Patent & IP news for October 10, 2014

686 Requests are Enough - T 0280/11 from patlit.blogspot.com

The following headnote (in a free translation from German) of the decision T 0280/11 reminds us that we should not mess with the Technical Board of Appeal after 16.45h:

The patentee, who had ...

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Friday Fantasia from ipkitten.blogspot.com

IP Crime Report 2013/14  UK IP Minister, Baroness Neville-Rolfe, has just released the IP Crime Report 2013/14, which the UK Intellectual Property Office prepared on behalf of the IP Crime Unit. As fans ...

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Hershey Trademark Infringement Lawsuit Against Marijuana Edible Company from patentlawip.blogspot.com

This past June, Hershey filed a lawsuit in Colorado Federal Court against TinctureBell, LLC and TinctureBelle Marijuanka LLC- two companies that marketed cannabis-laced chocolate bars that were allegedly packaged to look like Hershey products.  The ...

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Right Round: Comparing US and European Software Patent Eligiblity from patentlyo.com

Guest Post by Michael Williams. Williams is a UK and European Patent Attorney and Partner at the London based Cleveland-IP firm. In the book “Through the Looking-Glass”, Alice compares her drawing room to the one ...

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Angry Birds: are they on their way to being grounded? from ipkitten.blogspot.com


With the recent launch of a new generation of IPhones and the announcement of a notable  decline in profits of Samsung smartphones, one is tempted to forget that third-party contents in the form of downloadable ...

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Teva v. Sandoz -- Supreme Court Preview from www.patentdocs.org

By Andrew Williams -- Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz Inc. case to determine whether appellate courts should afford any deference to a trial court ...

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“Trade Matters” For BRICS In Africa, So Does Internet Connectivity from www.ip-watch.org

Last week’s World Trade Organization Public Forum hosted dozens of panels on the general theme of "why trade matters." A panel focusing on the role of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS ...

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Evidence of IPR not Admissible in Validity or Damages Phase, But May be Admissible for Willfulness from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court partially granted defendants' motion to reconsider an earlier order on plaintiff's motion in limine to preclude defendants from introducing evidence of inter partes review. "[D]efendants expressed their view that . . . evidence as ...

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Call for Papers from patentlyo.com

Arkon IP Journal is hosting a symposium issue on Patentable Subject Matter and welcomes academic papers on the topic with a deadline of December 1, 2014.  Submit in Word format to lawreview@uakron.edu attn ...

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Master a Rapidly Shifting Patent Law Landscape from www.patentbaristas.com

The Chisum Patent Academy is pleased to accept registrations for our next Advanced Patent Law seminar, to be held March 5-6, 2015. The venue is the award-winning 21C Museum Hotel in easily accessible and inexpensive ...

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ABA IP Scholarship Symposium: Call for Papers from patentlyo.com

By Jason Rantanen Dennis highlighted two calls for papers below.  In addition, the American Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Section will be holding an IP scholarship symposium in late March 2015 and is seeking scholars ...

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A Statue for Toulmin. from anticipatethis.wordpress.com

Originally posted on Anticipate This!™ | Patent and Trademark Law Blog:
   In the small city of Springfield, Ohio, now stands an 8-foot statue dedicated to the Wright Brother’s patent attorney, Harry Toulmin.  Mr. Toulmin was ...

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2014 BIO IPCC Fall Conference from www.patentdocs.org

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) will be holding its 2014 Fall Intellectual Property Counsels Committee (IPCC) Conference on November 10-12, 2014 in Nashville, TN. The conference will offer presentations on the following topics: Monday, November ...

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Webinar on Patent Litigation Alternatives from www.patentdocs.org

ShareVault will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Making Sense of New Patent Litigation Alternatives" on October 23, 2014 beginning at 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (Pacific Daylight Time). John Resek, Ph.D. of ...

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Webinar on Patent Eligibility Post-Alice Corp. from www.patentdocs.org

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Demonstrating Patent Eligibility Post- Alice Corp. Decision -- Navigating the Nuances and Leveraging Guidance From Federal Circuit and PTAB Opinions" on October 29, 2014 from 1:00 to ...

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Webinar on America Invents Act from www.patentdocs.org

Commercial Law WebAdvisor will be offering a webinar entitled "America Invents Act: Patent Strategies and Reforms Counsel Needs to Know" on October 21, 2014 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (Eastern). Aaron D. Charfoos ...

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IPO Webinar on Teva v. Sandoz from www.patentdocs.org

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Claim Construction Deference: Teva v. Sandoz at the U.S. Supreme Court" on October 17, 2014 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET). Paul ...

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