Patent & IP news for September 25, 2017

Italian Supreme Court confirms availability of copyright protection to TV formats from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The TV format at the centre of the case
decided by the Supreme CourtTV formats may be incredibly valuable, and be sold in franchise in several countries. As a result, also disputes relating to ...

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Book Review : What if we could reimagine copyright? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Let's fix copyright.
Artwork by Prime Altemus Have you ever wondered 'what if we could rewrite copyright' but did not let your imagination run wild, thinking that copyright law was a lost cause ...

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Unitaid Official Explains How ‘Breakthrough’ HIV Medicine Pricing Deal Brings Best To The Neediest from www.ip-watch.org

In the midst of the high-level meetings of the annual United Nations General Assembly last week, health officials from the UN and foundations announced what they called a breakthrough pricing agreement that will speed the ...

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Panel Debates Potential Impact Of Reversal Of US Administration Patent Review from www.ip-watch.org

The United States Supreme Court recently agreed to hear arguments in Oil States Energy Services v. Greene’s Energy Group, a case involving a patent on a device used for hydraulic fracturing (fracking). After the ...

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Oral argument of the day: Enzo v. Applera from www.717madisonplace.com

The oral argument of the day is from ENZO BIOCHEM INC. et al. v. APPLERA CORP. et al., Appeal No. 2016-1881 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 2, 2017).  The oral argument is interesting for its discussion of ...

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What can we learn from variation in patent examiner leniency? from writtendescription.blogspot.com

Studying the effect of granting vs. rejecting a given patent application can reveal little about the ex ante patent incentive (since ex ante decisions were already made), but it can say a lot about the ...

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New IP reading from law professors: from patentlyo.com

Peter Menell and Daniel Yablon, Star Athletica’s Fissure in the Intellectual Property Functionality Landscape.  The article advises courts to “disregard the unsubstantiated dicta in Star Athletica” that potentially promotes the “protection for functional features ...

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Infojustice: Ottawa NAFTA Round Turns To Copyright from www.ip-watch.org

Infojustice writes: It was being reported among various observers of NAFTA over the weekend that the talks in the IP chapter are progressing toward Copyright. The US appears poised to table the first set of ...

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