Patent & IP news for October 19, 2017

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post image Recommendation on measures to safeguard fundamental rights and the open internet in the framework of the EU copyright reform from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Further to the release of the European Commission’s Proposal for a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, the discussion has focused on a number of aspects. The proposal to remedy the so ...

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CCIA Report: Digital Music Industry Sees Strong Revenue Growth, Creativity, Choice from www.ip-watch.org

A technology association-backed report released this week shows strong growth in revenues for the music industry over the past 5 to 10 years, driven by digital music. The data counters the current European copyright reform ...

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“WTO Must Not Be The Odd One Out” – Members Revive Talks On GIs, Genetic Resources from www.ip-watch.org

Members of a 2008 World Trade Organization coalition are trying to rekindle a negotiation to provide the same level of protection granted to wines and spirits to other geographical indications, and to grant intellectual property ...

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World Health Summit: Failing Business Models In AMR And Vaccination from www.ip-watch.org

BERLIN -- With antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on the rise worldwide there is no time to lose for developing new antibiotic drugs, experts said during one of the last panels of this year’s World Health Summit ...

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Commercial Success of Restasis Does Not Support Finding of Non-Obviousness Because Blocking Patents Suppressed Competition from docketreport.blogspot.com

Following a bench trial, the court found that plaintiff's ophthalmic drug patents were invalid as obvious and found that plaintiff's evidence of commercial success and long-felt need were insufficient secondary considerations of nonobviousness ...

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An Overview of the USPTO Count System from patentlyo.com

Dr. Naira Simmons has published a nice short article titled: Putting Yourself in the Shoes of a Patent Examiner: Overview of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent Examiner Production (Count) System, 17 ...

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CAFC reverses D. Del. on obviousness in vaginal ring (NuvaRing® ) case from ipbiz.blogspot.com


Procedurally, this was an appeal by patentee Merck of a finding of obviousness.
The ’581 patent in question relates to a vaginal ring used for contraception,
and its commercial embodiment is sold under
the brand ...

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Plaintff LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG loses at CAFC on indefiniteness issue from ipbiz.blogspot.com



Proceduraly, the district court was affirmed on an alternative ground:


Lufthansa Technik AG appeals from the district
court’s grant of summary judgment of invalidity with
respect to all claims of U.S. Patent 6 ...

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On Eve Of TRIPS Council, Experts Promote Benefits Of IP For Small Enterprises from www.ip-watch.org

The importance of intellectual property protection for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and the challenges they might encounter to ensure that protection was the focus of an event organised this week by a group of ...

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