Patent & IP news for June 20, 2014

The changing face of IP bad guys (and gals) from ipkitten.blogspot.com

There is nothing more disrupting that having to redefine the bad guys (or gals). Ask the US after the fall of the Soviet Union (although recent events have a “back to the future” look). Something ...

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CJEU rules on unregistered design: overall impression and presumption of validity from ipkitten.blogspot.com

For every 150 trade mark rulings, it seems, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issues a decision on designs [a topic which is far less investigated than trade marks, and far more ...

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Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Poor Alice thought that patent
protection was on the cards ...Hard times for software patents? Yesterday the US Supreme Court handed down its keenly-awaited judgment in Alice Corp. v CLS Bank International (Ruling 13-298). This ...

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ALJ Gildea Grants Knowles’ Summary Determination Motion Regarding The Economic Prong Of The Domestic Industry Requirement In Certain Silicon Microphone Packages (337-TA-888) from www.itcblog.com

On June 10, 2014, ALJ E. James Gildea issued the public version of Order No. 47 (dated May 8, 2014) – an Initial Determination granting Complainant’s motion for summary determination that it satisfies the economic ...

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ALJ Lord Grants Motion to Compel In Certain Television Sets, Television Receivers, Television Tuners (337-TA-910) from www.itcblog.com

On June 9, 2014, ALJ Dee Lord issued Order No. 18 in Certain Television Sets, Television Receivers, Television Tuners, and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-910).  According to the Order, Complainant Cresta Technology Corporation (“Cresta”) moved ...

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Author Interview: “Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage” from www.ip-watch.org

In this interview, Intellectual Property Watch sat down with Robert Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a Washington, DC-based policy think tank, to talk about his book, “Innovation Economics: The Race for ...

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Selective Joinder of Eastern Retailers to Buttress EDTX Venue Against West Coast Manufacturer Proves Unsuccesful from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted a manufacturer defendant's motion to sever and transfer venue from the Eastern District of Texas to the Western District of Washington. The interests of justice factor weighed in favor of transfer ...

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UK IP Crime Unit Preliminary Report On Activities from www.ip-watch.org

To coincide with the International IP Enforcement Summit held on 11-12 June in London, the United Kingdom (UK) Intellectual Property Crime Group produced a preliminary version of its annual report to showing actions taken by ...

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ACI "Legal and Regulatory Summit on Generic Drugs," New York City, July 24-25 from www.orangebookblog.com

American Conference Institute will be holding its 2nd annual "Legal and Regulatory Summit on Generic Drugs" in New York on July 24-25. The conference promises to present "comprehensive strategies for the generic pharmaceutical industry's ...

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ABA Webinar on Navigating the Post-Grant Minefield from www.patentdocs.org

The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Intellectual Property Law will be offering a live webinar entitled "Navigating the Patent Trial and Appeal Board Post-Grant Minefield" on June 27, 2014 from 1:00 to 2 ...

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