Patent & IP news for June 14, 2015

A prelude to patent litigation? Ericsson tackles Apple in Europe from ipkitten.blogspot.com

FRAND fight. Occasional IP blogger and Katfriend Thomas Dubuisson has sent us the following account of some forthcoming patent litigation which should be of the greatest interest to fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) IP licence ...

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The Loi Hamon: France sets new standards for industrial and artisanal GIs from ipkitten.blogspot.com


Geographical indications (GIs) have been much in the news recently, following the recent successful outcome of the Geneva diplomatic conference on the revision of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications [on ...

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The so-called data protection officer of the EPO signed off on keylogging, hidden cameras from www.fosspatents.com

Given Germany's experience with totalitarian surveillance states before and (in the eastern part) after World War II, I wonder for how long Germany's chancellor and minister of justice, as well as the Bundestag ...

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"60 Minutes" story on "smartest dog" omits relevant earlier work? from ipbiz.blogspot.com


On June 14, 2015, CBS "60 Minutes" re-broadcast "The Smartest Dog in the World" which originally aired on October 5, 2014. Anderson Cooper was the commentator. Denise Schrier Cetta, producer.

Not mentioned was that the ...

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IPR by Shire Development successful against U.S. Patent 8,318,813 from ipbiz.blogspot.com


From a press release by Lucerne Biosciences:



Lucerne Biosciences, LLC announced today [13 June 2015] that the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), on June 4, 2015, entered an adverse judgment against the ...

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Guest Post by Prof. Lefstin: Ariosa v. Sequenom and the Path Ahead for Subject-Matter Eligibility from patentlyo.com

Guest post by Jeffrey A. Lefstin, Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of Law.  Professor Lefstin’s forthcoming article, Inventive Application: a History, was cited by Judge Linn in his concurrence ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

June 15, 2015 - "Patent Eligibility, Prior Art and Obviousness 2015: Current Trends in Sections 101, 102 and 103" (Practising Law Institute) - San Francisco, CA (also offered as webcast) June 15-17, 2015 - Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution ...

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Court Report from www.patentdocs.org

By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Vintage Pharmaceuticals, LLC 1:15-cv-00429; filed May 28, 2015 in the District ...

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