Patent & IP news for August 5, 2017

USPTO Fee Collections – Well Under Spending from patentlyo.com

We’re now approaching the end of FY2017 (Sept 30, 2017), and the USPTO is very likely to end up spending well more than it collects in fees.  The chart below is just through June ...

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In memoriam of June Foray: the greatest screen voice whom you probably never heard of, but likely heard from ipkitten.blogspot.com


For Kat readers who love animated films, last week was especially tough. We lost Lucifer, being the cat from the movie Cinderella, Wheezy Weasel and Lena Hyena from “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”, Betty Rubble from ...

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UK Supreme Court holds that grey market sales can be criminal offence from ipkitten.blogspot.com

A grey marketCan grey markets be considered akin to trade in counterfeit goods, at least when it comes to the application of criminal provisions in trade mark law?
The UK Supreme Court answered this ...

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Why Did We Invent a New Portable Car Jack from www.tangible-ip.com

Car jacks are one of the most essential tools which are mostly used for lifting cars, trucks and other kind of vehicles. The technique of lifting car is not new. There are two types of ...

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WWE trademark application serial no. 87543714 for "3:16" from ipbiz.blogspot.com

On July 26, 2017, the WWE [World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc ] filed a trademark application for the word mark 3:16 as applied to goods: IC 025. US 022 039. G & S: Clothing, namely, tops, shirts ...

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Did the Berkeley CRISPR brief satisfy Dynamic Drinkware to establish Kim provisional filing date? from ipbiz.blogspot.com


Further to an earlier post on IPBiz about the Berkeley brief in the CRISPR matter, a quick inspection of the brief does not show the UC/Berkeley lawyers met their burden to establish priority of ...

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Webinar on Enablement and Written Description from www.patentdocs.org

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Section 112(a) Enablement and Written Description: Leveraging CCPA and Early Federal Circuit Decisions -- Capitalizing on Precedent to Withstand 112(a) Rejections and Attacks on Patent Validity ...

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Webinar on Accelerated Filing Options from www.patentdocs.org

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Navigating the Patent Prosecution Highway and Other Accelerated Filing Options -- Evaluating the Different Options, Weighing the Benefits and Risks, Obtaining Patent Protection" on August 31, 2017 from ...

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Webinar on Global IP Enforcement from www.patentdocs.org

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "The Evolving 5 W's of Global IP Enforcement: The Strategic Implications of Recent Global IP Law Developments" on August 29, 2017 from ...

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