Patent & IP news for August 3, 2015

Not so "obvious to try": British appellate court revisits inventive step in Teva v Leo from patlit.blogspot.com

From Paul Inman and Andrew Maggs (Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co.) comes this helpful account of the recent appeal decision in an England and Wales patent validity dispute, Teva v Leo. Thanks, Paul and Andrew!

"Leo ...

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Taking the pH? Trial judge's decision on psoriasis patent doesn't come up to scratch from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Taking the pH? No, just
enjoying a drop of H2OLast week a judgment from Sir Robin Jacob plopped into Merpel's inbox which caused more than a slight tremor of her whiskers.  At the ...

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No traditional knowledge for hair loss treatment - another allegation of attempt to patent traditional knowledge does not bear scrutiny from ipkitten.blogspot.com

This Kat was perusing the Pune Mirror, and came across another allegation that the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library, a unit of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-TKDL), had once again thwarted an attempt ...

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Tuesday tiddlywinks from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Henry Carr: a portrait in search of a caption?Hurrah for Henry!  It was with a mixture of excitement and pleasure that this Kat read of the canonisation annointment appointment of Henry Carr QC as ...

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Lack of Focus on IP Strategy Destroys $100 Millions in Value from ipassetmaximizerblog.com

As an IP Strategist, I am fascinated by stories from which declining business fortunes can be traced directly to failed patent strategies. Often, the failures can be traced to patent attorney errors that limit the ...

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Late filed grounds: once decided, it's in the procedure from patlit.blogspot.com

In the 1st instance case underlying the BGH decision X ZR 51/13 "Einspritzventil", the plaintiff had argued that  - besides of not being patentable - the patent did not enable the person skilled in the art ...

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Nokia completes next stage of transformation into patent troll with sale of HERE to automotive consortium from www.fosspatents.com

Nokia has just made the following announcement:

"Nokia completes next stage of transformation with agreement to sell HERE to automotive industry consortium at an enterprise value of EUR 2.8 billion"

The buyers are Audi ...

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Finding The Right Balance Between IP And Access To Science from www.ip-watch.org

STRASBOURG – As UN Special Rapporteur Farida Shaheed prepares to finalise a second consecutive report on the connection between the right to science and culture and patent policy, two well-known academics took the floor at the ...

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Authorizing Sales of Generic Drug Undermines Plaintiff’s Request for Injunction Pending Appeal from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied plaintiffs' motion for an injunction pending their appeal of the court's post-remand order which again found plaintiffs' drug patent invalid. "[Plaintiffs'] likelihood of success remains about the same as before. On ...

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RAND Agreement Proving Powerful Limit on Patentee Action: Microsoft v. Motorola from patentlyo.com

Microsoft v. Motorola and Google (9th Cir. 2015) In a well written decision, the 9th Circuit has affirmed the lower court ruling that Motorola/Google owes $14 million to Microsoft for failing to live-up to ...

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A piece of trivia associated with Warren Spahn from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Within a post titled 12 Mind Blowing Baseball Statistics is mention that Warren Spahn had the same number of career base hits as career wins (363).

The article mentioned that Spahn batted below .200.

One ...

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Forbes says weakening the patent system will hurt older Americans from ipbiz.blogspot.com


A post at Forbes titled Attacks On The Patent System Are Going To Make Older Americans Worse Off includes text:


As people live longer, we must make their lives better. Few would deny patents to ...

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More Washington Post criticism of telecommuting at the US Patent Office from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Lisa Rein has another post on telework at the USPTO, with the title indicating the focus of "unmanageable" examiners:
Report on patent office: Working from home has become a right, not a privilege. And that ...

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Obviousness in Britain from ipbiz.blogspot.com

See the post at IPKat titled Taking the pH? Trial judge's decision on psoriasis patent doesn't come up to scratch

As to a post-hoc "pick and mix" operation , recall the CAFC Unocal case ...

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Boca Raton Principal loses his principal job over plagiarism, but not his salary from ipbiz.blogspot.com


Of the graduation speech plagiarism matter in Boca Raton, FL by former West Boca High principal Mark Stenner:

[Stenner] said he immediately regretted not crediting the authors of his 2014 and 2015 speeches but said ...

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The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 was introduced on July 29, 2015 from ipbiz.blogspot.com

A trimmed down federal trade secrets bill was introduced on July 29, 2015.

See the post Another Federal Trade Secret Protection Bill Introduced

Absent some IP theft disaster hitting the news, passage of the bill ...

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New Developments in Trademark Dispute of Asian-American Rock Band “The Slants” Reignite Free Speech Debate from www.iposgoode.ca

Recent developments in the ongoing trademark dispute involving Asian American dance rock band “The Slants” have reignited discussion regarding disparaging marks and free speech. Last month the band argued before a U.S. appeals court ...

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