Patent & IP news for May 17, 2017

IPKat Team Updates from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The Kats have had a busy year, with changes and moves.  Here is a list of some successes we'd like to celebrate:

Smoothie the Cat, showing
us how it's doneVerónica Rodríguez Arguijo joined ...

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In memoriam: Adolph Kiefer, Olympic gold medalist, innovator and inventor extraordinaire from ipkitten.blogspot.com


In bringing sports and IP together, there are few stories more notable than that of Adolph Kiefer, who combined athletic excellence with later distinction in innovation and invention. As reported, Kiefer, who was America's ...

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Digital copies, exhaustion, and blockchains: lack of legal clarity to be offset by technological advancement and evolving consumption patterns? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

"Buy digital":
but are you really buying to own?Can you resell the books, CDs, and DVDs that you are no longer interested in having? The answer to this question is easy: usually, yes.
But ...

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World Health Assembly Topic: Flu Pandemic Financing, Virus Sharing, Extension from www.ip-watch.org

There are many who see the World Health Organization mechanism to prepare and face the next influenza pandemic and insure availability of treatments as a success. However, some questions remain.

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IFPMA Priorities At WHA: Election, Antibiotics, Cancer, Pandemics from www.ip-watch.org

The new head of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) has hit the ground running in Geneva, and is weighing in on a variety of policy issues, this week providing a list ...

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Post-IPR Estoppel Does Not Apply to New Invalidity Theories from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted plaintiff's motion to clarify an earlier order concerning the meaning of "ground for invalidity" for purposes of post-IPR estoppel under 35 U.S.C. § 315(e), but deferred ruling on whether ...

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The Defend Trade Secrets Act and Inevitable Disclosure from patentlyo.com

When Can a Company That Hires its Competitor’s Former Employee Be Sued in Federal Court? Guest post by Maxwell Goss.  Dr. Goss is a business litigator with Rossman Saxe, P.C. in Troy, Michigan ...

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