Patent & IP news for January 7, 2016

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post image 12 years is excessive - T 0823/11 from patlit.blogspot.com

The appeal case T 0823/11 lies from the (not properly reasoned) decision of the Examining Division posted on 30 September 2010 to refuse a European patent application with the filing date of 15.05 ...

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EDekka LLC v. 3balls.com, Inc. (E.D. Tex. 2015) from www.patentdocs.org

By Michael Borella -- As 2015 drew to a close, the toll of the Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l decision on software and business method patents became apparent. Post Alice, approximately 70% of all ...

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PTO Fees for CBM Review Not Recoverable as Costs from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied defendants' motion for over $70,000 in PTO filing costs after plaintiff voluntarily dismissed its infringement action following CBM review. "[Defendants] argue in their Response that they 'are entitled to recover [their ...

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IP Intensive Video & Info Session from www.iposgoode.ca

Welcome back everyone to another new and exciting year with IP Osgoode!  We would like to start the new year by showcasing one of our core programs, Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law and Technology Intensive ...

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IP Osgoode Welcomes The Honourable Marshall Rothstein to Osgoode! from www.iposgoode.ca

IP Osgoode is very excited to be kicking of the New Year by welcoming The Honourable Marshall Rothstein to Osgoode Hall Law School in his new appointment as a Distinguished Visiting Professor. Mr. Rothstein will ...

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UN Initiative On Access To Medicines Calls For Contributions from www.ip-watch.org

The United Nations Secretary-General’s newly formed High Level Panel on Access to Medicines launched a call for contributions by stakeholders at the end of December, in an effort it says could transform millions of ...

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The New European Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court: Are You Opting In? from www.iplawalert.com

The Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology recently hosted a program to explore significant changes underway for the European patent landscape. At this program, Dr. Christoph Cordes, Partner at the German law firm Esche Schümann ...

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IP Osgoode Sneak Preview for 2016 from www.iposgoode.ca

Happy new year! IP Osgoode is happy to be kicking off 2016 with a dynamic series of events and activities. Adding to this excitement is the fantastic news about The Honourable Mr. Rothstein’s appointment ...

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IP Intensive: 10 Weeks at SOCAN – Getting Immersed in the World of Copyright Collectives from www.iposgoode.ca

This past fall, as part of Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program, I spent ten weeks at the Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). This was my first choice of ...

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IP Intensive: A Semester at AstraZeneca Canada from www.iposgoode.ca

Last semester, as part of Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law and Technology Intensive Program, I had the opportunity to work with in-house counsel at AstraZeneca Canada. Having previously completed graduate studies in organic chemistry, I ...

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CAFC affirms PTAB in Redline v. Star and discusses the details of the submission of supplemental information in an IPR from ipbiz.blogspot.com



The issues:


On appeal, Redline argues the PTAB erred in denying
its motion to submit supplemental information for three
reasons.

First, Redline argues the regulatory history of
37 C.F.R. § 42.123 demonstrates the ...

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Josh Lerner relying on patent citation analysis in paper on business method patents from ipbiz.blogspot.com


Josh Lerner has a new paper out: Financial Patent Quality: Finance
Patents After State Street

One can find references to patent citations:


In summary, our analysis generates several intriguing results, suggesting that finance patents are ...

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Razing the Patent Bar from patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch Many have talked about “raising the bar” in patent cases. In his most recent article, Professor Hubbard (Baltimore) argues for “Razing the Bar.”  In particular, Hubbard argues that the current structure of ...

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Holbrook piece on the dangers of 3D printing appears in Scientific American from ipbiz.blogspot.com

"The Conversation" segment of Scientific American has a piece by Professor Timothy Holbrook titled
How 3-D Printing Threatens Our Patent System

Holbrook writes:


Technically called “additive manufacturing,” 3D printing from a CAD file allows someone ...

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Self-plagiarism: is it ethical, or not? from ipbiz.blogspot.com

On the topic of self-plagiarism, IPBiz wrote in 2011:


Prior to the Poshard plagiarism matter at SIU, there was the Wendler self-plagiarism matter [Walter Wendler copied material he created while at Texas A&M; into ...

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The "pipe dream" defense in trade secrets from ipbiz.blogspot.com

In the world of patents, the same invention can have different value to different people. As one example, the mouse invented by Xerox had less value to Xerox than to Steve Jobs and Apple. Invention ...

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