In memoriam: Azzedine Alaïa, the King of Cling (and what it tells us about the fashion industry) from ipkitten.blogspot.com There is probably no word less apt to be associated with this Kat than “fashion.” That does not keep him from taking an interest in the industry
and the larger-than-life figures that populate it. In ...
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Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi (Fed. Cir. 2017) from www.patentdocs.org By Kevin E. Noonan -- Last month, the Federal Circuit rendered a decision in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi that brought clarity to how the Court (and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) should apply the written ...
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Build-Up, Scale Up: Fostering Innovation in Canada from www.iposgoode.ca Recently, IP Osgoode founder and director Prof. Giuseppina D’Agostino sat down with TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin to discuss “Fostering Innovation in Canada”. For the discussion, which aired October 25, Prof. D ...
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1877 Supreme Court Thought’s on Oil States? from patentlyo.com Cochrane v. Deener, 94 U.S. 780 (1877) It would, perhaps, be desirable if all cases of this sort [i.e., patent cases] could be referred to a commission of intelligent experts and practical men ...
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New USPTO fee schedule increases fees for challenging granted patents, adds streamlined reexamination option from ipspotlight.com The USPTO recently published an adjusted fee schedule for certain patent fees. The new schedule significantly increases the fees for challenging the validity of a patent in inter partes review (IPR), post-grant review (PGR) and ...
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Rise Of Global Value Chains Propels Intangible Capital Revenues, WIPO Report Says from www.ip-watch.org A World Intellectual Property Organization report released today shows the growing global importance of intangible capital and its share in the value of end products. The report does not however provide a geographical repartition of ...
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US NAFTA Negotiating Objectives For IP: Go Big On Digital IP Protection, Fend Off GIs from www.ip-watch.org The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a set of negotiating objectives for renegotiating the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that include its hopes for elevating intellectual property in ...
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Counsel's Ethical Wall Does Not Establish Intent to Deceive For Inequitable Conduct Defense from docketreport.blogspot.com The court denied plaintiff's motion for summary judgment that defendant's patent was unenforceable due to inequitable conduct because plaintiff failed to establish an intent to deceive through prosecution counsel's use of an ...
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WIPO GREEN Seeks Consultants For Tech Deals In Asia-Pacific from www.ip-watch.org The World Intellectual Property Organization program on intellectual property and environmental technology is looking for consultants to catalyze green tech transactions in the Asia-Pacific region.
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BASF wins appeal at CAFC; decision of Judge Sue L. Robinson reversed from ipbiz.blogspot.com
BASF Corporation owns U.S. Patent No. 8,524,185,
which describes and claims systems for performing catalytic
conversion of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in an exhaust gas
stream. As relevant here, the patent claims a ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
EMA relocation: and the winner is... Amsterdam! from ipkitten.blogspot.com Voting has been taking place today by EU affairs ministers to decide the forum for the relocation of the European Medicines Agency. The results are in, and the winner is Amsterdam.
The Dutch have beaten ...
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