Patent & IP news for July 11, 2014

Men at work -- or just economists? Time to talk again about IP enforcement in the EU from ipkitten.blogspot.com

To many IP lawyers, this is what a roomful
of economists discussing IP sounds like ...Jean Bergevin, Head of Unit, of the European Commission's Directorate General Internal Market and Services Fight against Counterfeiting and ...

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IPKat readers want fair use: can you believe that? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

New Katpoll:
Do you think that she got home
in time to vote in the UGC poll?On the wave of sexy felon Jeremy Meeks's photographic (and photogenic) success and subsequent hypothetical fan-created fashion ...

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Common ownership problems for those new to patents from ocpatentlawyer.com

For those new to protecting their inventions with patents, one of the more common issues that needs to be resolved is ownership.  Who owns the invention or patent?  A company may believe that it owns ...

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Wednesday whimsies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The IPKat has heard that the National Federation for Corporate Law (the FNDE) has organized the Paris Congress on Industrial Property on the topic “Employee’s invention right: Asia - USA – Europe”, in collaboration with Strasbourg ...

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Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Don't forget to check out the IPKat's Forthcoming Events page, here. Several fresh items have been added this week, just for some of you ...



Feeling a bit Pommery?... and talking of which, if ...

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Netto: the service of bringing together services can be a service, says CJEU from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Re-tail service? Not
for Maxie the ManxApple Inc's store lay-out was not the only retail issue involving trade mark registration in Europe to attract the attention of the Court of Justice of the ...

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Retail omerta: Wilko v Buyology from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Buyology's suppliers, arriving to court
to hear HHJ Hacon's decisionIn a dispute where trade mark infringement and passing-off were admitted. The terms of a settlement having been agreed, the trade mark owner ...

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Patent value: but how do we understand the market? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Last week this Kat published a blogpost entitled “Have U.S. courts made patents less valuable?", here, which discussed aspects of the article by Terry Ludow, “Signs of the times: trends in technology IP licensing ...

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AbbVie Deutschland GmbH v. Janssen Biotech, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2014) from www.patentdocs.org

Absent Description of Representative Species to Support Entire Genus, Functionally Defined Genus Claim Lacked Adequate Written Description By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, in AbbVie Deutschland GmbH v. Janssen Biotech, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed judgments ...

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Dennis Crouch from patentlyo.com

Kevin Noonan: Continued Chaos in Obama Administration Patent Policy Jeff John Roberts: White House pulls plug on controversial Patent Office nominee after tech sector backlash Gene Quinn: House Subcommittee Takes up TROL Act on Demand ...

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Sapphire Energy takes "green crude" to China from ipbiz.blogspot.com

From a press release titled STATEMENT BY SAPPHIRE ENERGY CEO, CYNTHIA ‘CJ’ WARNER, REGARDING THE COMPANY’S SELECTION AS AN ECOPARTNER WITH OIL GIANT SINOPEC


“Sapphire Energy is very pleased to learn that our company ...

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More Liability For Internet Intermediaries Could Raise Information Control, Panellists Say from www.ip-watch.org

At the recent University of Geneva summer course on internet law, one panel addressed challenges and strategies for internet intermediaries facing an increased burden of intellectual property rights protection online.

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Federal Circuit Sends Patent Case to Eighth Circuit from patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch US Water Services, Inc. v. ChemTreat (Fed. Cir. 2014) The Federal Circuit has determined that it lacks subject-matter appellate jurisdiction over the patent infringement appeal and has thus transferred the case to ...

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WHO Report On NCDs Praises Efforts By Countries, But Not Enough from www.ip-watch.org

A World Health Organization report launched yesterday showed progress has been achieved in the fight against non-communicable diseases but it has been uneven, as some 38 million people die each year from those diseases.

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New Nautilus Indefiniteness Standard Justifies Submission of Expert Evidence at Markman Hearing from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendants' motion to supplement their claim construction briefing with an expert declaration following the Supreme Court's decision in Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2120 (2014). "The Court ...

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CJEU: Retail store design may be registrable as a trade mark (Apple Inc. v DPMA) from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The CJEU today (in case in C-421/13, Apple Inc. v Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt, see here) confirmed that the representation of the layout of a retail store, such as the one depicted below ...

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ITC Institutes Investigation (337-TA-921) Regarding Certain Marine Sonar Imaging Devices, Including Downscan And Sidescan Devices from www.itcblog.com

On July 9, 2014, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a press release announcing their vote to institute an investigation of Certain Marine Sonar Imaging Devices, Including Downscan And Sidescan Devices, Products Containing the ...

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ITC Decides To Review-In-Part ALJ Bullock’s Initial Determination Finding A Violation Of Section 337 In Certain Windshield Wipers (337-TA-881) from www.itcblog.com

On July 9, 2014, the International Trade Commission (“the Commission”) issued a notice that it determined to review Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock’s Initial Determination (“ID”) finding a violation of Section 337 in Certain ...

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Optional Language in Patent Specification from www.717madisonplace.com

Today’s Federal Circuit opinion in H-W Technology, L.C. v. Overstock.com, Inc., ___ F. 3d ___ (Fed. Cir. 2014) is of interest for at least two reasons.   For one, the case adds to ...

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IPO Webinar on Alice v. CLS Bank from www.patentdocs.org

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Alice v. CLS Bank: How Far Has the Needle Moved?" on July 15, 2014 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET). A panel consisting ...

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ACI FDA Boot Camp from www.patentdocs.org

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding the next session of its FDA Boot Camp conference on September 18-19, 2014 in Boston, MA. ACI faculty will help attendees: • Master the basics of the application and ...

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MBHB Webinar on Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International from www.patentdocs.org

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International: General Purpose Computers Cannot Save Inventions Directed to Abstract Ideas" on August 19, 2014 from 10:00 ...

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PLI Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop from www.patentdocs.org

Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be holding a two-day seminar entitled: "Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2014: Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing" on July 17-18, 2014 in New York, NY, on August 18-19, 2014 in San Francisco ...

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