Patent & IP news for October 24, 2017

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post image Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week! from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Been too busy carving pumpkins to keep up with last week's IP news? No problem! As always, the IPKat is here to bring you a quick summary - the 166th edition of Never Too Late ...

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post image T 1201/14: EPC's substantive requirements for valid transfer of priority right surprisingly substantial from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Power failure this timeIn T 1201/14 of 9 February 2017 (grounds published on 5 September 2017), the Board of Appeal 3.5.05 took the opportunity to clarify some aspects on the ever ...

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post image Qatar diplomatic crisis: “beIN Sports” and potential violations of the TRIPS Agreement – Part 2 from ipkitten.blogspot.com

After Part 1, this is the second part of the analysis by Katfriend Riyadh Al-Balushi (SOAS University of London) of the the IP implications of the Qatar diplomatic crisis.
Here's what Riyadh writes:
The ...

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post image Qatar diplomatic crisis: “beIN Sports” and potential violations of the TRIPS Agreement – Part 1 from ipkitten.blogspot.com

A few months ago Katfriend Riyadh Al-Balushi (SOAS University of London) wrote a postexplaining the IP implications of the Qatar diplomatic crisis.
Now he’s back with a 2-part post that tackles the TRIPS-relevant ...

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Experiments on Bias in Patent Litigation OR Does Everyone Hate NPEs? from writtendescription.blogspot.com

Lisa has written about the importance of experiments in patents, and I agree. I read about a really good one today. Bernard Chao (Denver Law) and one of his students, Roderick O'Dorisio, conducted an ...

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Consultation On Future Of WHO Pandemic Flu Programme To Look At Seasonal Viruses, Genetic Information from www.ip-watch.org

The World Health Organization mechanism to prepare the world for the next influenza pandemic is pondering its future and possible improvements. Among them are its extension to seasonal influenza, and the inclusion of genetic virus ...

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New Damages Trial Ordered on $399 Million Design Patent Award from docketreport.blogspot.com

Following remand of a $399 million jury award, the court ordered a new trial on design patent damages because its original jury instructions caused prejudicial error. "[A] properly instructed jury may have found that the ...

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Means-Plus-Function: Lack of disclosed structure also fails written description (and nullifies priority claim) from patentlyo.com

Uniloc v. Sega (Fed. Cir. 2017) (non-precedential) Uniloc’s U.S. Patent No. 5,490,216 claims priority to two Australian provisional patent applications.  However, the ‘206 patent also includes some amount of new matter ...

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CARB-X Makes Award For First Topical Antimicrobial; Could Be Used In Emergency Settings from www.ip-watch.org

CARB-X, an initiative aimed at accelerating innovation in antibacterial treatment, today announced an award to a company to accelerate development of a new bioengineered antimicrobial intended to be applied directly to affected tissues. This follows ...

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Ex parte McAward – Testing Claims for Indefiniteness from patentlyo.com

In the following essay, Dr. David Longo discusses the Federal Circuit’s indefiniteness decision in Ex parte McAward. Although decided in 2015, the decision is important because it was recently made precedential by the Board ...

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Qatar WTO Dispute Case: IP Issue Or National Security? from www.ip-watch.org

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) this week blocked the first request by Qatar for a World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel to rule on measures by UAE that Qatar alleges interfere with trade in goods ...

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Oil States: Government Explains Its Position – A Patent is not Property but Merely a Limited Franchise from patentlyo.com

Responsive merits briefs have been filed in Oil States v. Greene’s Energy: 16-712 – Government Brief 16-712 – Greene’s Energy Brief The Government presents the question as follows: Whether inter partes review comports with Article ...

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