Patent & IP news for September 29, 2017

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post image Reversing the Patent on Reverse Online Dating from patentlyo.com

For Friday enjoyment, I post Pirri v. Cheek. So far we only have a complaint associated with the dating site Cheekd that bombed on Shark Tank but is now gaining steam. [h/t Prof. Brian ...

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post image Joint IPKat-BLACA event: The impact of Brexit on the UK copyright regime from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Another IPKat partyIPKat and the British Literary and Artistic Copyright Association (BLACA) are partnering once again and organising an event devoted to discussing the potential impact of Brexit on the UK copyright regime.
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Design patents: Apple, Samsung reject each other's proposals for identifying the relevant article of manufacture from www.fosspatents.com

Let me start this post with the final two sentences from Matt Levy's IP Watchdog post on the design patent damages issues in the Apple v. Samsung remand proceedings in the Northern District of ...

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Case Shows European Luxury Brands Must Be Popular In Japan To Be Protected There from www.ip-watch.org

In a recent decision, the Opposition Board of the Japan Patent Office dismissed an opposition filed by CFUB Sisley, a French producer of cosmetics and fragrances founded in 1976, against the word mark “SISLOY” written ...

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ARIPO, Japan Government To Train 1,000 People In IP Systems In Africa from www.ip-watch.org

The government of Japan, in partnership with the African Region Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO), has begun implementation of a project meant to train 1,000 people across Africa in intellectual property systems. The World Intellectual ...

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Ecommerce: Some Developing Countries Push Back On Idea Of New WTO Rules from www.ip-watch.org

While the profile of electronic commerce is rising in diverse international fora, some developing countries are saying they do not want to discuss a new negotiating mandate for ecommerce rules at the World Trade Organization ...

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Moglen On Privacy And ‘The Machine’: This Is Not Over Yet from www.ip-watch.org

NEW HAVEN -- In an arresting presentation framed in a first-hand account of the creation of the early internet and focused on the hyper-sophisticated sensors we carry everywhere in the form of our smartphone, marking our ...

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2017 Social Forum Focuses On HIV, Other Epidemics, Access To Health from www.ip-watch.org

The 2017 Social Forum, an annual meeting convened by the Human Rights Council, is being held next week in Geneva, and will focus on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of ...

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The Consequences Of Killing USPTO Patent Reviews from www.ip-watch.org

Does the US Constitution prohibit the USPTO from striking down issued patents? That question will be decided by the US Supreme Court later this term. Should the Court rule against the USPTO, it would dramatically ...

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Claim for Indirect Infringement by Corporate Family Does Not Require Identification of Entity Responsible for Each Act of Infringement from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' induced and contributory infringement claims for failing to sufficiently identify which defendant committed acts of infringement. "Defendants argue that, because the FAC alleges [the parent defendant] to ...

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Moving Forward: Next Steps on Claim Construction from patentlyo.com

In NobelBiz v. Global Connect, the Federal Circuit has asked the winning appellant Global Connect to respond to NobelBiz’s Petition for Rehearing en Banc with response due October 13. The case here focuses on ...

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PatentlyO Bits and Bytes by Anthony McCain from patentlyo.com

Gerald Holtzman & Aaric Eisenstein: It’s Time To Stop PTAB Gamesmanship Christopher Hall: Negative Limitations In A Patent Claim – Broad Or Narrow? Woodrow Pollack: Want To Pursue Attorney’s Fees After Invalidating A Patent? Tahir ...

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US Misrepresentations Called Out By Antigua In Online Gambling Case At WTO from www.ip-watch.org

The tiny Caribbean country of Antigua and Barbuda today at the World Trade Organization gave an account of misrepresentations by the United States in its failure to fulfil a WTO dispute settlement panel's finding ...

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