Patent & IP news for August 22, 2014

Who Owns the Copyright on a Photograph Taken by a Monkey? from blawgit.com

The Case of the Monkey Photographer Back in 2011, photographer David Slater found himself in a national park in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, taking pictures of critically endangered crested black macaque monkeys. After taking some pictures ...

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Stay Pending Third Party IPR Requires Estoppel Condition from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendants' motion to stay pending inter partes review, but conditioned the stay on defendants' agreement to estoppel. "[T]his court has previously explained in similar cases that the benefits of a stay ...

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Robots and people from www.athenaalliance.org

This morning at the Fed's annual Jackson Hole symposium David Autor presented a paper on robots and people. Officially titled Polanyi's Paradox and the Shape of Employment Growth, the paper has gotten some ...

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Webinar on Patents and Export Control Compliance from www.patentdocs.org

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Patents and Export Control Compliance: Managing Risk and Avoiding Unintentional Violations -- Minimizing Export Control Liability in Patent Application Preparation, Development and Analysis of Innovation, and Licensing" on ...

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Conference on Paragraph IV Litigation from www.patentdocs.org

Momentum will be holding its 2nd Congress on PIV Litigation on October 29-30, 2014 in Philadelphia, PA. The conference will offer presentations on the following topics: • Key Takeaways for Brand and Generic Drug Manufacturers from ...

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IPO Webinars on Global Patent Prosecution from www.patentdocs.org

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer two one-hour webinars on "Global Patent Prosecution: Comparing Europe, China, and U.S. Law & Practice" on August 27 & 28, 2014 beginning at 12:00 pm (ET) each ...

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Webinar on Conflicts in Patent Prosecution from www.patentdocs.org

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Conflicts in Patent Prosecution: Minimizing Risks of Malpractice Liability and Ethics Sanctions" on October 2, 2014 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT). The webinar will ...

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