Patent & IP news for July 1, 2016

Openness, Innovation and Patents from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Image via IMDBThe September issue of Research Policy, a multi-disciplinary journal focusing on economic, policy, management and related issues posted by innovation, is out. Research Policy often has IP-related papers, and this issue has a ...

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Kanye West's 'Famous' music video: publicity rights vs the First Amendment from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Kanye West’s music video for “Famous” has sparked outrage for portraying naked celebrities in bed, in the form of life-like wax figures. It is not simply the nudity, but the individuals portrayed, which has ...

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Spotify's concerns over Apple Music are obvious but it's just manufacturing an App Store antitrust issue from www.fosspatents.com

I wish to clarify upfront that I've never done any work for Apple or Spotify. A more elaborate disclosure can be found at the end of this post. The perspective from which I am ...

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Access To Medicines Resolution Adopted By UN Human Rights Council from www.ip-watch.org

A resolution on access to medicines proposed by a number of developing countries was adopted today by the United Nations Human Rights Council, as well as a resolution on enhancing capacity-building in public health. This ...

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Federal Circuit Finds Internet-Based Claims Directed to an Abstract Idea Still Patent-Eligible from www.iplawalert.com

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has rarely found Internet-based patent ...

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Summary Judgment of No Willful Infringement Vacated in Light of Halo from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted plaintiff's motion to vacate the MDL judge's summary judgment order of no willful infringement following the Supreme Court's recent decision in Halo Elecs., Inc. v. Pulse Elecs., Inc., No ...

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Forty-four Percent of All Financial Expert Reports Excluded from www.717madisonplace.com

I was listening to a recording of a recent Federal Circuit oral argument where one of the advocates mentioned that a PWC study reports that forty-four percent of all financial expert reports are excluded under ...

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Francis Malofiy, lawyer on side of Estate of Randy Wolfe in "Stairway to Heaven" case, suspended in Pennsylvania from ipbiz.blogspot.com

See the post Lawyer Who Sued Led Zeppelin Suspended From Practicing Law

Of the case, on June 23, Larry Iser had written:


Today’s verdict in favor of Led Zeppelin is a vindication of copyright ...

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GE goes after United Technologies via IPR route from ipbiz.blogspot.com


At the end of a story at Bloomberg titled GE Wins Shot at Voiding Pratt Patent in Jet-Engine Clash one finds text about IPR challenges by GE against United Technologies:


GE submitted additional petitions challenging ...

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GE goes after United Technologies via IPR route from ipbiz.blogspot.com


At the end of a story at Bloomberg titled GE Wins Shot at Voiding Pratt Patent in Jet-Engine Clash one finds text about IPR challenges by GE against United Technologies:


GE submitted additional petitions challenging ...

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USPTO Extends Deadline for Migration to Financial Manager from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn –- As we reported earlier this week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office originally set a June 30, 2016 deadline for customers to migrate their deposit accounts and electronic funds transfer accounts ...

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Use of IP and Alternatives by UK Firms (1997-2006) from writtendescription.blogspot.com

This isn't a new report, but it's new on SSRN: the UK Intellectual Property Office commissioned a 2012 report by Bronwyn Hall, Christian Helmers, Mark Rogers, and Vania Sena, The Use of Alternatives ...

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