Patent & IP news for December 28, 2016

Digital Media Synchronization Patents Not Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss on the ground that plaintiff’s digital media synchronization patents encompassed unpatentable subject matter because the claims were not directed toward an abstract idea. "The claims, like ...

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Defendant’s Decision to Initiate Reexamination Instead of IPR Warrants Denial of Stay from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied defendant's motion to stay pending its request for ex parte reexamination because the lack of potential simplification of issues and undue prejudice to plaintiff weighed against a stay. "Even if the ...

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Patentlyo Bits and Bytes by Anthony McCain from patentlyo.com

John White: Curing The PTAB: How 3 Fixes Will Make A Better, Fairer Process Sasha Moss: Kraft Case A Reminder That Congress Should Enact Patent System Reform Eun-Young Jeong: Qualcomm Faces $853 Million Fine From ...

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Guest Post: TC Heartland and Statutory Interpretation from patentlyo.com

By: Michael Risch, Professor of Law, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law After the certiorari grant in TC Heartland, Dennis solicited a blog post from anyone who thought the case was not a slam ...

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CAFC affirms claim construction of ND Cal in NORTHPEAK WIRELESS case; Northpeak loses from ipbiz.blogspot.com


The technical area was wifi [IEEE 802.11 (commonly referred to as “WiFi”). ]
The CAFC upheld the claim construction related to US Patent 4,977,577 of the
ND Cal district court:



The substance of ...

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