Patent & IP news for November 27, 2016

Sunday Surprises from ipkitten.blogspot.com


The IPKat tops the list of the most popular copyright law blogs of all time, according to Justia Blawgsearch. Congratulations to our copyright Kats! Purring Merpel is so proud.
On 24 November 2016, The Institute ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Exploring the Carbon Royalty Model from www.greenpatentblog.com

In a previous post, John D. Vandenberg, a patent litigator in Portland, Oregon, laid out his vision of a carbon royalty:  using patents directly for the public good, by imposing a royalty to reduce carbon ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

EQE roundup from ipkitten.blogspot.com

It's been an interesting week for candidates for the European Qualifying Examination (EQE), particularly those who applied to sit the exam in the UK. As the exam represents the culmination of years of study ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Federal Circuit Orders PTO to limit business method review trials (CBM) to “financial products or services” since that is the law from patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch In Unwired Planet v. Google, the Federal Circuit has vacated a BPAI covered business method decision – holding that the PTO’s definition of a “covered business method” was unduly broad. The America ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

December 1, 2016 - "Patent Design Arounds: Minimizing Risk of Infringement or Reducing Likelihood of Design Arounds -- Navigating Claims, Specifications, Prosecution History, Prior Art and Other Key Considerations" (Strafford) -1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Amdocs (Israel) Limited v. Openet Telecom, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2016) from www.patentdocs.org

By Michael Borella -- Amdocs sued Openet in the Eastern District of Virginia, alleging infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,631,065, 7,412,510, 6,947,984, and 6,836,797. Openet moved for ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook