Patent & IP news for April 30, 2017

Italian court finds Google and YouTube liable for failing to remove unlicensed content (but confirms eligibility for safe harbour protection) from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Topazio, one of the soap operas
produced by Delta TVIs YouTube an active host and, if so, ineligible for the safe harbour protection within Article 14 of the E-commerce Directive?
As readers with an ...

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week! from ipkitten.blogspot.com

This Kitten is delighted to bring you the 144th edition of Never Too Late!
It’s Never Too Late to catch up!Around the IP blogsInternKat Hayleigh Bosher covers the latest posts from some ...

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Protecting the SOVEREIGN - The Royal Mint v The Commonwealth Mint from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Some Money, Money, MoneyCan the Royal Mint register SOVEREIGN as a trade mark for "gold commemorative coins"?

The Royal Mint Ltd wanted to but the Commonwealth Mint & Philatelic Bureau Ltd was not impressed and ...

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Conference & CLE Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

May 2, 2017 - "Protecting Trade Secrets, Confidential Information and NDAs in China -- Maintaining Confidential Information, Preventing Infringement, and Enforcing Trade Secret Rights" (Strafford) - 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EDT) May 2, 2017 - "The Halo ...

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In re Apple Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2017) from www.patentdocs.org

Acting as Lexicographers Saves Patent from Being Found Invalid By Joseph Herndon -- In a recent Federal Circuit decision, the Court highlighted an old rule in that the inventors may act as their own lexicographers to ...

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