Patent & IP news for October 27, 2017

Sovereign Immunity: Does Sovereign Immunity Protect a State Against Charges of Stealing Invention Ownership? from patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch Ali v. Carnegie Institution of Washington and the University of Massachusetts (Supreme Court 2017) Sovereign Immunity protectionism continues to be an important topic in the patent law community.  Although the biggest news ...

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

Missed out on the IPKat a couple of weeks ago? No problem at all, the 167^thedition of Never Too Late is here!
Is the German press publishers' right lawful? More details on the ...

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Friday Fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

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Industrial Strategy: Intellectual Property Call for ViewsFollowing government plans for a new industrial strategy, the UK IPO are looking for your views on a range of specific ways they can get ...

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A Look Back: Challenges Of Open Access In 2017 (An Industry Perspective) from www.ip-watch.org

Over the course of the year, three issues repeatedly reared their heads as barriers to the successful implementation of Open Access: the burden of expected author OA expertise; the underutilization of metadata in the publication ...

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WIPO Committee Meets Next Week To Discuss Country Name Trademarks, Icons, GIs from www.ip-watch.org

The World Intellectual Property Organization committee on trademark, industrial designs and geographical indications meets next week. Among the issues expected to be discussed are whether and how country names should be protected in trademark applications ...

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Pleading Section 271(f) Infringement Claim Requires Identification of Exported Components from docketreport.blogspot.com

The magistrate judge recommended granting defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiffs' patent export infringement claims under 35 U.S.C. §§ 271(f)(1)&(2) for failure to state a claim. "Plaintiffs clearly rely on the ...

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Electronic filing at the Supreme Court from www.717madisonplace.com

If you are filing a reply brief in Oil States or SAS Institute or currently appealing a 101 decision to the Federal Circuit, you might want to take note that the Supreme Court will be ...

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ACI Summit on IP Due Diligence from www.patentdocs.org

American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its Summit on IP Due Diligence on November 2-3, 2017 in Philadelphia, PA. This conference will be unique because a mock fact pattern will lay the foundation for ...

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