Patent & IP news for November 3, 2017

Bringing a counterclaim for patent revocation: not so fast in Singapore from ipkitten.blogspot.com


A defendant in a patent litigation action will frequently file a counterclaim seeking revocation. Kat friend Sheena Jacob of JurisAsia in Singapore reports that this may no longer be possible in Singapore.

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Linking in the US: is an embedded tweet an infringement of the public display right? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Tom BradyCan a tweet containing an unlicensed photograph amount to a copyright infringement by the person who embeds such tweet on their own site?
One would not be surprised if a question of this ...

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Katcall: Openings for GuestKats and InternKats! from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Are you passionate about IP? We have exciting news for you!
The IPKat is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) for GuestKat posts and looking for IP enthusiasts to fill InternKat positions.
GuestKat and InternKat positions ...

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Role of the Specification and Prosecution History in Patent Eligibility Analysis from patentlyo.com

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit’s decision in Two-Way Media is in some amount of tension with the court’s 2016 decision in Amdocs v. Openet Telecom.   In Amdocs, the court noted that the ...

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SPC consultation - call for input from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Readers are alerted to the European Commission's on-going consultation on SPCs and patent research exemptions. 
Contributions are particularly sought from originators in the agrochemical and pharmaceutical sectors, EU-based generic and biosimilar industry participants and ...

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Uganda Parliament Passes Bill To Promote Use Of Genetically Modified Materials, Biotech from www.ip-watch.org

KAMPALA, Uganda -- Several genetically modified crops that are more resilient to drought, flooding, saline or acid soils and temperature extremes resulting from climate change are already being researched in Uganda and are in advanced stages ...

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Expert's Analysis that Patented Features are Desirable, Important, and Essential Does Not Satisfy Entire Market Value Rule from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendant's motion to exclude the testimony of plaintiff's damages expert regarding a reasonable royalty for failing to apportion damages to the accused features. "The arguments made by [plaintiff], that the ...

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After report that Apple will drop Qualcomm chips, Qualcomm files a breach-of-contract lawsuit from www.fosspatents.com

The day before Halloween, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple was designing next year's iPhones and iPads without Qualcomm chips. Instead, Apple would use Intel and MediaTek components according to the report.

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USPTO Launches Two Year Diversion Pilot Program from patentlyo.com

Press Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is initiating a two-year Diversion Pilot Program for patent and trademark practitioners. Implemented by the Office of Enrollment and Discipline ...

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Procedural bait and switch: withdrawn rejections as undesignated new grounds in Examiner's Answers from allthingspros.blogspot.com

As discussed in MPEP § 1207.03(b), 37 C.F.R. § 41.40 sets forth the exclusive procedure for an appellant to request review of an examiner’s failure to designate as a new ground ...

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