Patent & IP news for August 15, 2015

Patent Grant Rate by Technology Area from patentlyo.com

The chart above shows the USPTO patent grant rate across a variety of major technology areas. I apologize for the tightness of the lines, but there are several overall trends that are easy to discern ...

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Alphabet: Google spells out its reasons -- but does this also spell trouble? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The news that online search-and-services giant Google was cultivating an alter ego for itself by opting for the name Alphabet for restructured holding company received less attention than one might have expected, probably because (i ...

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Thought for the day from www.717madisonplace.com

The US district courts have not been reticent to recognize that while patent eligibility is an issue of law, it is informed by underlying issues of fact.  Here are a few quotations from the Federal ...

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Seminar on European Patent Law from www.patentdocs.org

Grünecker will be offering a two-day seminar on European Patent Law on September 24-25, 2015 in Munich, Germany. The seminar will offer presentations on the following topics: • The UPC and the Unitary Patent (All You ...

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Webinar on Trade Secrets and Cybersecurity from www.patentdocs.org

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Trade Secrets and Cybersecurity: Protecting Intellectual Property, Mitigating Loss and Navigating Legal Responses" on September 24, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT). Matthew F ...

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World IP Forum 2015 from www.patentdocs.org

Intellectual Professionals LLP will be holding the next World IP Forum on September 15-17, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Forum will offer presentations on the following topics: • Trade Secrets and IP Litigation Insurance • IP and ...

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