Patent & IP news for September 15, 2014

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post image Broad Claims with narrow support – Vorrichtung zur Schwingungserzeugung from patlit.blogspot.com

The decision 4 Ni 16/11 of the 4th senate of the Bundespatentgericht (BPatG) is worthwhile noting because it approaches the jurisdiction of the BPatG with a jurisdiction of the Technical Boards of Appeal of ...

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post image Do people know that patents exist? A judge opines from patlit.blogspot.com

OOO Abbott & Another v Design & Display Ltd & Another [2014] EWHC 2924 (IPEC) is a 4 September 2014 ruling of Judge Hacon in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, England and Wales, on the subject of calculation ...

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USPTO AIA Roadshow from www.patentdocs.org

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be hosting seven roadshow events between September 16 and October 9 to increase understanding of the First Inventor to File (FITF) provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

September 16, 2014 - "Section 103 and Obviousness: Capitalizing on CCPA and Early Federal Circuit Precedent -- Strategies for Withstanding Obviousness Rejections and Attacks on Patent Validity and Patentability" (Strafford) - 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT ...

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BCP Customer Partnership Meeting from www.patentdocs.org

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding its next biotechnology/chemical/pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting on Wednesday, September 17, 2014. The latest BCP meeting will be the Office's first Bicoastal ...

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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. Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. et al. 1:14-cv-01156; filed September 10, 2014 in ...

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WIPO Committee Advances Decisions On Programme, Budget, Oversight from www.ip-watch.org

The powerful World Intellectual Property Organization Program and Budget Committee in its recent meeting worked through a tough agenda of core decisions about the UN organisation’s functioning and future. The committee reached decisions on ...

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IPR Petitioner’s Business Model to Circumvent 35 U.S.C. § 315(b) Time Bar No Basis for Terminating Sanctions from docketreport.blogspot.com

During a conference call, the Board denied the patent owner's request to file a motion for sanctions terminating the proceedings. "Patent Owner argues that [a motion for sanctions pursuant to 37 C.F.R ...

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PTO petition republication request from allthingspros.blogspot.com


C.F.R. § 1.221 allows an Applicant to correct errors in published applications by filing a petition which identifies the errors and requests republication. This week I'll review a small sample of Petition ...

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Finding the limits of ineligibility from patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch It is safe to say that hundreds of thousands of U.S. patents rely upon the manipulation of information or laws of nature as fundamental aspects of their respective inventions. Many of ...

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African Declaration On Internet Rights And Freedoms from www.ip-watch.org

Last week, 23 civil society groups released the African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms at the Internet Governance Forum, infojustice.org reports. The declaration is organized around twelve key principles, including Freedom of Expression ...

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Interval Licensing v. AOL: Post-Nautilus Indefiniteness from patentlyo.com

By Jason Rantanen Interval Licensing LLC v. AOL, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2014) Interval v AOL Panel: Taranto and Chen (author)* One of the most frequent criticisms of Nautilius v. Biosig is that it simply provides ...

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Experts Look At The Meaning of Myriad, One Year Later from www.ip-watch.org

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA – Experts gathered here last week addressed the question of – one year later - what does the United States Supreme Court’s decision on human gene patents mean for scientific research and patent policy?

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