Patent & IP news for October 15, 2017

Application Pendency from patentlyo.com

The chart below shows the pendency timing for issued US patents — looking particularly at the time from priority filing (including foreign priority claims) until issuance of the US patent.  To smooth the chart a bit ...

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AIPPI Congress Report 4: The business of IP – IP and competition from ipkitten.blogspot.com


When IP does battle with competition - fur goes
a flyingYesterday, participants at AIPPI’s 2017 Congress enjoyed a lively and far-ranging discussion about the intersection of intellectual property and competition at Panel Session IV ...

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AIPPI Congress Report 2: Plenary session on inventor remuneration from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Mittens fantasy of inventor remuneration -
not a likely outcome, alas!Yesterday, Clare Cunliffe made her way to the plenary session at AIPPI's World Congress where the topical question of inventor remuneration and draft position ...

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AIPPI Congress Report 5: Pharma Day I - Sufficiently plausible from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The AmeriKat waiting for a promise to be fulfilled,
ponders whether, perhaps, the promise
was, in fact, always implausibleThe quality of seeming reasonable or probable.  It is clear that is the definition of "plausibility ...

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AIPPI Congress Report 3: Young AIPPI Forum from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The newest members of AIPPIAlthough not historically known for an overwhelming younger membership, AIPPI has taken significant steps over the last several years to encourage the participation of the next generation of IP lawyers ...

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Does the retreat from internationalism mean the retreat of IP? from ipkitten.blogspot.com


This Kat has been fortunate to have his professional career track the Golden Age of IP. Whether or not that Golden Age is coming to an end, one thing is certain: the Golden Age has ...

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AIPPI Congress Report 1: On a different note - copyright and music from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The AmeriKat's jet lag finally taking over,
but not before she brings you news from the
music and copyright panelWhile the AmeriKat was recovering from moderating the epic which was the trade secrets ...

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

October 17, 2017 - "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Patent Litigation Forum Selection in the Wake of TC Heartland" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) - 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT) October 17 ...

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Nevro Corp. v. Boston Scientific Corp. (N.D. Cal.&nbsp;2017) from www.patentdocs.org

Duty to Disclose Does Not Include Duty to Respond to Examiner Confusion By Donald Zuhn -- Earlier this month, in Nevro Corp. v. Boston Scientific Corp., District Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court ...

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