Patent & IP news for March 28, 2016

Never too late: if you missed the IPKat last week from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Did you miss the IPKat last week? Here’s a summary of what happened on this very blog:
* Unauthorised reproduction and making available of 8-second clips of sports events? A copyright infringement, rules Arnold J ...

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Book Review: Sir Robin Jacob tells us a story about "IP and Other Things" from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The AmeriKat's copy of Sir Robin's bookNot many books start with "Richard Arnold said...".   But those three words grace the opening page of Sir Robin Jacob's IP and Other Things, a ...

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Shyam Balganesh: Causing Copyright from writtendescription.blogspot.com

My last post on computer-generated IP noted my uncertainty about whether AI is making sufficient contributions to be viewed as a creator or inventor independent of its programmers. The problem is not just factual uncertainty ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

March 30, 2016 - "Patent Prosecution from a Litigator's Viewpoint: Position Your Patent to Succeed in Litigation & Post-Grant Procedures" (American Intellectual Property Law Association) - 12:30 - 2:00 pm (Eastern) March 31, 2016 - "Conducting and ...

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Purdue Pharma L.P. v. Depomed, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2016) from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- Last Thursday, the Federal Circuit handed down its non-precedential decision in Purdue Pharma v. Depomed, reviewing the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on three related inter partes reviews ...

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Patent Directed to Collecting User Data From a Network Not Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss on the ground that plaintiff’s patent directed to collecting user data from a network encompassed unpatentable subject matter because the asserted claims were not directed to ...

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Edison did not win the Congressional Medal of Honor from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The [Congressional] Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest military honor, awarded for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty. Curiously, a number of websites (and books ...

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