Patent & IP news for May 3, 2017

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post image Unjustified Threats Bill receives royal assent from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The the Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill received Royal Assent on 27 April 2017.  It is
expected to commence in October 2017.

What will change?

In summary:

1. The test for whether a communication contains ...

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post image "Socialistic brand": a unique category of vintage brand from ipkitten.blogspot.com


It is unlikely that any Kat reader has ever encountered the notion of a ‘socialistic brand’. Kat friend Mikołaj Rogowski explains why he has coined the term and how it can help us understand the ...

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post image Wednesday Whimsies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Following Mozart's steps!IBIL (UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law) events at UCL Cruciform Building in London. On Trial: Mozart and Other Pirates will take place on 1 June 2017, having as featured ...

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Duke University v. Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2017) from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- Last week, the Federal Circuit completed its review of a series of patents relating to treating Pompe disease and invalidated by inter partes review before the U.S. Patent and Trademark ...

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Enlisting Government Help To Protect Your Trade Secrets from www.ip-watch.org

“I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Yeah, right.[1] Most businesses think protecting their intellectual property is their own responsibility, and it is. But what about when your intellectual property ...

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New Text On Broadcasting May Open Way To Fresh Discussions On Treaty At WIPO from www.ip-watch.org

Years of discussions at the World Intellectual Property Organization on a treaty protecting broadcasting organisations against piracy of their signals have not been enough to reach consensus language on core principles, such as who and ...

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“The Band Who Must Not Be Named” – The Slants from anticipatethis.wordpress.com

Attorney AJ Wenn of Ward Law Office had the distinct pleasure of meeting The Slants yesterday evening, at an event hosted by the Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA). The Slants are an Asian American ...

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Congress Continues to See Need to Reduce Abusive Patent Litigation from patentlyo.com

In a Federalist Society Speech, House Judiciary Chair Goodlatte offered his agenda for the committee over the next year, including further reforms to “reduce abusive patent litigation.”   Rep. Goodlatte’s prepared remarks on the topic ...

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Without Offering Any Reasons, Federal Circuit Denies Rehearing on Issue of Judgments Without Opinion from patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit has denied Leak Survey’s petition for rehearing en banc on the issue R.36.  Perhaps ironically, the court has continued to remain silent on its justification for issuing ...

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New Open Source Project Enlists Students To Find Cures For Neglected Diseases from www.ip-watch.org

The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) has launched a collaborative project with five universities in India, United Kingdom, and the United States to help with the research on a debilitating neglected disease.

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