Patent & IP news for June 29, 2014

WIPO Copyright Committee: More Rights Or Limitations/Exceptions? from www.ip-watch.org

The World Intellectual Property Organization copyright committee meets next week with some uncertainty. Unable to agree on the future work of the committee at the end of the last session, delegates will have to decide ...

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Tom Bell on Copyright from patentlyo.com

Professor Bell provides his view on “Intellectual Privileges” rather than “Intellectual Property.” Although Bell’s ideas are directed at copyright law, it does not take an inventive step to to cross them over into patent ...

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When Cornish Pasty (GI) Meets Feta Cheese (AO) At WIPO For Equal Protection from www.ip-watch.org

An amendment to elevate the status of geographical indications at the World Intellectual Property Organization appears to be on track for a high-level final negotiation in 2015 after a meeting last week.

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Opening of the Rocky Mountain Patent Office Raises Denver’s Profile as Center of Innovation from patentlyo.com

John Posthumus has been instrumental making the Denver Office of the USPTO a reality – having spent more than 1,000 pro bono hours on this effort. I asked him to write a guest post to ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

June 30, 2014 - "Drafting Patent Claims After In re Packard: Navigating the New PTO Regime for Evaluating Indefiniteness" (Strafford) - 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT) July 9, 2014 - "Nautilus and Limelight: The Supreme Court ...

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Court Report from www.patentdocs.org

By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. et al. v. Mylan Inc. et al. 1:14-cv-00777; filed June 19, 2014 ...

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