Patent & IP news for July 26, 2016

Filed your Article 28 declarations? You may have to do them all over again… from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Former Guest Kat, Darren Meale, of Simmons & Simmons, London, provides another update to the ever-changing landscape of Article 28 declarations. Previous instalments can be found here, here and here.

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Swift Decision On Plain Packaging At WTO Unlikely; Ukraine Drops Out from www.ip-watch.org

As the list of countries adopting legislation making the packaging of tobacco products a lot less sexy is growing, the long-awaited decision of a World Trade Organization panel on Australia's decision to enforce such ...

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Officials Discuss Meeting The Global Fund Target Of US$13B from www.ip-watch.org

DURBAN, South Africa – As the fund to help the world’s most suffering prepares for a conference hosted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the government of Canada in September 2016 to raise US$13 ...

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Jury Finding of Willfulness Does Not Require Award of Enhanced Damages Under Halo from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied plaintiff's motion for enhanced damages under 35 U.S.C. § 284 and rejected plaintiff's argument that the jury finding of willful infringement was binding on the court. "[Plaintiff] argues that ...

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US High Court Restores Treble Damages For Patent Infringement from www.ip-watch.org

Pulse Electronics was guilty of patent infringement. That had been decided long ago. The only remaining issue was how much Pulse must pay for its wrongdoing. The company could be liable for treble damages, provided ...

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Unwired Planet, LLC v. Apple Inc.: Fault and Patent Infringement from patentlyo.com

By Jason Rantanen Unwired Planet, LLC v. Apple Inc. (Fed. Cir. July 22, 2016) Download Unwired Planet Panel: Moore (author), Bryson, Rena Last week, the Federal Circuit issued two opinions, both written by Judge Moore ...

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Court Report from www.patentdocs.org

By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. Genzyme Corp. et al. v. Zydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc. 1:16-cv-00540; filed June 29, 2016 in ...

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