Patent & IP news for March 6, 2015

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post image Can a decision on the VAT Directive mean that there is no general digital exhaustion under EU copyright? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Yesterday was a big IP day at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), with both the judgment in Copydan (private copying levies) [here] and the Opinion of Advocate General Jääskinen in ...

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post image Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Forthcoming events. There's always plenty going on, so why not check, out the IPKat's Forthcoming Events page and see if there's anything you fancy?  Not all the events cater for main-line IP ...

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post image Cindy Crawford: the picture that was, or wasn't ... from ipkitten.blogspot.com

This Kat is usually about as far away from the world of fashion as can be. Indeed, he barely recognized the name of Cindy Crawford when a picture of the 49-year supermodel went viral last ...

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USPTO Launches Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn-- In a notice published in the Federal Register last month (80 Fed. Reg. 6475), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it is launching a comprehensive and enhanced patent quality ...

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Guillenwater at RollCall criticizes Goodlatte Innovation Act from ipbiz.blogspot.com

From RollCall:

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One of the most troubling provisions in the Innovation Act creates mandatory stays of discovery in patent infringement cases. Such mandatory stays would prolong litigation, increasing costs, while placing a company’s intellectual ...

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Knepper / Lieb on 35 USC 101 issues from ipbiz.blogspot.com

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Since Jan. 1, 2015, and as of the writing of this article, there have been at least 13 decisions from federal district courts on motions challenging subject matter eligibility of the various ...

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MVS Filewrapper® Blog: Alternative Patent Reform Legislation Proposed in Senate from www.filewrapper.com

Post by Dan Lorentzen

 

Even though the America Invents Act is just over 3 years old, patent reform legislation has arisen on several occasions over the past years.  The most visible legislative efforts have involved ...

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No Institution of IPR for Indefinite Means-Plus-Function Claims from docketreport.blogspot.com

The Board denied the petitioner's request for institution of an inter partes review of a patent related to landing and recovering a reusable launch vehicle at sea, as the challenged means-plus-function claims were not ...

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Revolving Chairs In The IP World: People Shift Positions. But Interests? Not So Much from www.ip-watch.org

A lot has happened among the global intellectual property community over the past months. Beyond the usual shifts in law offices, many key positions have either changed hands or been filled. For example, the European ...

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NetMundial Initiative: Still Breathing from www.ip-watch.org

After a report by the Register's Kieren McCarthy on a postponement of the inaugural meeting of the NetMundial Initiative (NMI) Council discussions were revived over the need for the new body in several mailing ...

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Apple to go on Dow Jones from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Apple will replace AT&T; on Dow Jones on a March 19, 2015.

AT&T; had been on the list since 1916.

Meanwhile ,  Apple has a patent application for hydrophobic coatings of devices, likely including ...

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February employment in intangibles industries from www.athenaalliance.org

Good news from today's job numbers from BLS: employment is up by 295,000 in February and the unemployment rate down to 5.5%. Economists had expected an increase of 235,000 jobs. Employment ...

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Making Sense of Aesthetic Functionality from writtendescription.blogspot.com

One of my seminar students once wrote a paper on aesthetic functionality in trademark law, which limits product or packaging design in some (non-utilitarian) cases. She struggled mightily. Every time she came to me with ...

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January 2015 trade in intangibles - and annual revisions from www.athenaalliance.org

Some more partially good news in this morning's trade data from BEA: January's trade deficit dropped by $3.8 billion to $41.8 billion. The not so good news port is that export ...

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Judge Stark Set to Reduce (and Potentially Eliminate) Intellectual Ventures’ $17m Verdict Award from patentlyo.com

In February 2015, a Delaware Jury sided with Intellectual Ventures in its case against Symantec — finding that the security software company was infringing two IV patents and awarding $17 million in damages. U.S. Patent ...

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Lilly loses to Actavis over Alimta in Germany from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Reuters reported on March 6:

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Eli Lilly has lost a patent case in Germany over its blockbuster Alimta lung cancer drug to generic producer Actavis, hitting the U.S. drugmaker's future sales hopes for ...

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