Patent & IP news for October 17, 2016

September Was a Good Month for Patent Eligibility in the District Courts from www.patentdocs.org

By Michael Borella and Eddie Obissi -- Anecdotally, there seems to be a loosening up regarding the application of § 101 by the District Courts. The 2014 Supreme Court decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

October 18, 2016 - "PTAB Patent Proceedings: Best Practices and Strategies" (The Knowledge Group) - 3:00 to 5:00 pm (EST) October 19, 2016 - "To Patent or Not to Patent: When to Keep Your IP a ...

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Licensing, Choice And New Players: Keys To Fostering Local Film Production from www.ip-watch.org

Audiovisual producers at a side event to the recent World Intellectual Property Organization General Assemblies shared experiences and exchanged best practices in the use of copyright and related rights’ frameworks. Speakers said they seek an ...

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Panel: WIPO Assistance Should Provide Developing Countries With Choices On Plant Variety Protection from www.ip-watch.org

A side event to last week’s annual General Assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organization looked at ways for developing countries to design sui generis system for protecting new varieties of plant. The event ...

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Drone Target Tracking Patent Not Ineligible Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss on the ground that plaintiff’s drone target tracking patent encompassed unpatentable subject matter because the asserted claims were not directed toward an abstract idea. "The asserted ...

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Casino Gaming Advice Patent Ineligible Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendant's motion to dismiss because the asserted claims of plaintiffs’ casino gaming advice patent encompassed unpatentable subject matter and found that the claims were directed toward an abstract idea. "[T]he ...

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FTC Recommends Legislative Fixes For Nuisance Patent Lawsuits But Some Question Study from www.ip-watch.org

LONDON -- Procedural and substantive legislative reforms are needed to keep nuisance patent infringement lawsuits at bay, the United States Federal Trade Commission said in an October report. The question is whether the size of the ...

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USTR Froman: ‘We Have Begun A New Chapter In The History Of The Multilateral Trading System’ from www.ip-watch.org

Outgoing United States Trade Representative Michael Froman in Geneva today gave a look back and ahead for the multilateral trading system and the World Trade Organization. His prediction was pragmatic and optimistic.

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55 Civil Society Groups Ask US Government To Allow Export Of Affordable Version Of Prostate Cancer Drug Xtandi from www.ip-watch.org

A range of 55 civil society organisations from around the world today sent a letter asking the United States Department of Health and Human Services to accept an offer from a Canadian generics company, Biolyse ...

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CAFC affirms ND Cal; Synopsys loses 35 USC 101 case from ipbiz.blogspot.com


From the opinion:


Synopsys, Inc. appeals the District Court for the
Northern District of California’s grant of summary judgment
invalidating certain claims of U.S. Patent Nos.
5,530,841; 5,680,318; and ...

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Patent application on the QUANTUM SPACE ENGINE (EM drive) from ipbiz.blogspot.com


A story on the patent application for the EM drive contains the following text:



“The patent process is a very significant process, it’s not like an academic peer review where everyone hides behind an ...

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Should computers be considered inventors under US Patent Law? from ipbiz.blogspot.com


Here is an interesting law review article: Ryan Abbott. I Think, Therefore I Invent: Creative Computers and the Future of Patent Law. Boston College Law Review, 57 B.C.L. Rev. 1079 (2016)
which contains ...

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Patentlyo Bits and Bytes by Anthony McCain from patentlyo.com

Joseph Robinson & Robert Schaffer: En Banc Federal Circuit Finds Substantial Evidence To Support Jury Verdict In Apple v. Samsung Arjun Walia: A Patent For The Controversial & ‘Impossible’ Quantum Space Engine Was Just Made Public Experts ...

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Bad Patents and the False Claims Act from patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch An interesting False Claims Act case has recently been unsealed. USA ex rel. Lower Drug Prices for Consumers (LDPFC) v. Allergan and Forest Labs., Case No. 16-cv-09 (E.D.Tex. 2016) (SEALED ...

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