Patent & IP news for October 26, 2017

Patent examiner specialization from patentlyo.com

After reading their recent article, I asked Cesare Righi and Timothy Simcoe to write this explanatory guest-post for Patently-O.  My basic take-away is that USPTO Tech-Centers differ substantially in their internal levels of tech-homogeneity — making ...

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Book review: Grounds of the Immaterial - A conflict-based approach to Intellectual Property Rights from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The book 'Grounds of the Immaterial: A Conflict-Based Approach to Intellectual Rights' by Niels van Dijk is the work of a philosopher who applied his skills to study IP litigation in its contribution to norm-making ...

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USPTO News Briefs from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn -- USPTO Releases Beta Version of Citation List In a Patent Alert e-mail distributed last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it has released a beta version of the ...

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Reaping The Benefits Of Artificial Intelligence from www.ip-watch.org

Your brand is everything in the global marketplace. It is no exaggeration to say that a business now lives and dies by both its offline, online and social reputation. Because of this, searching a trademark ...

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Virtual Copyright from writtendescription.blogspot.com

I have posted to SSRN a draft of a new book chapter that I've written with my former law partner Jack Russo (Computer Law Group LLP in Palo Alto). It is coming out in ...

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Asserted Claim of Improved Visual Perception Processor Patent Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment that the asserted claim of plaintiff’s visual perception processing patent encompassed unpatentable subject matter and found that the claim was directed toward an abstract idea ...

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Looking-Back: TC Heartland; Waiver; and a Change in the Law from patentlyo.com

In re Yahoo (Fed. Cir. 2017) The Federal Circuit has ordered briefing in Yahoo’s petition for writ of mandamus on the issue of venue.  The E.D.N.Y. denied Yahoo’s motion to ...

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AIA Trials – Study Query from patentlyo.com

I have seen lots of information regarding situations where the PTAB found challenged claims obvious during an IPR despite a contrary position by a district court.  My query is whether there are examples (and perhaps ...

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Global focus+ at IP Dealmakers Forum; IPCU reader’s save $200 from ipcloseup.com

Attendees to this year’s IP Dealmakers Forum can expect an expanded international perspective to the timely content and networking. This year’s keynote is Dr Lulin Gao, Founding Commissioner of the Chinese State IP ...

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PatentlyO Bits and Bytes by Anthony McCain from patentlyo.com

Stuart Smith: Federal Circuit Eases The Burden Of Amendment In IPR Neal Solomon: IPRs Unduly Harm Patent Holders And Benefit Big Tech Infringers Section 101 Rejection Overturned. What’s Next: A Notice Of Allowance Or ...

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