Patent & IP news for August 23, 2016

Where Do TXED Cases Go? from docketreport.blogspot.com

Anyone with a knowledge of the current patent infringement lawsuit landscape in the United States has more than likely noticed one court venue which has seen a huge influx of patent cases. The U.S ...

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DuPont v. MacDermid Printing: The importance of a Patentee’s Pre-Filing Statements from patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch A skilled patent attorney working with a qualified searcher could cobble together a colorable obviousness argument against the vast majority of issued patent claims.  Part of the difficulty for patentees stem from ...

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Review Of WIPO Development Agenda Implementation: Good Progress But Expectations Unfulfilled from www.ip-watch.org

A group of independent reviewers has found definite progress on implementing the landmark 2007 Development Agenda recommendations at the World Intellectual Property Organization. But the UN agency needs to elevate the debate, tie in with ...

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Economic Analysis and Damages Opinion of Bayesian Statistics Expert Excluded as Unqualified from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted plaintiff's motion in limine to preclude defendants' damages expert from testifying at trial as unqualified. "[T]here is merit to plaintiff’s argument that [defendants' expert] 'does not do what he ...

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Federal Circuit Heading to Malibu from www.717madisonplace.com

The Federal Circuit will be sitting in southern California this October, with sessions in Los Angeles, Orange County, Irvine, and Malibu.  I’m guessing that the Malibu stop will be at Pepperdine University School of ...

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

Did the last week of IPKat pass you by? Here is the 110th edition of Never Too Late with what you missed.
* Life after Cartier: The future of blocking injunctions – Simmons & Simmons Rapid Response Event ...

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Garlock prevails at the CAFC in Smith case, 2015-1758. WD Missouri reversed. from ipbiz.blogspot.com


Garlock won a reversal of a decision by the Western District of Missouri:


This appeal arises from a jury verdict finding Garlock
Equipment Company (“Garlock”) liable for infringement
of the asserted claims of U.S ...

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The Effect of Patents and Drug Price Regulation on New Drug Diffusion Globally from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- One of the great benefits of scientific inquiry is the capacity for presumptions and prejudices from experience to be challenged and explained in ways that are counter-intuitive. This is true even ...

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