Patent & IP news for May 28, 2015

FIFA and brand integrity: an idea from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Great mark: shame
about the slogan ...Even the most fervent football-agnostic must by now have spotted that all is not well in the wonderful world of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, otherwise known as ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

UPC ratifications: now Luxembourg makes seven from patlit.blogspot.com

PatLit has just learned, via a media release from Rouse, that on 22 May 2015 Luxembourg deposited its ratification instrument for the Unified Patent Court Agreement, thus making Luxembourg the 7th country to ratify the ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

The European Inventor Award - what is the EPO doing? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Many things can motivate a blogger to set aside what they are doing and begin to pen a blogpost.  It may be excitement about a judgment that has just come out, enthusiasm about a new ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Rare Genomics Institute Announces Crowdfunding Initiative for Rare Diseases from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- Earlier this month, Rare Genomics Institute, an international non-profit that makes cutting edge research technologies of genome sequencing, physicians and scientists around the world accessible to rare disease patients, announced the Amplify ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Speakers: Compulsory Licensing Could Address High-Priced Medicines In Europe from www.ip-watch.org

The high prices of medicine, which affects access to affordable medicine, was a theme of the annual World Health Assembly over the past week. In one side event, a panel discussed compulsory licensing as a ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

No Judgment of Noninfringement as to Claims Abandoned Due to Court Ordered Narrowing from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted in part defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law as to plaintiff's abandoned claims. "[Defendant] presents an issue that has not been directly addressed by the Federal Circuit ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Warner-Lambert v Actavis; the Court of Appeal has its say on second medical use claims in the UK from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The IPKat is delighted to receive from a Katfriend this brief summary of an important decision handed down this morning. More detailed consideration may follow in due course.

IPKat readers who have followed this saga ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Butamax Successfully Using IPR to Knock out Competitor Gevo’s Patents from holmansbiotechipblog.blogspot.com



Butamax Advanced Biofuels and Gevo, Inc. compete in the biofuels market, and the companies have been involved in a multifaceted patent dispute that generally involves patents directed towards the use of recombinant organisms to convert ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Lack Of Locally Relevant Online Content Deters Mobile Users In Developing Countries, WSIS Panel Says from www.ip-watch.org

Although most people in the world live within reach of a mobile internet signal, a considerable amount of mobile users in developing countries are not using the opportunity to go online. One of the factors ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Welcome to the Blogosphere: New Private Law from writtendescription.blogspot.com

Harvard Law's John Goldberg and Henry Smith have started a new blog, New Private Law, which already has included a number of posts that might be of interest.

• Janet Freilich noted U.S. Patent ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook