Patent & IP news for April 23, 2016

Geoblocking: is the end in sight through ... competition law? Possibly not from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Tackling - and possibly getting rid of - "unjustified" geoblocking, ie the practice(s) of restricting or denying access to certain services or content outside a specified territory, is one the pillars of the Digital Single Market ...

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Book Review: Shakespeare's Cultural Capital from ipkitten.blogspot.com

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, this Kat is delighted to review an analysis of the most important English-language author in the public ...

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CAFC vacates decision of ED NC in Mankes case based upon Akamai IV from ipbiz.blogspot.com


The decision of ED NC in Mankes v. VIVID SEATS LTD.,
FANDANGO, LLC was vacated because of Akamai IV.

link: http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/opinions-orders/15-1500.Opinion.4-20-2016.1.PDF

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CAFC affirms that hair-cutting claims are not within 35 USC 101 scope in Holly Brown case from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The CAFC affirmed a 101 decision of PTAB in the case of U.S. Patent Application No.
09/795,210, because the claims cover only abstract ideas coupled with routine
and conventional hair-cutting steps.

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Patentlyo Bits and Bytes by Anthony McCain from patentlyo.com

Martin Goetz: After Alice: Is New Legislation Needed? Before Alice: Was There A Precedent? Joe Mullin: Apple Pays $25M To A University – And The Patent Troll It Cut A Deal With Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry: How To ...

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Novantrone for secondary progressive multiple sclerosis from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Mitoxantrone (tradename Novantrone)is used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS), most notably the subset of the disease, known as secondary-progressive MS. As no cure for multiple sclerosis exists yet, it must be understood mitoxantrone will ...

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BCP Customer Partnership Meeting from www.patentdocs.org

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding its next biotechnology/chemical/pharmaceutical (BCP) customer partnership meeting on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at the USPTO Headquarters (Alexandria, VA). The agenda for the meeting ...

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Webinar on Patent Prosecution Conflicts of Interest from www.patentdocs.org

The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) will be offering a webinar entitled "Patent Prosecution Conflicts of Interest for Clients Having Competing Technologies" on April 27, 2016 from 12:30 - 2:00 pm (Eastern). Frederick ...

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

D Young & Co will be offering a webinar on April 27, 2016 to provide an update on the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and unitary patent (UP) as well as address some common misunderstandings of the ...

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FCBA Program on Patent Litigation from www.patentdocs.org

The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA), in conjunction with the John Marshall Law School, the Notre Dame Law School, and DePaul University College of Law will be offering a program on "Patent Litigation 2016: The ...

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USPTO Symposium on Patent Quality from www.patentdocs.org

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be hosting a Symposium on Enhanced Patent Quality on April 27, 2016 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm ET in the Madison Auditorium at the ...

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