Patent & IP news for March 13, 2016

Patent jacking, sole inventors, Edison's light bulb and the upcoming patent interference on CRISPR from ipbiz.blogspot.com

As noted in an earlier IPBiz discussed the term "patent jacking" was used in the "Hounded" episode of the CBS show Elementary. As an almost aside comment in the tv show, Thomas Edison was accused ...

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CBS Sunday Morning does the patent of Zeglen for the bulletproof vest from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Within a show themed about guns (and hosted by Lee Cowan ), CBS Sunday Morning on March 13 made reference to the patent of Casimir Zeglen on the bulletproof vest.

Wikipedia gives some background:


In 1893 ...

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Dan Burk on Perverse Innovation from writtendescription.blogspot.com

Innovation is the focus of IP law, but innovation is rarely viewed as an end in and of itself—rather, it is desirable because it often leads to economic growth, development, human flourishing, etc. So ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

March 15, 2016 - Patent Bar & Office Dialog Summit (Intellectual Property Owners Association) - Washington, D.C. March 16, 2016 - "Preparing for the European Unified Patent Court (UPC)" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) - 10:00 am to ...

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Court Report from www.patentdocs.org

By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Unimed Pharmaceuticals LLC et al. v. Lupin Atlantis Holdings SA et al. 1:15-cv-00904; filed October ...

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