Patent & IP news for January 16, 2017

Social media, "WikiLeaks" and false news in the 18th century: Thomas Jefferson and the "Mazzei letter" from ipkitten.blogspot.com


In today’s public discourse, nothing is more super-charged than social media, "WikiLeaks" and false news. We like to think about these issues as something new. However, if we discount the internet and digital context ...

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New Book Highlights IP Trade Law Flexibilities For Public Health from www.ip-watch.org

A recently published book by a high-impact public health advocate provides new analysis on the use of flexibilities in international trade law relating to intellectual property rights aimed at advancing discussions on solutions to high ...

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EU Study Recommends FRAND Clarification, More Coordination On 5G from www.ip-watch.org

The rapid development of information and communication technologies, and the need for greater interconnectivity driven by the Internet of Things has created a variety of standard-essential patent (SEP) owners and implementers with different business models ...

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Politics in the academia of intellectual property? from ipbiz.blogspot.com

A post at PatentlyO on an article by Jonathan Barnett titled Has the Academy Led Patent Law Astray? produced some comments about Mark Lemley:



I doubt that few within the patent academy are willing to ...

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CRISPR, intellectual property, and Latour from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Further to the IPBiz post
Politics in the academia of intellectual property? , one notes that Professor Lemley's reference to the lack of understanding by the transistor's inventors of the potential of the transistor ...

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Cameras in the courtroom from www.717madisonplace.com

Here’s a link to the SCOTUSBLOG discussing a bill that would compel the Supreme Court to televise its court proceedings: [Link]. I believe the Ninth Circuit is the only circuit court to provide video ...

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Supreme Court 2017 – Patent Preview from patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch A new Supreme Court justice will likely be in place by the end of April, although the Trump edition is unlikely to substantially shake-up patent law doctrine in the short term. The ...

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The Crowley copying considered in context from ipbiz.blogspot.com



In the context of a post about Monica Crowley [ Why plagiarism took down Monica Crowley, Trump’s pick for a top national security post ], one commenter stated


I am conservative and I like Monica, but ...

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Ex parte Itagaki and Nishihara (PTAB 2016) from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- A great deal of angst has been generated by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision, in Ex parte Itagaki and Nishihara, regarding the panel's application of Section 101 ...

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