Patent & IP news for June 26, 2015

Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Greenpeace and the patent system
share the same objective -- world changeA week and a half ago, the IPKat's Tuesday Tiddlywinks feature contained a reader's request to know what actually has happened to ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Freedom of panorama: what is going on at the EU level? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Freedom of panorama in Europe
(red is no-no countries)As IPKat readers will be well aware of, debate is currently being undertaken at the EU level as regards possible reforms of the legislative framework in ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Council of Europe focuses on Eponia, and there's more to come from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Pierre Yves le Borgn' [the apostrophe is not a typo -- it belongs to his name], a French Representative in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, has initiated a Declaration concerning recent developments in ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

A novel becomes a saga - Actavis v Lilly set to go on and on from ipkitten.blogspot.com

This Kat blogged last year about the masterful and erudite judgment of Mr Justice Arnold in the case of Actavis v Lilly (judgment on BAILII here), concerning pemetrexed.  A judgment that was Arnoldian even by ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Shared Genetic Resources And Traditional Knowledge: National, Regional Efforts from www.ip-watch.org

The issue of genetic resources or traditional knowledge that are shared among different countries was discussed at a World Intellectual Property Organization seminar this week. Panellists presented national and regional efforts to protect such resources.

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Appeal Need Not be Independently Exceptional to Justify § 285 Attorney Fee Award from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court partially granted defendant's motion for supplemental attorneys fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285 for fees incurred defending plaintiff's appeal. "The Court previously determined that this case was exceptional. [Plaintiff] argues ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Two Sides Of Copyright Law To Be Considered By WIPO Committee Next Week from www.ip-watch.org

The World Intellectual Property Organization committee on copyright is meeting next week with an agenda of discussions on a potential international instrument to protect broadcasting organisations’ copyrights, and at the same time exceptions and limitations ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Federal Circuit: Bad Lawyering != Sanctionable Litigation Misconduct from patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch Attorney fee awards have been on a hot-streak since the Supreme Court’s 2014 Octane Fitness decision lowering the standard for proving an “exceptional case” under 35 U.S.C. Section 285 ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

USPTO Launches New Quality Chat Program from dunlapcodding.com

Ann Robl

On June 9, 2015, the USPTO held its first “Quality Chat” webcast. The Quality Chat series will be broadcast on the second Tuesday of the month for the remainder of 2015, with the ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Celgene fishing for [Kyle] Bass? from ipbiz.blogspot.com

In a post titled Celgene May Seek Sanctions Against Kyle Bass Over Patent Challenges , the Wall Street Journal notes of Bass's IPR against claims of Celgene patents (including one patent related to a drug ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

CAFC affirms district court in MOHSENZADEH case concerning 35 USC 154 from ipbiz.blogspot.com






The patent term adjustment statute, 35 U.S.C. §154,
has two provisions restoring patent term
to patentees for delays
attributable to the PTO
that occur prior to the
issuance of a patent.
“A Delay ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Mixed result at CAFC in GAYMAR INDUSTRIES case from ipbiz.blogspot.com



The CAFC noted:



In assessing the totality of the circumstances
,
the district court
relied on several instances of
defendant
CSZ’s purported litigation misconduct
as a basis for
finding that the case was not exceptional ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Trade secrets as a solution to the Brulotte issue? from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Note How a trade secret could have saved a running royalty from a nearly invincible law



Amazingly, both parties later professed that they knew not of the seminal Brulotte case when they entered into the ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Friday Fun 6/26/2015 from dunlapcodding.com

Ann Robl

In honor of National Take Your Dog to Work Day (http://www.petsit.com/takeyourdog/ ), we’re sharing this Canine Cleanroom Suit patent (https://www.google.com/patents/US7975656?dq=7975656&hl;=en&sa;=X ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook