Patent & IP news for May 11, 2016

CJEU launches brand-new, teen-friendly mobile app! from ipkitten.blogspot.com

How lovely is the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), always in step with the times! Besides providing a terrific amount of high-tech decisions in all fields (including IP), EU law enthusiasts' favourite ...

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Recruitment of UPC Judges is now open from patlit.blogspot.com

The preparatory committee has now published the first job openings at the Unified Patent court.

The recruitment of legally qualified and of technically qualified judges of the Unified Patent Court (Court of First Instance and ...

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Germany: open WiFi after all? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Following the opinion of Attorney General Szpunar in the pending McFadden case (C-484/14, IPKat post), the German coalition government has decided to abandon the "Störerhaftung" of providers of open WiFi Networks for illegal use ...

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UK Patents Court refuses to transfer Unwired Planet competition claims to CAT from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Like a 13-week competition trial,
the IPKat initially thought
it was a good idea to tackle
the ball of string....For anyone keeping tabs, the mammoth patent dispute in Unwired Planet v Huawei & Samsung continues ...

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Are most patents in Germany valid after all? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

In February this year, the IPKat reported on a study that showed that around 80% of all patents subject to a nullity attack in Germany were fully or partially invalidated. My comment at the time ...

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Do you want to be a UPC judge? Application process now open! from ipkitten.blogspot.com

If it wasn't for the requirement
to provide references, Merpel
would have already submitted
her UPC judge's application...On Monday, the UPC's Preparatory Committee announced the opening of the judicial recruitment process ...

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USPTO Provides Insight on PTAB Amendment Motions from www.patentdocs.org

By Joseph Herndon -- On Monday, May 9, 2016, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published information on Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) trials regarding motions to amend claims. The Acting Chief Administrative Patent ...

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

Did you miss the IPKat last week? Not to worry, the 95th edition of Never Too Late is here. 
The Economist is at it again (when it comes to patents) 
Last August, The Economist attracted ...

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Media use of patent “troll” is unfair says professor in Stanford Technology Law Review from ipcloseup.wordpress.com

The use of inaccurate, prejudicial language by newspapers, business publications and technology magazines to describe patent licensing activity biases readers and courts. That is among the findings from research conducted by Illinois Institute of Technology ...

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Supreme Court to address two intellectual property issues in fall 2016 from ipspotlight.com

The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to review two cases that involve important IP questions in the Court’s fall 2016 session. One case will consider whether to modify or do away with the ...

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Tech4Dev Conference: Translating Innovation Into Social Impact from www.ip-watch.org

New technologies are of limited value if they are not accessible. Thus the crucial challenge lies not only in promoting innovation, but in translating innovation into social impact. This was the theme of the fourth ...

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At WIPO, Music Industry Points Fingers At YouTube For Hiding Behind Safe Harbour from www.ip-watch.org

YouTube is recognised by many as the world’s biggest music platform. Listening to music on YouTube is free for users. However, according to the music industry, it pays very little in terms of revenue ...

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Patent Directed to Supplemental Digital Broadcast Data Satisfies Financial Product or Service Requirement for CBM Review from docketreport.blogspot.com

The Board granted institution of covered business method review of a patent directed to "coordinating the transmission of supplemental digital data to accompany broadcast data" under 35 U.S.C. § 101, finding the patent was ...

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Other PTAB Decisions Addressing Financial Product or Service Requirement Under AIA § 18(d)(1) from docketreport.blogspot.com

Since inception, the PTAB has issued 324 decisions addressing whether at least one claim of the challenged patent is directed to a financial product or service as required for CBM review. The vast majority of ...

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Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016: Markup and Commentary from patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch President Obama has signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) into law.  The new law creates a private cause of action for trade secret misappropriation that can be brought in ...

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Buccafusco, Heald & Bu: Do Pornographic Knock-offs Tarnish the Original Work? from writtendescription.blogspot.com

Trademark law provides a remedy against "dilution by tarnishment of [a] famous mark" and the extension of copyright term was justified in part by concerns about tarnishment if Mickey Mouse fell into the public domain ...

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