Patent & IP news for December 15, 2015
Patent Litigations
- Mastercool, Inc. v. Irwin Industrial Tool Company filed 2 days ago in Delaware
- Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company v. Jakks Pacific, Inc. et. al. filed 2 days ago in North Carolina Western
- Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. et. al. v. AI Automation, LLC filed 2 days ago in Massachusetts
- Bedgear, LLC v. Comfort Revolution, LLC filed 2 days ago in New York Eastern
- Shipping and Transit, LLC v. Trans-Expedite, Inc. filed 2 days ago in Florida Southern
- Interlink Products International, Inc. v. Hds Trading Corp. et. al. filed 5 days ago in New Jersey
- Lexos Media IP, LLC v. Express, LLC filed 2 days ago in Texas Eastern
- Virtual Gaming Technologies, LLC v. Konami Gaming, Inc. filed 2 days ago in Texas Eastern
- Kinglite Holdings Inc filed 2 days ago in California Central
- Whirlpool Corporation v. Brauchla TV, Inc. d/b/a Brauchla TV & Appliance filed 2 days ago in Texas Eastern
- Playtipus LLC et. al. v. Halfbrick Studios Pty Ltd. filed 2 days ago in Texas Eastern
- Trover Group, Inc. v. Bolide Technology Group, Inc. filed 2 days ago in Texas Eastern
- Cherdak v. Physical Enterprises, Inc. filed 5 days ago in Virginia Eastern
- Whirlpool Corporation v. Prince Randev d/b/a Royal Pure Filters and USA Water Filters filed 2 days ago in Texas Eastern
- Trover Group, Inc. v. ACTi Corporation filed 2 days ago in Texas Eastern
- Kinglite Holdings Inc v. Micro-Star International Co Ltd et. al. filed 2 days ago in California Central
- Putzmeister America, Inc. v. Concord Concrete Pumps International, LTD filed 2 days ago in California Eastern
- Hawk Technology Systems, LLC v. Bojangles' Restaurants, Inc. filed 6 days ago in Virginia Eastern
- Daktronics, Inc. v. Skyline Products, Inc. filed 2 days ago in Colorado
- Trover Group, Inc. v. Brickcom USA Corp. filed 2 days ago in Texas Eastern
- Virtual Gaming Technologies, LLC v. Activision Blizzard, Inc. filed 2 days ago in Texas Eastern
- Kinglite Holdings Inc v. Giga-Byte Technology Co Ltd et. al. filed 2 days ago in California Central
USPTO Weekly Stats
7,851
published
appl'ns
appl'ns
5,539
granted
patents
patents
64
ptab
decisions
decisions
Patent & IP Blogs
Serving a patent infringement claim out of the jurisdiction? Mr Justice Birss' decision on Section 100 Patents Act 1977 may help! from ipkitten.blogspot.com A judgment on Section 100 of the Patents Act 1977 that
makes sense is as satisfying for the AmeriKat
as reaching those hard to reach "itch spots". Ahhh....How do you serve patent infringement proceedings ...
World Intellectual Property Indicators - What's happening in your neighbourhood? from ipkitten.blogspot.com Industrial design applications worldwide,
2000-2014, from WIPI, WIPO (2015)WIPO yesterday released their annual World Intellectual Property Indicators report. The 2015 edition tracks the sustained growth in IP activity around the world, and the continued ...
Tradem-rk Bo-rd B-rs Registr-tion of SOL-R M-rk from www.greenpatentblog.com I’ve written extensively before about eco-mark descriptiveness problems (see, e.g., here and here) and some strategies for avoiding and overcoming descriptiveness rejections. Under U.S. trademark law, a mark that is merely descriptive ...
Breaking news: EU trade mark reforms adopted by the EU Parliament (and some news on trade secrets) from ipkitten.blogspot.com Most of our readers will have - vaguely? - heard that 2016 will see some of the most important reforms to EU trade mark laws since the introduction of the Community trade mark in 1996. The new ...
Guest Post: Ariosa v Sequenom -- A Path to the Supreme Court? from www.patentdocs.org
By Paul Cole* -- There is no point in crying over spilled milk. The denial of an en banc hearing in the above case[1] is now history. Apart from looking at the small print for ...
By Paul Cole* -- There is no point in crying over spilled milk. The denial of an en banc hearing in the above case[1] is now history. Apart from looking at the small print for ...
