Patent & IP news for June 13, 2016

Love IP enforcement? Come to Brussels next week for the Commission's IP Enforcement Conference! from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Add captionThe AmeriKat currently has a four dedicated IP passions - SPCs, the UPC, trade secrets and remedies.  Luckily for her 2016 has so far been an exciting year for all four.  In particular, IP ...

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



Welcome to the Centesimus edition of Never Too Late - if you missed the IPKat last week, you are in the right place for the 100th Never Too Late!









* A "nudge and a wink" leads Mrs ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

June 15-17, 2016 - Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2016: A Boot Camp for Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing (Practising Law Institute) - New York, NY July 6-8, 2016 - Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2016: A Boot Camp for Claim ...

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Colombian Organizations Update CEWG Regarding Imatinib Compulsory License Situation from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn –- In letter from three Colombian organizations to the Chairman of the World Health Organization (WHO) 2016 Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination (CEWG) (posted on the info ...

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Alongside UN Commitments To End AIDS, Event On Access Brings Tears, Vision from www.ip-watch.org

NEW YORK — Last week, United Nations members agreed on a political declaration on ending AIDS by 2030, with some new and old commitments. Alongside the 8-10 June High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS, a side event ...

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On Empirical Studies of Judicial Opinions from writtendescription.blogspot.com

I've always found it odd that we (and I include myself in this category) perform empirical studies of outcomes in judicial cases. There's plenty to be gleaned from studying the internals of opinions ...

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Supreme Court Sides with Patentees–Providing Flexibility for Proving Enhanced Damages from patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch The Supreme Court today issued an important unanimous decision in Halo v. Pulse – vacating the Federal Circuit’s rigid limits to enhanced damages in patent cases.  The decision rejects the dual objective ...

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Supreme Court ruling favors punitives for patentees from ipbiz.blogspot.com


The Supreme Court favored patentees Stryker and Halo Electronics in June 13's decision on punitive damages in patent cases. The Supreme Court found that the standard of the CAFC was too rigid and that ...

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Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc. and Stryker Corp. v. Zimmer, Inc. (2016) from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- The aphorism that "[t]he race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet," variously attributed to Damon Runyon, Franklin ...

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