Patent & IP news for November 7, 2017

Düsseldorf Court of Appeal in SISVEL v Haier publishes "guidebook" to SEP litigation under Huawei/ZTE from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The AmeriKat, ever alert, after reading a guide book
about SEP litgiation"What is going on in Germany?!"  That is often one of the first question the AmeriKat is asked when she returns to the ...

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Reminder: PHOSITA is not an Automaton; What is an Automaton? from patentlyo.com

University of Maryland Biotech Institute v. Presens Precision Sensing (Fed. Cir. 2017) In a non-precedential decision, the Federal Circuit has affirmed the USPTO handling of the inter partes reexamination of Maryland’s U.S. patent ...

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PTAB Life Sciences Report from www.patentdocs.org

By John Cravero -- About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: Each month we will report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Pfizer Inc. v. Biogen, Inc and Genentech, Inc. PTAB Petition: IPR2017-02126; filed ...

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Supreme Court denies certiorari in second Apple v. Samsung case: $119M ruling upheld from www.fosspatents.com

This morning's Supreme Court order list indicates that Samsung's petition for writ of certiorari (request for Supreme Court review) in the second California Apple v. Samsung case has been denied. The top U ...

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Buyers’ Clubs Grow Worldwide As Way To Obtain Affordable Hep C Treatment from www.ip-watch.org

Hidden amongst the thousands of Facebook pages given over to holiday snaps and gossip are groups of patients who have hepatitis C, a disease that affects more than 70 million worldwide and kills around 400 ...

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Tracking the Sale of Patent Portfolios from writtendescription.blogspot.com

Finding out about patent sales and prices is notoriously difficult, yet critically important for patent valuation. Brian Love (Santa Clara Law), Kent Richardson, Erik Oliver, and Michael Costa (Richardson Oliver Law Group) have helped us ...

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WHO Issues Guidelines Against Antibiotic Overuse In Farms And Food Industry from www.ip-watch.org

Against the growing threat of a world where bacteria can kill again because they have developed resistance to available antibiotics, and the lack of new promising options in the research pipeline, several international agencies are ...

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Patent for Controlling Application's Access to Mobile Device Native Software and Hardware Not Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied defendant's motion for summary judgment on the ground that plaintiff's patent for controlling a mobile device application’s access to native software and hardware encompassed unpatentable subject matter because the ...

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What are the Defenses to Patent Infringement? from patentlyo.com

RPost Comm. v. GoDaddy, LLC (Supreme Court 2017) Like Oil States, the new petition for certiorari by RPost is a home-run swing — but will it connect?  The question presented: Is patent ineligibility under 35 U ...

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Custom Built Software And The IP Law – What You Need To Know from www.ip-watch.org

The practice of building custom software is alive and well despite the emergence of tons of ready to use offline and online business apps. Businesses build custom software for various reasons. Some are unsatisfied by ...

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