Patent & IP news for October 26, 2016

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


Did you chase your tail last week and miss the IPKat? Cheer up and read the 119th edition of Never Too Late.
Whaaat, is it Wednesday already?Around the IPKat’s Cousins BlogsA round-up ...

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November Patent Quality Forum Series from patentlyo.com

The USPTO continues to move forward with its Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative (EPQI) and is hosting a set of five Quality Forum events over the next month in DC, Milwaukee, KC, Baton Rouge, and Portland ...

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‘WHO Is Not Just Seeking To Be A Firefighter’ – Peter Salama On Reform And Emergency Response At The UN Health Agency from www.ip-watch.org

Under its new health emergencies program, the World Health Organization is setting up an improved structure for global health emergencies like the Ebola outbreak. But the UN agency is also opening itself up to a ...

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Antimicrobial Resistance Needs Research, Regulation, Speakers Say from www.ip-watch.org

The issue of antimicrobial resistance has been in the spotlight in recent months as a growing awareness of the threat it represents for humanity has pushed discussions at the multilateral level. This week, the World ...

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Antimicrobial Resistance Should Not Overshadow Broader Issue Of Access To Medicines, Some Say from www.ip-watch.org

While the issue of antimicrobial resistance has arrived in high-level discussions, and there is a consensus that the problem must be tackled one way or another to avoid slipping back into a pre-antibiotic era, some ...

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Coalition for Affordable Drugs Succeeds in Invalidating Gattex Patent Claims from docketreport.blogspot.com

In a final written decision, the Board found claims of a patent directed to a stabilized formulation of GLP-2 unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). "That the inventors of the ’866 patent discovered ...

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Big Telecom versus Video Games: Big Implications from www.iposgoode.ca

As reported on Kotaku.com – “British Telecommunications, a multinational mega-conglomerate with origins dating back to the 1800s, is suing Valve, a video game company that can’t count to three”. British Telecommunications (BT) alleges that ...

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Between Quick Wins And Long Roads Ahead On Antimicrobial Resistance from www.ip-watch.org

Raising awareness, creating effective stewardship, national action plans on antimicrobial resistance, building trust and getting onto the agenda of the G20 are critical to fostering access and appropriate use of antibiotics, according to speakers at ...

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An AT&T-Time Warner deal may affect the value of more than premium content & copyrights from ipcloseup.com

The $85.4 billion buyout of Time Warner Corporation (TWC) by AT&T;, if it goes through, is a good omen for the value of content providers, like HBO and CNN. It is unclear, however ...

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The Partnership on AI: A Modern Manhattan Project? from www.iposgoode.ca

On June 29, Sam Harris delivered a TED Talk in which he posed the question: “can we build artificial intelligence without losing control of it?” He proposed the founding of “something like a Manhattan project ...

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White House urges restrictions on non-compete agreements from ipspotlight.com

This week the Obama administration issued a “call to action” statement in which it urged state governments to restrict many of the non-compete agreements that employers often impose on employees. The statement calls on state ...

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3D Printing Raises Intellectual Property Legal Issues Not Seen Before in Traditional Printing from www.iposgoode.ca

3D printing technology has advanced to the level where consumers are able to purchase these printers for their personal use. Just recently, 3D printing was accessible only in limited circumstances. Now, it is possible for ...

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Podcast Now Available for @craigcarys talk on “A Feminist Copyright Agenda: Open Access, Attribution & the Academy” from www.iposgoode.ca

On September 21, 2016, IP Osgoode’s own Prof. Carys Craig delivered a talk entitled “A Feminist Copyright Agenda: Open Access, Attribution & the Academy” as part of the  Shirley E. Greenberg Chair for Women and ...

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Federal Circuit Twitter Impersonation from www.717madisonplace.com

From the Federal Circuit web site: FEDERAL CIRCUIT TWITTER IMPERSONATION Please be advised that the United States Court of Appeals doesn’t have a Twitter account or any other social media account. We have become ...

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Fintech – Stake a Patent Claim? from www.iposgoode.ca

OVERVIEW Similar to other traditional industries, a digital revolution for financial services is underway. Financial technology, or ‘‘FinTech,” is an accelerating technical sector gaining in popularity with both traditional financial institutions and new market entrants ...

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