Patent & IP news for September 11, 2016

Do you love Paris in the Fall? If you do, come to EPLAW's Europe/Japan Mock trials from ipkitten.blogspot.com

One of the AmeriKat's favorite movies is French Kiss.  Admittedly it is not the world's greatest cinematic accomplishment, but the pairing of a neurotic, hospital corners Meg Ryan with a laissez-faire, gruff Kevin ...

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Book Review: European Patent Litigation in the Shadow of the Unified Patent Court from ipkitten.blogspot.com

There is a perverse incentive in research that it is not in a scholar's interests for a problem to be solved. If your pet problem is solved, what do you do next? Therefore, publishing ...

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GE seeks to acquire 3D printing technology; will a branding story follow? from ipkitten.blogspot.com


Hi-tech and industrial multinationals continue to seek their way with 3D printing. Since companies of this kind don’t get any bigger than GE, its moves are worthy of special attention. IPKat earlier discussed GE ...

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Webinar on Determining and Correcting Patent Inventorship from www.patentdocs.org

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Patent Inventorship: Best Practices for Determination and Correction -- Distinguishing Between Inventor and Contributor; Navigating Joint Inventorship, Disclosure of Ownership, and Real Party in Interest" on September 29 ...

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Webinar on Defend Trade Secrets Act from www.patentdocs.org

Wolters Kluwer and Managing IP will be offering a free webinar on "Trade Secrets: Strategies for Understanding & Litigating a DTSA Cause of Action," on September 29, 2016 at 12:00 pm (ET). R. Mark Halligan ...

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Supreme Court IP Review from www.patentdocs.org

The IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law will be holding a Supreme Court IP Review conference on September 22, 2016 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm (Central) at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law in ...

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CBS Sunday Morning on September 11, 2016 quotes Ferrari: If you can dream it, you can do it. from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Charles Osgood hosted the 9/11/2016 show on the 15th anniversary of the attacks. Lee Cowan does the cover story on the Smithsonian African-American Museum. Michelle Miller interviews Wendy Williams. Tracy Smith interview Demi ...

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News from Abroad: Canada's Federal Court Questions No File Wrapper Estoppel on Claim Construction from www.patentdocs.org

By Junyi Chen -- The Supreme Court of Canada in Free World Trust v Électro Santé Inc, 2000 SCC 66 rejected the use of extrinsic documents such as file wrappers (patent prosecution histories) for claim construction ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

September 11-13, 2016 - 44th Annual Meeting (Intellectual Property Owners Association) - New York, NY September 13, 2016 - Patent Quality Chat webinar on "Future Information Disclosure Practice in a Global Dossier Environment" (U.S. Patent and Trademark ...

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