Patent & IP news for April 9, 2016

'Corn Thins' trade mark found to be descriptive from ipkitten.blogspot.com

For quite some time, producers of crackers and breads have incorporated the term "Thins" into their product names. Examples which Kat readers may be familiar include Ryvita Thins, Nut-Thin and Sandwich Thins.   Jim Dennis, a ...

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New Oracle filing might result in damages theory north of $10 billion in Google copyright case from www.fosspatents.com

Last month there was quite some talk on the Internet about Oracle seeking $9.3 billion in damages from Google in the famous Android-Java copyright case that will go to trial again in a month ...

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Real-Time Avatar Selection and Customization Patent Survives § 101 Challenge from dunlapcodding.com

The question is whether this an isolated decision or the harbinger of a shift in the treatment of software patents at the pleadings stage in the post-Alice environment? Jeremy McKinney

In a recent Memorandum Opinion ...

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Academic assertiion: patent classification system affects the way that an innovation is going to be viewed from ipbiz.blogspot.com



IPBiz takes note of the paper mentioned in the text:


According to the paper, “Cognitive Neighborhoods and the Valuation of Innovation: A Cross-National Analysis,” if a patent’s assigned technology class is closely related to ...

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Webinar on the PTAB Front and Center from www.patentdocs.org

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "The PTAB Front and Center at the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court: The First Year of Appellate Review" on April 12, 2016 ...

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Webinar on Unitary Patent System and Unified Patent Court from www.patentdocs.org

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Navigating the New EU Unitary Patent System and Unified Patent Court -- Strategic Considerations for U.S. Applicants and Patentees" on April 21, 2016 from 1:00 to ...

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Webinar on Preparing for Patent Litigation from www.patentdocs.org

Technology Transfer Tactics will be offering a webinar entitled "Preparing for Patent Litigation: Practical Strategies for University Tech Transfer Offices" on April 21, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (Eastern). Alfonso Garcia Chan ...

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IPO Webinar on Evidence at the PTAB from www.patentdocs.org

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Evidence at the PTAB: New AIA Rules" on April14, 2016 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Judge Michael Tierney of the ...

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