Patent & IP news for July 25, 2016

USPTO Issues 2 Cents on Section 101 in Light of 2 Life Science Cases from dunlapcodding.com

Elizabeth Isaac

On July 14, 2016, the USPTO issued a Memorandum in response to two recent Supreme Court and Federal Circuit rulings in subject matter eligibility cases under 35 U.S.C. § 101 concerning life ...

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat this week from ipkitten.blogspot.com

IPKat keeps it coolWere you away and missed the last week of the IPKat? Never Too Late 106 is here to bring you what you missed.
* Copyright in the Animal Kingdom
Internkat looks back ...

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“Real-time” from www.717madisonplace.com

Oral arguments debating the meaning of the claim limitation “real-time” are always interesting.  Here’s a recent one: [Emblaze Ltd. v. Apple, Inc.]. You can read the court’s Rule 36 Judgment here [http://www ...

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UNDP Initiative Seeks Impact-Driven Entrepreneurs From 10 Developing Countries from www.ip-watch.org

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a joint initiative with the Geneva-based Impact Hub, an international community of social entrepreneurs. The initiative is a platform named "#Accelerate2030," aiming at supporting and promoting the ...

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UNCTAD’s Work On IP To Continue In Strengthened Four-Year Mandate from www.ip-watch.org

NAIROBI, Kenya (IP-Watch) – Intellectual property rights related to trade and development will continue to be part of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)’s programme work, according to an agreement on the ...

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Semiconductor Memory Circuit Board Configuration Patents Not Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings on the ground that plaintiff’s semiconductor memory circuit board configuration patents encompassed unpatentable subject matter because the claims were not directed toward an ...

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PTAB/USPTO suffer reverse in Magnum Oil Tools from ipbiz.blogspot.com



The decision of PTAB was reversed:


The Patent Trial and Appeal Board
(“Board”) instituted review and issued a final written
decision holding all challenged claims of the ’413 patent
obvious under 35 U.S.C ...

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Rebecca Tushnet: The Inconsistent and Confusing Role of Registration in American Trademark Law from writtendescription.blogspot.com

Patent law scholars argue over how much time and money the Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) should spend on pre-grant review of patent applications. Likewise, they argue over the degree to which patents should be given ...

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LendingTree, LLC v. Zillow, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2016) from www.patentdocs.org

Claims of Another "Loan Application" Patent Invalidated under Section 101 By Joseph Herndon -- In a nonprecedential opinion issued earlier today, the Federal Circuit invalidated claims under 35 U.S.C. § 101 that had survived the ...

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