Patent & IP news for June 21, 2015

Letter from AmeriKat: The patent "wrist" race begins, copyright bother for Bieber & 2016 election preview from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The AmeriKat's Fitbit is great at monitoring activity,
as well as inactivity...The pursuit of balance is a noble cause.  If obtained it can create happy, rested and centered family members, employees and friends ...

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Letter from Japan 1: product placement from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Subliminal ad: buy an
Abercrombie and get a cat?From our friend and colleague, one-time guest Kat and Class 46 trade mark blogger Laetitia Lagarde comes the first of an occasional series of blog posts ...

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Some aspects of Teva's US 5,800,808 (related to Copaxone) from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The first claim of US 5,800,808 states:


A method of manufacturing copolymer-1, comprising reacting protected copolymer-1 with hydrobromic acid to form trifluoroacetyl copolymer-1, treating said trifluoroacetyl copolymer-1 with aqueous piperidine solution to form ...

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CBS Sunday Morning on June 21, 2015 from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Charles Osgood introduced the stories for Father's Day, June 21, 2015. Lee Cowan does the cover story on family leave.
Second, Tracy Smith interviews Pat Boone. Third, Barry Petersen on small businesses in Viet ...

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EPlus: Injunctions, Contempt, Law of the Case, and the Final Judgment Rule from patentlyo.com

An important role of our court system it to provide a final judgment that settles a dispute between parties.  The final judgment rule is strong and – in most cases – bars any re-judgment even when post-judgment ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

June 23, 2015 - "Practical Patent Prosecution Strategies and Considerations" (American Bar Association (ABA) Center for Professional Development, Section of Intellectual Property Law, and Young Lawyers Division) - 1:00 to 2:30 pm (ET) June 23 ...

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Guest Post by Prof. Collins – Williamson v. Citrix Online: And Now Comes the Difficult Part from patentlyo.com

Guest post by Professor Kevin Emerson Collins, Professor of Law at Washington University Law School.  In its en banc decision in Williamson v. Citrix Online, the Federal Circuit held that there is no “strong” presumption ...

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Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2015) from www.patentdocs.org

By Diego F. Freire and Michael Borella -- 1. Background In 2006, Akamai Technologies ("Akamai") sued Limelight Networks, Inc. ("Limelight") in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, alleging infringement of U.S ...

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