Patent & IP news for December 23, 2015

Mr Justice Carr tackles plausibility in Actavis v Eli Lilly ADHD dispute (Part II) from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The law on insufficiency and the role of plausibility
Putting a face to a name:
Lilly's Strattera drug for the treatment of ADHDThe most interesting part of the Mr Justice Carr’s decision ...

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Mr Justice Carr tackles plausibility in Actavis v Lilly ADHD dispute (Part I) from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The AmeriKat was distracted
by her 34,000 feet view only a few
 times while reading Mr Justice Carr's
first decision in the Patents CourtFlying to New England Saturday afternoon after a typically ...

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Guest Post: The Ghost of Christmas Patents from www.patentdocs.org

By Bill Reid* -- Christmas is the biggest holiday in my family. We spend a lot of time putting up decorations, but the most time of all is devoted to decorating the Christmas tree. For me ...

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Shukh Signals Petition for Certiorari in Futures-Assignment Case from patentlyo.com

In a new filing, Alexander Shukh has asked the Federal Circuit to stay its mandate pending Mr. Shukh’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari. In his unsuccessful petition for en banc rehearing, Shukh asked the ...

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PTAB foreign reference translation meaning evidence from allthingspros.blogspot.com

PTAB agrees with Applicant that "beyond predefined speed" means above, not below

Takeaway: The Applicant appealed claims to a braking system. The limitation at issue read
"detection of ... rotational engine speed falling below a predetermined ...

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Patent Claiming Remote Access Communication Portal Not Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted plaintiff's motion for summary judgment that its remote access communication portal patent was not invalid for lack of patentable subject matter and found that the claims were not directed toward an ...

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The CAFC determines part of the Lanham Act is unconstitutional in IN RE SIMON SHIAO TAM from ipbiz.blogspot.com

In 1997, in a talk at SSI-11, LBE mentioned the Lanham Act case involving the American Physical Society (APS), which turned on a distinction of protected free speech and commercial speech:


A recent case of ...

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Prosecution translation reference foreign from allthingspros.blogspot.com

Applicant fights hard to get Examiner to provide translation of foreign reference

Takeaway: An Examiner rejected using a Japanese language reference. The rejection specifically referred to a drawing in the reference, but the Examiner did ...

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University of South Florida sues Jackson Laboratory of Bar Harbor, Maine over US patent 5,898,094 from ipbiz.blogspot.com


In suing Jackson Laboratory over claims of US Patent 5,898,094, the University of South Florida gives us an example of a university suing an entity that actually makes product.

Bizjournals notes of the ...

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Plagiarism discussion at Columbia College from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Within a post titled English faculty responds to increase of plagiarism , one has the text:


The average America adult spends 11 hours a day on electronic media, according to a 2014 report by Nielsen, an ...

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A Major Power Outage at the USPTO Wreaks Havoc from dunlapcodding.com

Laura Robinson

From the USPTO website: 

"A major power outage at USPTO headquarters occurred Wednesday, Dec. 22, resulting in damaged equipment that required the subsequent shutdown of many of our online and IT systems. This ...

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USPTO Power Outage Affects Patent and Trademark Filing Deadlines from ipspotlight.com

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office experienced a serious power outage on December 22, 2015. According to the USPTO, the outage  “damaged equipment that required the subsequent shutdown of many of our online and ...

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Major Power Outage Causes Shutdown of USPTO Online and IT Systems -- USPTO Declares December 22-24 to be Federal Holidays from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- On Tuesday, December 22, a major power outage at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office headquarters in Alexandria, VA significantly damaged the Office's electronic systems and required the shutdown of ...

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