Patent & IP news for November 11, 2016

European Commission on Biotech Directive: tomatoes about to be squashed? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

This Kat had the pleasure of attending yesterday’s workshop on IP Protection of Biological Inventions organized by VIPS/ACBISand the University of Basle, featuring presentations by Ursula Kinkeldey (former chair BoA), Ewald Glantschnig ...

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The U.S. presidential election of 1876: votes, cannabis and intellectual property from ipkitten.blogspot.com


Let’s step back from the supercharged atmosphere of this week’s electoral events and focus on a curious side-show. First, perhaps for the sixth time in U.S. electoral history, the winner of the ...

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In re NuVasive, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2016) from www.patentdocs.org

By Andrew Williams -- The Federal Circuit remanded a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB" or "Board") because the Board invalidated certain claims in a patent without providing adequate notice or ...

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Europe Assesses “Changed World” In Trade Politics from www.ip-watch.org

European Union trade politicians in several meetings this week in Brussels reflected on the future of trade policy, also impacted by the US elections. “It is a changed world, period,” Iuliu Winkler, vice-chair of the ...

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Infringement City Blues (Make Ed Sheeran Wanna Holler) from www.iposgoode.ca

Flanked! Two Ed Sheeran songs now face copyright infringement actions. One alleges Sheeran’s “Photograph” copied a song called “Amazing” written for X Factor winner Matt Cardle. Richard Busch—also counsel for the Marvin Gaye ...

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No Laughing Matter: Copyright Protection for Jokes from www.iposgoode.ca

Some people just can’t take a joke. Other people have taken jokes, and it has landed them in court. Two recent American copyright cases offer an opportunity to look at the difficulties of protecting ...

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Fair Dealing: What Can Be (Fairly) Criticized? from www.iposgoode.ca

“A picture is worth a thousand words.” That remark might be trite, especially in the era of selfies and Instagram, but a book is more than just words and a photograph is more than just ...

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