Patent & IP news for September 19, 2016

Book Review: Le Droit Du Design from ipkitten.blogspot.com

This slim and informative book is the eighth in the intelle©tual p®operty series from the Law Faculty at the University of Geneva. It collects the papers submitted for the intellectual property conference held ...

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FDA Approves Release of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn –- Lost among reports of the first locally transmitted cases of the Zika virus in the continental United States in late July (as well as concern over Zika transmission at the 2016 Summer ...

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Albania, Montenegro Amend IP Legislation With EU Bids In Mind from www.ip-watch.org

In a bid to push forward their ongoing membership negotiations with the European Union, two Balkan States have moved to further harmonise their intellectual property regulations in line with EU legislation. Albania's new copyright ...

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After Two-Year Hiatus, WIPO Resumes Discussions On Protecting Traditional Knowledge from www.ip-watch.org

How can traditional knowledge be protected against misappropriation and who should benefit from this protection is at the heart of discussions at the World Intellectual Property Organization this week. After over a two-year hiatus, WIPO ...

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‘Ransomware’ Emerges As A Major Threat To IP Ownership from www.ip-watch.org

Criminals are increasingly blocking access to digitised intellectual property and then charging their victims ransom to get it back, as “ransomware” attacks become increasingly common and sophisticated.

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Content Management Patents Not Ineligible Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied defendant's motion for summary judgment on the ground that plaintiff’s content management patents encompassed unpatentable subject matter because the asserted claims did not lack an inventive concept. "The claims of ...

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Federal Circuit to visit six law schools in LA area from www.717madisonplace.com

The Federal Circuit has posted more details about its upcoming visit to the LA area to conduct oral arguments.  The information from the Federal Circuit Announcement page (last visited 9/19/2016) is shown below ...

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