Patent & IP news for May 21, 2015

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post image Thursday thingies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Every Kat's nightmare: the dreaded
Three Pekes Challenge ...
The name of Haydn Gush is unknown to most readers of this blog, but he is part of our IP ecosystem, being one of those "behind ...

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post image A "transcendental moment" for "a very positive spirit", be it whiskey or Tequila from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Document PR/2015/779 may not mean very much to anyone, but the title of this World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) media release tells a big story. But first, a little background, kindly provided by ...

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Final "Ministerial" Rule Amendments for Practice Before the PTAB from www.patentdocs.org

By Andrew Williams -- On May 19, 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published its first "Final Rules" package of amendments to the Rule of Practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB ...

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US application 20150140640 on microorganisms capable of growing on crude glycerol from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Published US application 20150140640 is titled PROCESS FOR GROWING NATURAL OR ENGINEERED HIGH LIPID ACCUMULATING STRAIN ON CRUDE GLYCEROL AND/OR OTHER SOURCES OF WASTE CARBON FOR THE PRODUCTION OF OILS, FUELS, OLEOCHEMICALS, AND OTHER ...

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PricewaterhouseCoopers says patent lawsuits in US down in 2014 from ipbiz.blogspot.com


Susan Decker's post Drop in Patent Lawsuits, Damages Blunts Call for Congress to Act discusses results of a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s PwC which showed that patent lawsuits went down in the year ...

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Indictment against Chinese nationals for economic espionage as to FBAR technology from ipbiz.blogspot.com


An AP story discusses a 32-page indictment for theft of trade secrets by six Chinese nationals and includes the text


In 2006, Hao Zhang worked for Skyworks Solutions Inc. in Woburn, Massachusetts, and Wei Pang ...

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European Council Takes Action To Advance Marrakesh Treaty For Blind Persons from www.ip-watch.org

The European Council of member states yesterday adopted a decision asking the European Commission to draft legislation on Europe’s ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty on increasing access to publications for blind and visually impaired ...

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At WIPO, 11 Members Sign New Act Protecting GIs, More To Come from www.ip-watch.org

Today, the signing ceremony of the new World Intellectual Property Organization agreement to protect geographical indications was held. On the first day, 11 members, mostly current Lisbon members, signed the Geneva Act of the Lisbon ...

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Breaking the Fall Off the Patent Cliff: Can Developing Countries Help Big Pharma? from www.iposgoode.ca

Expiring patents are expected to contribute billions of dollars towards the loss of revenue of drug manufacturers in the years to come. To save itself from falling off the patent cliff, Big Pharma needs to ...

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No Preliminary Injunction for Patent Subject to Pending Reissue Application from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction prohibiting the sale of defendant's oil cooler kits because there was a substantial question of enforceability of the patent-in-suit in light of a pending ...

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Higher R&D does not necessarily result in more or better patents from ipcloseup.wordpress.com

It is unclear that companies with the most significant increases in R&D; spending are securing more, better quality or valuable patents.  A random study of the R&D; spending and U.S. patent granted ...

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Nokia and Ericsson seek to justify their privateering ways, defend patent transfers to NPEs from www.fosspatents.com

The debate over privateering (patent transfers by large operating companies to so-called non-producing entities or patent assertion entities) is in full swing, and it will be with us for a while. The week before last ...

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101 Gaining Importance in Local Patent Rule Submissions After Alice from www.iplawalert.com

A recent district court decision has held that patent eligibility arguments not raised in invalidity contentions served pursuant to local patent rules are waived. In Good Technology Corporation v. MobileIron, Inc., No. 5:12-cv-5826, the ...

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Colourless Copaxone in the clear: Teva's synthesis patents held to be (mostly) valid from ipkitten.blogspot.com

In the patent world, there are some cases that just keep on giving.  One such is the continuing litigation between Synthon and Teva over Copaxone (glatiramer acetate), which is a treatment for multiple sclerosis, and ...

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AIA Applications Working Through the System from patentlyo.com

The AIA makes important changes to the law of prior-art that will impact which inventions are patentable, although it remains unclear whether the new law makes it more difficult to obtain patent protection because it ...

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