctrine – holding instead that inducement must be tied to underlying direct infringement. The Patent Act provides that “[w]hoever actively induces infringement of a patent shall be […] from patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch Limelight Networks v. Akamai Tech. (Supreme Court 2014) In an 11-page unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court has rejected the Federal Circuit’s expansion of the inducement doctrine – holding instead that inducement must ...

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WHO Bulletin Focusses On BRICS And Global Health from www.ip-watch.org

The June edition of the World Health Organization monthly Bulletin is dedicated to public health and the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). That was one of the key issues of the ...

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Federal Circuit is Reversed, Twice from inventivestep.net

The Supreme Court has issued two opinions in patent cases today, in both cases reversing the Federal Circuit. Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc. In the first opinion, the Court was reviewing the Federal Circuit ...

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Delay in Filing Suit and Lack of Preliminary Injunction Request Favor Stay Pending IPR from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendant's motion to stay pending inter partes review because the lack of undue prejudice, potential simplification of issues, stage of the case, and reduction of the burden of litigation weighed in ...

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Supreme Court: To Be Valid, Patent Claims Must Provide Reasonable Certainty Regarding the Claim Scope from patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch Nautilus v. BioSig (Supreme Court 2014) Patents provide exclusive rights that are defined by a set of claims. The claims spell out the metes-and-bounds of the invention being claimed and are designed ...

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Two new Supreme Court Patent Decisions from patentlyo.com

Limelight Networks v. Akamai Tech. (Supreme Court 2014) (inducement requires underlying direct infringement) Nautilus v. BioSig (Supreme Court 2014) (“reasonable certainty” is touchstone for indefiniteness analysis).

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MVS Filewrapper® Blog: Supreme Court Issues Indefiniteness and Inducement Decisions from www.filewrapper.com

The Supreme Court this week issued its decisions in two much anticipated IP cases.  The Court's decision in Limelight Networks v. Akamai Tech. concludes that at least one underlying act of direct patent infringement ...

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Open Policy Network Launched from www.ip-watch.org

A new network has been launched with the aim of promoting open policies worldwide. The network brings together dozens of nongovernmental organisations, universities, international organisations, foundatioins and individuals under guiding principles and a work plan ...

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MVS Filewrapper® Blog: Supreme Court Defines Scope of Definiteness Required in Patent Claims from www.filewrapper.com

Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc. defining the standard for definiteness necessary to meet the requirements of 35 U.S.C. Section 112, second paragraph ...

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Supreme Court: Patents require “reasonable certainty” or may be invalid from ipspotlight.com

With the much-publicized issue of vague patent claims square in its sights, the United States Supreme Court has issued a new standard by which courts may find patents invalid for indefiniteness. The  new standard may ...

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