Patent & IP news for February 5, 2015

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post image Gardens in the Internal Market are big enough for another wolf from ipkitten.blogspot.com



A little over a year ago we left Case C-383/12 P Environmental Manufacturing LLP v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market, Société Elmar Wolf reported here in the IPKat – and the Court of ...

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post image Northern (de)lights: the Nordic IPR Forum from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Pining for the fjords?The epicentre of intellectual property in Europe is reckoned by many to be somewhere between Brussels (where policy is made), Luxembourg (where the Court of Justice interprets IP laws and achieves ...

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post image Federal Circuit Affirms 10% Royalty on “Pure Profit” Infringement by US Government from patentlyo.com

Gaylord v. US (Fed. Cir. 2015) In this case’s third-trip to the Court of Appeals, the Federal Circuit has again sided with Sculptor Frank Gaylord — This time affirming the lower court’s award of ...

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In re Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC (Fed. Cir. 2015) from www.patentdocs.org

Federal Circuit Sides with Patent Office in First IPR Final Written Decision Review By Andrew Williams -- Earlier today, the Federal Circuit decided the first appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB" or "Board ...

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South Africa Supreme Court Of Appeal Losing Its Shape from www.ip-watch.org

South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal has been blessed for the past few decades by having in its ranks judges who have experience and expertise in the field of Intellectual Property Law, writes law ...

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Patent Reform 2015 from patentlyo.com

Representative Goodlatte has re-introduced the Innovation Act that easily passed the House in the last congressional term.  Senate leaders have offered bipartisan support for a reform bill as has President Obama. The push for reform ...

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1950 "Lone Ranger" episode offers teachable moment as to patent reform 2015 from ipbiz.blogspot.com

In the 1950 episode titled "Damsels in Distress," inventor Sam Dexter illustrates a new rifle to one Baron Paul Von Baden. During the demonstration, Sam acknowledges he has not yet filed a patent application. The ...

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Patent Reform: Innovation Act of 2015 from patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch On February 5, 2015, Rep. Goodlatte reintroduced his a patent reform bill as the Innovation Act.  Co-sponsors already include the bipartisan group of Reps. Defazio, Issa, Nadler, Smith, Lofgren, Chabot, Eschoo, Forbees ...

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What is the Value of the Public Domain? from writtendescription.blogspot.com

Paul Heald (Illinois), Martin Kretschmer, and Kris Erickson (both Univ. of Glasgow) have posted The Valuation of Unprotected Works: A Case Study of Public Domain Photographs on Wikipedia. The article is an attempt to value ...

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MVS Filewrapper® Blog: Federal Circuit Upholds First IPR Decision from www.filewrapper.com

Post by Dan Lorentzen

 

The America Invents Act (AIA) included provisions establishing new "trial" procedures at the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for testing the validity of issued patents.  One such procedure, Inter ...

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December 2014 trade in intangibles - and annual from www.athenaalliance.org

This morning's trade data from BEA has some sobering economic news: the deficit grew by $6.8 billion to $46.6 billion in December. Exports were down $1.5 billion while imports were up ...

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The Future of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office: Board 28 to meet from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Next week, on 11 February 2015, Board 28 of the European Patent Office will meet.  The only topic on the agenda of the meeting is the reform of the Boards of Appeal of the European ...

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BIO opposes re-introduced Innovation Act from ipbiz.blogspot.com

From a press release

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“BIO supports targeted reforms to reign in abusive patent enforcement practices, but any efforts to accomplish this must be done in a way that preserves the patent-based incentives necessary to sustain ...

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Getting Into Shape with Recumbent Exercise Bikes from inventivestep.net

Recumbent exercise bikes are certainly some of the best forms of gym equipment available today.  They not only allow someone to workout comfortably at home but offer them a new dimension to the everyday workout ...

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