Patent & IP news for August 12, 2015

Cool, confident and healthy from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Cool catIf you would believe the marketing, wearers of the Jawbone wearable technology are cool, confident and healthy.  As a devout wearer of such a bracelet, I wholeheartedly agree disagree. The bracelet tracks my every ...

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Where are we in IP? Jeremy can tell you... from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Merpel isn't a very good public speakerReaders of this blog are probably aware that Jeremy is a modest soul and reluctant to engage in self-publicity. Merpel, however, has no such qualms, and would like ...

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Peter Menell’s Patent Litigation Guide from patentlyo.com

Professor Peter Menell is very much a practical consensus builder and his collaborative Patent Case Management Judicial Guide has gone a long way in seting a gold standard in how a Judge should manage patent ...

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Guest Post -- The Emergent Microbiome: A Revolution for the Life Sciences – Part II, 2015 Patent Trends from www.patentdocs.org

This is the second article in a series on advancements in microbiome research and development. This installment reviews US patents issued in 2015 in "Microbiomics." Upcoming articles will continue to review important topics in this ...

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London IP Summit to be Headed by Europe’s Leading Patent Licensor from ipcloseup.wordpress.com

This year’s London IP Summit will be chaired by Stephen Pattison of ARM Holdings Plc, one of the world’s leading patent licensing companies. The 4th LPS, October 12-13 at the London Stock Exchange ...

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Account Security Patents Invalid Under 35 USC §101 from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment that plaintiff's account security patents were invalid for lack of patentable subject matter and found that the claims were directed toward abstract ideas. "In its ...

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Seven Signal Processing Patents Invalid Under 35 USC §101 from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings that plaintiff's seven signal processing patents were invalid for lack of patentable subject matter and found that the claims were directed toward abstract ...

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CAFC notes review of a patentability determination is confined to “the grounds upon which the Board actually relied.” from ipbiz.blogspot.com


The CAFC vacated the Board decision in Power Integrations :


Power Integrations, Inc. (“Power Integrations”) challenges
a decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences (“board”) affirming the rejection of claims 1,
17, 18, and ...

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