Patent & IP news for October 1, 2017

<span class="quo">'</span>TOBBIA' EU trade mark declared invalid for conflict with 'PEPPA PIG' EU trade&nbsp;mark from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Are the signs represented below, registered as trade marks for the same goods (clothing, footwear, headgear) in Class 25 of the Nice Classification confusingly similar, so that the one on the right hand side cannot ...

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Guide To This Week’s Annual WIPO General&nbsp;Assemblies from www.ip-watch.org

The annual UN World Intellectual Property Organization General Assemblies kick off this week for ten days during which delegates will have to find consensus on the budget for the next biennium, 2018/2019. Also on ...

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Conference <span class="amp">&amp;</span> CLE&nbsp;Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

October 2-3, 2017 - Paragraph IV Disputes master symposium*** (American Conference Institute) - Chicago, IL October 4, 2017 - "Patent Eligibility of Software Innovations in a Post-Alice Environment" (Technology Transfer Tactics) - 1:00 to 2:30 pm (Eastern ...

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Does the Federal Circuit's In re Cray Decision Suggest a New Business Model for Savvy&nbsp;Infringers? from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- Patent law has always been tasked with interpreting law in an ever-shifting factual environment, where well-established principles need to be applied to new technology. Twenty years ago, the Federal Circuit grappled ...

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