Patent & IP news for March 3, 2015

Seiko and Seiki in Singapore: "too well known to be confused" from ipkitten.blogspot.com

It has happened before and it will happen again, but it's always a surprise when it does. Sometimes a mark is almost too well known for its own good. The worst case scenario is ...

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PTAB improper sole rreliance on drawings from allthingspros.blogspot.com

Takeaway: The Applicant appealed an obviousness rejection In an application directed to a semiconductor structure. The Examiner relied solely on prior art figures to teach relative dimensions as claimed. The Applicable argued that such reliance ...

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The politics of US patent law reform from ipkitten.blogspot.com

This weblog has carried so much material concerning patent law in Europe that one might almost be forgiven for assuming that everything has gone quiet in the world's favourite market for innovation and patent ...

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Human rights and intellectual property: a new research handbook from ipkitten.blogspot.com

For the third time in as many months this Kat welcomes a new book which modesty self-interest and personal involvement prohibits him from reviewing in person: it's The Research Handbook on Human Rights and ...

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Goldbear wars going into the next round... from ipkitten.blogspot.com

With Easter slowly approaching, you'd be forgiven if you expected to read about a yet another chapter in the perennial Easter Bunny dispute(s).  However, this Kat can offer you an update on the ...

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Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. Lee (Fed. Cir. 2015) from www.patentdocs.org

Filing of IDS after Response to Restriction Requirement Constitutes Failure to Engage in Reasonable Efforts to Conclude Prosecution By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, in Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. Lee, the Federal Circuit affirmed the decision ...

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Warner-Lambert v Actavis Mark 4: harmony between parties in ‘lycrical’ patent dispute from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Last Thursday, this Kat’s esteemed moggy friend and blogmeister Jeremy reporteda High Court Order obtained by Warner-Lambert (part of the Pfizer group) mandating the NHS to release guidance about the prescribing of pregabalin ...

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The Rewards From Effective Reform Could Be Great from patentlyo.com

A group of 51 intellectual property scholars have submitted the following letter to Congress with the conclusion that “a large body of evidence . . . indicates that the net effect of patent litigation is to raise the ...

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Hillary's emails: gone but not forgotten? from ipbiz.blogspot.com


Fox News reported on Hillary Clinton not using a "work" email while serving as Secretary of State:



Clinton did not even have a government e-mail address during her tenure as America's top diplomat, which ...

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Senator Coons introduces STRONG bill on patent reform from ipbiz.blogspot.com

From recode.net, under the byline of Chris Coons:

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Today I’m introducing legislation in the U.S. Senate that targets abuse in focused and effective ways while strengthening the patent system as a whole ...

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US patent 8,969,251: mass spec for phenotype analysis from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The abstract

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A method for assaying phenotypic similarity or dissimilarity between organisms is disclosed in which a composite sample of admixed first and second samples is provided. The first, standard sample contains average concentrations of ...

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Toyota US '089 patent on hybrid vehicle from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The first claim:

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A hybrid vehicle, comprising: an internal combustion engine including an in-cylinder injection valve that directly injects fuel into a combustion chamber, and a port injection valve that injects the fuel into an ...

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Tesla and the Connecticut Yankee from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The bog 717madisonplace in discussing the Denver office of the USPTO has text

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At the opening ceremonies for the Denver patent office, Denver’s mayor told the story of his first day on the job ...

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EPO Hits New Record Number Of Patent Filings; US, China Rise from www.ip-watch.org

BRUSSELS - In 2014, patent filings at the European Patent Office (EPO) reached an all-time high, as announced by EPO President Benoît Battistelli last week at the traditional Annual Results Press Conference. Among key patenting trends ...

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Brazil’s Internet Legal Framework Regulation And Draft Bill For Privacy Law Public Consultation from www.ip-watch.org

By Flavia Rebello and Thais Carvalho [Article reprinted with permission from Baker & McKenzie LegalBytes newsletter, original available here.] On 28 January 2015, the Brazilian Ministry of Justice launched public consultations involving two key pieces of ...

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Google’s Size, Wealth, and Market Power Relevant to Hypothetical Negotiation from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court partially denied Google's motion in limine to preclude references to its size, wealth, and alleged market power. "Google’s size and wealth, on their own, are not relevant to the issues to ...

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The Strong Patent Act of 2015 from Senator Coons from patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch Senator Coons is expected to introduce his competing patent reform bill into the Senate this week under the title Strong Patents Act.  As the name suggests, these provisions here tend to strongly ...

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Heightened Pleading in Patent Complaints to Frustrate Trolls – Exception for Hatch-Waxman/ANDA Cases from www.iplawalert.com

All branches of government have worked to decrease frivolous litigation by non-practicing entities (“NPEs”), or patent trolls, in order to both encourage developing technology and allow businesses to utilize that technology without a looming threat ...

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes from patentlyo.com

Information and events. The University of Missouri School of Law and the Center for Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship is hosting an event on March 13th, 2015. The focus is on Intellectual Property issues in the ...

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Bruce Kania’s TedX Talk on Transition Water from www.greenpatentblog.com

In a previous post, I spoke with Bruce Kania of Floating Island International (FII) about the company’s floating island technology and patent portfolio. FII’s floating islands help maintain the health of wetland ecosystems ...

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USPTO Acting Director Discusses Patent Quality, Pendency, Harmonisation from www.ip-watch.org

At today's meeting of the "trilateral offices" - the United States, Europe and Japan - Deputy Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office Michelle Lee gave an update of USPTO activities, including improvements in patent ...

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CAFC limits Warsaw Orthopedic to "reasonable royalty" from ipbiz.blogspot.com


From Warsaw v. Nuvasive

As to outcome:

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We affirm the district court with respect to invalidity and infringement for the ’973, ’933, and ’236 patents. We vacate Warsaw’s damages award and remand for a ...

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The CAFC determines that offering a service, without rendering the service, is insufficient to support trademark registration from ipbiz.blogspot.com

In Couture v. Playdom, the CAFC affirmed the TTAB, which had cancelled Couture's "Playdom" mark because Couture had “merely posted a website advertising his readiness, willingness and ability to render said services,” and the ...

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The Economist mentions George Selden in article on patent trolls from ipbiz.blogspot.com

In "Why no one likes them," The Economist brings up George Selden:


Patent trolls are not new. In 1895 George Baldwin Selden (pictured), an American lawyer, was awarded a patent for an “improved road-engine”. The ...

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