Patent & IP news for April 21, 2017

Double-check your docketing! from ipkitten.blogspot.com

We rely upon automated systems for so much in modern society.  But an automated system is only as reliable as its human inputs.  Following a recent EPO Board of Appeal Decision J 0023/14 (Re-establishment ...

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Top Law Firms by Number of Accusations in 2016 from docketreport.blogspot.com

What is a Patent Accusation?A Patent Accusation is a more granular way to measure the volume of litigation activity than counting the number of cases or litigants. As used in this report, the term ...

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Fordham 25 (5): IP Remedies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The IP Remedies panelAfter an invigorating session on doctrine of equivalents (which the AmeriKat plans to write up), the final panel session of the day in the patents track was on IP remedies.  Although ...

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Fordham 25 (Report 6): The Judges from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Brad Smith at last night's Gala DinnerAfter an incredible night at the gala dinner, where the AmeriKat's new IP idol, Brad Smith (Microsoft), delivered and incredible an emotive speech on the stories ...

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PTAB Life Sciences Report -- Part II from www.patentdocs.org

By John Cravero -- About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: Each month we will report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Actavis Laboratories FL, Inc. et al. v Janssen Oncology, Inc. PTAB Petition ...

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QUNO Briefs: Food Security Needs Farmers In Global Discussions, Agricultural Biodiversity from www.ip-watch.org

The participation of small-scale farmers at the table of international negotiations and the protection of agricultural biodiversity are key to food security, according to the Quaker United Nations Office, which published last month two policy ...

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WHO Hepatitis Report: Death Toll Rising, Vaccination Works But Access To Tests And Medicines Still Issue from www.ip-watch.org

Hepatitis-related mortality is on the rise, despite the existence of an efficient vaccine for hepatitis B and a cure for hepatitis C, according to the World Health Organization hepatitis report 2017 published today. One of ...

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Major automotive and IT companies urge President Trump to support FTC case against Qualcomm from www.fosspatents.com

I just received--and wanted to immediately share--an open letter addressed by major automotive and information and communications technology companies to President Donald J. Trump, urging him to shield the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from political ...

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Tech, Auto Companies Urge US Action On Standard Essential Patents from www.ip-watch.org

A group of 15 US and foreign tech and automobile companies and organisations has sent a letter to the White House asking for support to reduce what they see as rising anti-competitive licensing practices involving ...

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Sale of Software and Separate Plug-In Capable of Infringing When Combined Does Not Constitute Direct Infringement from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment that it did not directly infringe plaintiff's dynamic web page generation patent. "[Plaintiff] contends that [defendant] infringed the asserted claims by storing (separately and in ...

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Internet Of Things Is The Next Big Thing In Patents, And EPO Says It’s Ready For It from www.ip-watch.org

The European Patent Office has a “tradition of looking forwards” to anticipate patenting trends, and it sees the Internet of Things (IoT) as the next challenge, Chief Economist Yann Ménière said at 20 April OxFirst ...

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Webinar on Patent Search Strategies from www.patentdocs.org

CPA Global will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "The Hunt for Prior Art -- From Filing to Challenge, Modern Patent Practice Is All About the Search" on April 27, 2017 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET ...

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FCBA Webast on Scope of AIA Estoppel from www.patentdocs.org

The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a webcast entitled "Having Your AIA Cake and Eating It Too: Recent Decisions Addressing the Scope of AIA Estoppel" on April 25, 2017 from 1:00 ...

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IPO Webinar on Pleading Infringement from www.patentdocs.org

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "After Form 18: Pleading Infringement" on April 27, 2017 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). David Donoghue of Holland & Knight LLP ...

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Webinar on Overcoming 101 Rejections for Computer and Electronics Related Patents from www.patentdocs.org

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Overcoming 101 Rejections for Computer and Electronics Related Patents -- Leveraging USPTO Guidance and Recent Decisions to Meet 101 Patent Eligibility Requirements" on May 4, 2017 from 1 ...

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Webinar on Protecting Trade Secrets, Confidential Information and NDAs in China from www.patentdocs.org

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Protecting Trade Secrets, Confidential Information and NDAs in China -- Maintaining Confidential Information, Preventing Infringement, and Enforcing Trade Secret Rights" on May 2, 2017 from 1:00 to ...

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