Patent & IP news for November 24, 2015

No safe harbour for PORT CHARLOTTE trade mark registration, as GI storm brews from ipkitten.blogspot.com

From Katfriend Nuno Sousa e Silva who teaches in the Law School of the Portuguese Catholic University, Porto (Portugal), comes an analysis of an issue that is not only sensitive within Europe in general but ...

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Before you circumvent, circumspect! Nintendo TPM triumphs in Italy from ipkitten.blogspot.com

This Kat is from a bygone generation in which games and playing were rarely associated with anything electrical. Crossword puzzles, chess, bridge, football, tennis -- all of these were "contact sports" in the sense that some ...

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Oracle v. Google: Judge Alsup, who reportedly taught himself Java, gets the law wrong again from www.fosspatents.com

Many people were impressed by Judge William H. Alsup's claim (according to media reports) that he had taught himself Java to better be able to judge the Oracle v. Google Android-Java case. After the ...

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Privateering: UK court holds Ericsson patent valid, essential to LTE in case against Huawei, Samsung from www.fosspatents.com

In March 2014, Unwired Planet sued several smartphone makers over various patents it had "acquired" from Ericsson. Actually, "acquired" misses the key commercial point here. In April I took a closer look at the related ...

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WIPO Committee On IP Enforcement Beats Drum Of Awareness from www.ip-watch.org

The enforcement of intellectual property rights is a challenge in particular because of the lack of awareness of the consequences of infringement, said several speakers at the World Intellectual Property Organization committee on enforcement this ...

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A User-Focused Commentary On The TPP ISP Safe Harbors from www.ip-watch.org

Annemarie Bridy writes: Section J of the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s IP chapter, on ISP safe harbors, looks a lot like Section 512 of the DMCA [US Digital Millennium Copyright Act], but the two frameworks differ ...

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The Myth Of The Trade Secret Troll from patentlyo.com

Why We Need a Federal Civil Claim for Trade Secret Misappropriation Guest Post by James Pooley, former Deputy Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization.  Pooley makes his full argument in a forthcoming George ...

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IP Dealmakers Forum will host 200+ patent monetization bigs in NY from ipcloseup.wordpress.com

The second annual IP Dealmakers Forum, December 7 – 8, will bring together leaders from the finance, legal and business communities to discuss the issues affecting patent licensing, sales and value, and to facilitate transactions. New ...

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Shame on the European Patent Office for its legal threats against TechRights author Dr. Roy Schestowitz from www.fosspatents.com

The European Patent Office is the last dictatorship on Central European soil. Local police cannot allowed to enter the EPO's facilities without an invitation from the president. National court rulings cannot be enforced; compliance ...

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The Cleveland Clinic Foundation v. True Health Diagnostics: Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction Based on Likelihood That Diagnostic Testing Method Is Patent Ineligible from holmansbiotechipblog.blogspot.com


On December 18, 2015, in The Cleveland Clinic Foundation v. True Health Diagnostics, LLC, a district court judge in Ohio issued an order denying the Cleveland Clinic Foundation’s (“CCF’s”) Motion for Temporary Restraining ...

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Decoding the Patent Venue Statute from writtendescription.blogspot.com

Last Friday, Colleen Chien and I published an op-ed in the Washington Post arguing that the courts and/or Congress should take a hard look at venue provisions. It was a fun and challenging project ...

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Supreme Court to Review the Federal Circuit’s Test for Willful Patent Infringement from dunlapcodding.com

Julie Langdon

At the end of October, the Supreme Court announced that it will review the issue of when enhanced damages may be awarded to a patentee with a finding of infringement.  Stryker Corp. v ...

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Network Security Patent Not Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 from docketreport.blogspot.com

Following jury and bench trials, the court found that plaintiff's network security patent was not invalid for lack of patentable subject matter and found the claims were not directed toward an abstract idea. "Plaintiff ...

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Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 Would Create a Federal Private Right of Action for the Misappropriation of Trade Secrets from www.iplawalert.com

On July 29, 2015, with bipartisan support, Congressional leaders in both the House and the Senate introduced identical bills, HR 3326 and S. 1890, respectively, entitled, the “Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015” (“DTSA 2015 ...

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101 issue for diagnostic method in Cleveland Clinic from ipbiz.blogspot.com



From Holman's biotech blog:



Tuesday, November 24, 2015

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation v. True Health Diagnostics: Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction Based on Likelihood That Diagnostic Testing Method Is Patent Ineligible

On December 18, 2015 ...

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At WIPO, Former South Africa Judge Calls For Balance In IP Rights Enforcement from www.ip-watch.org

Alongside this week's meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization committee on enforcement, an event featured a former South African Supreme Court judge presenting his views on IP enforcement. There is a need to ...

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TPP Article 14.17 & Free Software: No Harm, No Foul from www.ip-watch.org

[Software Freedom Law Center, Link (CC-BY-SA)] The first official public release of the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (known universally as the TPP) on November 5, 2015 generated much heated speculation. The ideal ...

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IPO Comments on Patent Eligibility Guidance from www.717madisonplace.com

The IPO submitted some comments on the USPTO’s July 2015 Patent Eligibility Guidance.  The IPO missed the submission date; but, to the PTO’s credit, the comments are listed anyway.  I thought the IPO ...

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