Patent & IP news for May 9, 2015

PATENT Act not so good for small businesses? from ipbiz.blogspot.com


From a post by a Kent Hoover:


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The PATENT Act is better for small inventors than the House’s patent reform bill, but “it’s still problematic,” said Molly Day, vice president of the National ...

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Should movies get a pass to portray falsehoods? from ipbiz.blogspot.com

From Barbara Reynolds on the movie Selma

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Despite these and other historic distortions, “Selma” has won a Golden Globe and two Oscar nominations (Best Picture and Best Original Song). Its misrepresentations might not bother those ...

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IP reform issues are not divided along party lines from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Senator  Cornyn of Texas is a co-sponsor of the PATENT Act, which is an alternative to Goodlatte's Innovation Act, backed by Congr. Issa and Lofgren.
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A bipartisan group of senators introduced the PATENT Act ...

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Coke loses Coca-Cola Life case in Brazil from ipbiz.blogspot.com

An article in uk.blastingnews titledl:

Brazilian judge tells Coca-Cola to suck it up in plagiarism case


Noted that Coke had lost a case in Brazil over a product that Coke did
not sell in ...

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2015 BIO International Convention from www.patentdocs.org

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) will be holding its annual BIO International Convention June 15-18, 2015 in Philadelphia, PA. Founded in 1993, BIO is a nonprofit association seeking supportive biotechnology policies on behalf of biotechnology ...

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Webinar on Patent Exhaustion and Its Impact on Patent Licensing from www.patentdocs.org

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar on "Patent Exhaustion and Its Impact on Patent Licensing" on May 28, 2015 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT). In this ...

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IPO Webinar on Drafting Patents with an Eye to the PTAB from www.patentdocs.org

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Drafting Patents with an Eye to the PTAB" on May 14, 2015 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET). Courtenay Brinckerhoff of Foley & Lardner ...

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Webinar on Protecting University IP against PTAB Challenges from www.patentdocs.org

Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering a webinar entitled "Protecting University IP against PTAB Challenges" on May 13, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (Eastern). Jessica N. Morton, Vice President of Intellectual Property ...

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