Patent & IP news for July 23, 2015

Hosepipe Ban to Continue - Blue Gentian patent upheld in appeal from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The IPKat previously reported (here) the High Court decision in Blue Gentian v Tristar Products; a decision perhaps most notable for its brevity.  The recent Court of Appeal decision (here) in the same case is ...

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Thursday thingies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

ertert. "The first EU-wide interactive website dedicated to young people and Intellectual Property is launched today", announce the IPKat's friends at the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM). It's called Ideas ...

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Gone with the wind: Wobben’s patent found invalid and not infringed from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Wobben hold a European patent that relates to a “Method of Operating a Wind Power Station”, with a priority date of 1 September 1995. They contend that a particular feature of Siemens’ wind turbine technology ...

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Law Down Under: New Censorship Bill Passed in Australia from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Having lived in Australia this Kat tries to turn his attention to the Land Down Under as often as he can. Although the Australian intellectual property law regime takes a lot from its UK and ...

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"Before we go to trial, can you explain how you're construction your claims?" from patlit.blogspot.com

News of Electromagnetic GeoServices ASA v Petroleum Geo-Services ASA & others, an extempore Patents Court, England and Wales, ruling of Mr Justice Mann on 21 July, comes via a short Lawtel note.

This action for patent ...

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France Spearheads Push For Plain Packaging Of Tobacco Products from www.ip-watch.org

The country that made smoking cool is now taking steps to make it uncool. France this week organised what it defined as "the first international ministerial meeting" on plain packaging for tobacco products, gathering countries ...

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Expert’s Flawed Methodology Supports Award of Attorney Fees Under 35 USC § 285 from docketreport.blogspot.com

Following summary judgment of noninfringement and invalidity, the magistrate judge recommended partially granting defendants' motion for attorneys' fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285 because plaintiffs' litigation position on their infringement expert's methodology was ...

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India IPR Policy Update: Final Draft Circulated from www.ip-watch.org

The final draft of India’s national intellectual property policy has been circulated for inter-ministerial consultation and will be sent to the Cabinet for approval after receiving comments, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said ...

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Using U.S. Discovery in Foreign Proceedings from patentlyo.com

In re POSCO (Fed. Cir. 2015) On writ of mandamus, the Federal Circuit has vacated N.J. District Court Judge Chesler’s decision to allow confidential documents disclosed in the U.S. patent case to ...

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Federal Circuit Directs Magistrate Judge to Decide Motion to Transfer After Long Delay and Substantive Rulings While Motion Was Pending from www.iplawalert.com

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently granted yet another writ of mandamus, this time directing a magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Texas to stay proceedings and decide a motion to ...

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U.S. Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) Releases Cybersecurity Assessment Tool from www.iposgoode.ca

The re-posting of this article is part of a cross-posting agreement with CyberLex. On June 30, 2015, the FFIEC released its cybersecurity assessment tool designed to assist U.S. financial institutions and regulatory examiners identify ...

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W3C Releases Draft Do-Not-Track Compliance Standards from www.iposgoode.ca

The re-posting of this article is part of a cross-posting agreement with CyberLex. In today’s Internet, advertising is ubiquitous. It is the main source of revenue for many web sites and services. It is ...

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Patent Strategies in Your First Few Years of a New Business from www.iposgoode.ca

Introduction A new business that plans to bring a new and innovative product or service to market ought to address patents right from the first draft of their business plan. Patents provide time-limited monopolies for ...

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CAFC cites Twombly and Iqbal in affirming 12(b)(6) dismissal from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The CAFC case titled ADDICTION AND DETOXIFICATION INSTITUTE
L.L.C v. JAMES CARPENTER, RICARDO BORREGO,
MICHAEL MICHAEL, DBA EAGLE
ADVANCEMENT INSTITUTE is a 2=1 affirmance of a
dismissal under Federal Rule 12(b ...

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Columbia University's nucleotide sequencing patents handled roughly at CAFC in Illumina case from ipbiz.blogspot.com


The CAFC case TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE
CITY OF NEW YORK v. ILLUMINA, INC. concerns the affirmance, by the CAFC,
of invalidity for obviousness determinations by PTAB, of several patents
assigned to Columbia ...

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The Conference Board on productivity and intangibles from www.athenaalliance.org

From a recent blog by The Conference Board - Blaming the productivity slowdown on measurement issues takes our eyes off the ball: The key factor to drive productivity is investment. In the 1990s it turned out ...

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The Unified Patent Court and pay-to-opt-out: a critical analysis from patlit.blogspot.com

If only it were so easy!From our friend and German intellectual property attorney Ingve Stjerna comes information that he has now had the chance to take a closer look at the planned fee for ...

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