Patent & IP news for October 20, 2015

The 10 Commandments of IP Dispute Resolution: a Kat speaks from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Tonight IPKat blogmeister Jeremy was invited to speak at a dinner gathering of TIPLO (The Intellectual Property Lawyers' Organisation) in The Old Court Room, Lincoln's Inn, chaired by David Wilkinson (Clyde & Co). The title ...

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Big Win for Paice as Jury Finds Hyundai and Kia Owe $28.9 Million from www.greenpatentblog.com

Back in 2012, hybrid vechicle technology company Paice filed a lawsuit against Hyundai and Kia in federal court in Baltimore accusing the Korean automakers of infringing three of its patents. The patents-in-suit were U.S ...

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EPO Still In Turmoil As Supervisory Body Backs Dismissal Of High-Level Staff from www.ip-watch.org

The European Patent Organisation has been in turmoil for years facing serious staff dissent and complaints aimed at EPO President Benoît Battistelli of France. The EPO's effort appears to have intensified in recent months ...

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At WIPO, Panel Urges Women To Get Out Of Their Comfort Zones from www.ip-watch.org

Panellists at a recent discussion on women and intellectual property proposed steps institutions and women themselves could take to increase the number of female entrepreneurs, in order for the IP system to benefit men and ...

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Standards Needed For IP Value To Be Recognised By Banks, IP Offices Say from www.ip-watch.org

Valuation of intellectual property is of growing importance to small and medium-sized enterprises in getting loans from financial institutions, IP office representatives said at a side event to the World Intellectual Property Organisation General Assembly ...

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Telephone- or Internet-Based Reverse Auction Patent Unpatentable Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 from docketreport.blogspot.com

In a final written decision, the Board found claims of a telephone- or Internet-based reverse auction patent unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 101. "In the ’211 Patent, the producer tests a plurality of prices ...

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How Often are DMCA Takedown Notices Wrong? from writtendescription.blogspot.com

A couple weeks ago, I blogged about Lenz v. Universal Music and wondered how often "bad" DMCA notices are actually sent. My theory was one of availability and salience - we talk about the few nutty ...

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How Osgoode’s IP Intensive Program Kick-Started my Career from www.iposgoode.ca

Going into law school, I knew that I wanted to practice intellectual property law. I didn’t exactly know what that meant, but I knew that it had to do with things I liked – films ...

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Infojustice.org: Google Books And Feist-y Fair Use from www.ip-watch.org

From infojustice.org: Judge Pierre Leval’s opinion [on 16 October] in the Google Books case offers another fascinating glimpse into the richness of his thinking about the concept of fair use. Although the outcome ...

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US Reverses Course On Patent Injunctions from www.ip-watch.org

The Federal Circuit is no stranger to controversy. And recently, the court stepped in it again. In an important ruling, the court made it far easier for some patent owners to obtain injunctions against infringers ...

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Patentlyo Bits and Bytes by Anthony McCain from patentlyo.com

Kevin E. Noonan: Federal Circuit Denies En Banc Petition In Amgen v. Sandoz T.C. Scottek: University Of Wisconsin Wins $234 Million From Apple Steve Brachmann: LG Pushes Forward With Innovation In Consumer Devices China ...

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