Stay Pending IPR Does Not Justify Extension of Statutory 30-Month Stay of FDA Approval from docketreport.blogspot.com
The court denied plaintiffs' motion to extend the stay of FDA approval after the court granted defendants' renewed motion to stay pending inter partes review. "Plaintiffs argue that if the Court grants Defendants’ request for ...
The court denied plaintiffs' motion to extend the stay of FDA approval after the court granted defendants' renewed motion to stay pending inter partes review. "Plaintiffs argue that if the Court grants Defendants’ request for ...
Can a work of authorship which is copyrighted be a trade secret? from ipbiz.blogspot.com
The post titled Sheriff’s association blocks release of jail standards in lawsuit suggests that which is copyrighted can be protected as a trade secret:
As they prepare to argue the $10.7 million suit ...
The post titled Sheriff’s association blocks release of jail standards in lawsuit suggests that which is copyrighted can be protected as a trade secret:
As they prepare to argue the $10.7 million suit ...
EU Trade Secrets, Trademark Measures Advance from www.ip-watch.org
The European Parliament and Luxembourg Presidency today agreed provisionally on EU-wide rules for the protection of trade secrets and confidential information, the Presidency announced. The European Parliament also approved a trademark reform package that aims ...
The European Parliament and Luxembourg Presidency today agreed provisionally on EU-wide rules for the protection of trade secrets and confidential information, the Presidency announced. The European Parliament also approved a trademark reform package that aims ...
Unease Over Seconded Philanthropic Foundation Staff To Top Management At WHO from www.ip-watch.org
Philanthropic foundations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Nations Foundation have seconded their staffers to top management positions at the World Health Organization.
Philanthropic foundations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Nations Foundation have seconded their staffers to top management positions at the World Health Organization.
WSIS+10 Gets Underway Ten Years After UN Internet Summit from www.ip-watch.org
Ten years after the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) member states and stakeholders are meeting this week for the WSIS+10 High Level Meeting in the UN headquarters in New York to ...
Ten years after the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) member states and stakeholders are meeting this week for the WSIS+10 High Level Meeting in the UN headquarters in New York to ...
35 U.S.C. 289 from patentlyo.com
35 U.S.C. 289 Whoever during the term of a patent for a design, without license of the owner, (1) applies the patented design, or any colorable imitation thereof, to any article of manufacture ...
35 U.S.C. 289 Whoever during the term of a patent for a design, without license of the owner, (1) applies the patented design, or any colorable imitation thereof, to any article of manufacture ...
Sightsound v. Apple: CAFC can review PTO on whether patents are CBM from ipbiz.blogspot.com
From the precedential decision:
SightSound Technologies, LLC (“SightSound”) is the
owner of U.S. Patent No. 5,191,573 (the “’573 patent”) and
5,966,440 (the “’440 patent”). Apple Inc. (“Apple”) petitioned
the United ...
From the precedential decision:
SightSound Technologies, LLC (“SightSound”) is the
owner of U.S. Patent No. 5,191,573 (the “’573 patent”) and
5,966,440 (the “’440 patent”). Apple Inc. (“Apple”) petitioned
the United ...
Openwave, Unwired Planet lose appeal to the CAFC against Apple from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Among other reasons, the case is of interest because of the reliance of the CAFC
on text in the "background" section:
The import of this section of the specification could not be
clearer: the perceived ...
Among other reasons, the case is of interest because of the reliance of the CAFC
on text in the "background" section:
The import of this section of the specification could not be
clearer: the perceived ...
3 New Copyright Articles: Buccafusco, Bell & Parchomovsky, Grimmelmann from writtendescription.blogspot.com
My own scholarship and scholarly reading focuses most heavily on patent law, but I've recently come across a few interesting copyright papers that seem worth highlighting:
My own scholarship and scholarly reading focuses most heavily on patent law, but I've recently come across a few interesting copyright papers that seem worth highlighting:
In re Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization, Bayer Cropscience NV (Fed. Cir. 2015) from www.patentdocs.org
By Kevin E. Noonan -- Interferences, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's procedure for determining which of a plurality of inventive entities were the "first to invent," were eliminated by the Leahy-Smith America Invents ...
By Kevin E. Noonan -- Interferences, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's procedure for determining which of a plurality of inventive entities were the "first to invent," were eliminated by the Leahy-Smith America Invents ...
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