Patent & IP news for August 26, 2015

OECD on productivity from www.athenaalliance.org

In Monday's posting on OECD's recent report on intellectual property there was a discussion on the role of patents in the diffusion of knowledge. Another recent OECD report from their Future of Productivity ...

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“Simple Past, Present Continuous…Future Perfect?” GFIP Conference Report IV from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The second plenary session today addressed the topic of IP Value Creation—Strategies for the 21st Century. But first a word about the conference organization, This Kat heard many attendees marvel at the level and ...

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Companies Create Risk by Leaving IP Strategy Out of Innovation from ipassetmaximizerblog.com

I recently had to give bad news to a new client, the CEO of a successful global electronic hardware company. This CEO hired me earlier this year to help ensure that his company’s upcoming ...

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“Simple Past, Present Continuous…Future Perfect?” GFIP Conference Report II from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The second plenary session for Day 1 was devoted to the topic of ASEAN Economic Integration 2015—Opportunities, Interoperability and Synergies in IP. ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Nations, is a political and economic organization ...

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“Simple Past, Present Continuous…Future Perfect?” GFIP Conference Report I from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The Global Forum on Intellectual Property 2015 (GFIP), under the auspices of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (popularly known as IPOS) together with the Singapore IP Academy just completed its two-day event (25 to ...

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“Simple Past, Present Continuous…Future Perfect?” GFIP Conference Report III from ipkitten.blogspot.com

After an evening where speakers and attendees alike sought to find their bearings in the large expanse of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel (and no doubt tried to decide when to go the top of ...

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July 2015 Update on Subject Matter Eligibility from www.patentdocs.org

By Michael Borella -- On July 30, 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office updated its subject matter eligibility guidance ("Eligibility Update"). This update provides recommendations and resources for examiners in addition to those in ...

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WARF Files Amicus Brief in Support of En Banc Rehearing of Ariosa v. Sequenom from holmansbiotechipblog.blogspot.com



The Federal Circuit’s discouraging opinion in Ariosa v. Sequenom has been discussed in previous posts.  Sequenom has petitioned for en banc rehearing, its brief is available here, Amicus briefs are due tomorrow, Aug 27 ...

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Next Production Revolution - OECD from www.athenaalliance.org

And continuing with OECD activities, here is the outline of a new project on the Next Production Revolution: The objective of the OECD work on the 'Next Production Revolution' in 2015-2016 is to examine and ...

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Algeria Joins Madrid Protocol, Triggers Easing Of Global Registration Of Marks from www.ip-watch.org

Trademark applicants should soon be able to make better use of the Madrid system for the registration of international trademarks, the World Intellectual Property Organization has announced. Algeria became the last country to join a ...

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Review Of WIPO Development Agenda Implementation Picks Up Pace from www.ip-watch.org

An independent review of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s implementation of its 2007 Development Agenda Recommendations is progressing. A team of experts conducting the review, appointed by WIPO in May, just submitted their inception ...

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Promotional Games Patent Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendant's motion to dismiss because the asserted claims of plaintiff’s promotional games patent encompassed unpatentable subject matter and found that the claims were directed toward an abstract idea. "[T]he ...

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Lilly prevails in SD Indiana in Alimta case from ipbiz.blogspot.com

AP reported Shares of Eli Lilly rose August 26, 2015 after the drugmaker said the federal district court in SD Indiana upheld a patent protecting one of its top-selling drugs, the cancer treatment Alimta. The ...

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Google's US Patent 9,108,640: Systems and methods for monitoring and reporting road quality from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The inventor of --Systems and methods for monitoring and reporting road quality -- is Dean Jackson of Pittsburgh, PA.

The first claim states


A method for monitoring and reporting road quality by a server device comprising ...

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IPRs against other Teva Copaxone patents from ipbiz.blogspot.com

FiercePharma reports:


On 25 August 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) instituted inter partes review (IPR) proceedings against two of the patents on Copaxone 40 mg, with the third patent still pending ...

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Laches as a defense to Ph.D. thesis plagiarism? from ipbiz.blogspot.com


An interesting argument about "Ph.D. thesis plagiarism" appears at the end of the post Delays plague Chris Spence plagiarism hearing. Chris Spence is accused of plagiarizing portions of his UToronto Ph.D. thesis and ...

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Target/Visa Settlement: A Potential Guide Post in Data Breach Litigation from www.iplawalert.com

While the winter holidays are a time for spending and good cheer, the 2013 holiday season was one that continues to be costly for Target. On December 19, 2013, Target publicly announced that computer hackers ...

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Denver Patent Office to Begin Hearing Oral Arguments of Ex Parte Appeals from www.717madisonplace.com

I have mentioned in the past that I am located in Denver, Colorado; so, I like to follow the events of the Denver Patent Office pretty closely.  According to the PTAB hearing schedule, the Denver ...

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Lisa Rein publishes email of Michelle Lee to USPTO employees: " time and attendance abuse is absolutely unacceptable and will not be tolerated" from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Lisa Rein of the Washington Post published an email of Director Michelle Lee to all USPTO employees which related to the August 19 report of the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General ...

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