Patent & IP news for November 22, 2017

Lost their marbles? When can you register a geographical name as a trade mark? Mermeren v Fox from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Marble can cause all kinds of dispute
photo credit: Sean Hickin"Since the time of the Roman empire marble has been extracted from quarries near the city now called Prilep, in the Balkan peninsula. The ...

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat Last Week! from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Been away and want to catch up with the recent IP news? No problem! As always, the IPKat is here to bring you a quick summary -- the 170th edition of Never Too Late (for week ...

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Damages awarded for the ‘loss of opportunity’ to commercialise photographs following infringement from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The Paris Tribunal (Tribunal de Grande Instance) recently handed down a decision on the copyright infringement of a photographer’s work by the fashion textile company Renoma. The judgment is consistent with the recent jurisprudence ...

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Oil States Preview Take II -- Just What Did the Supreme Court Hold in McCormick Harveting Machine v. Aultman? from www.patentdocs.org

By Andrew Williams -- Last week, we provided a preview of the Supreme Court case Oil States Energy Services, LLC. v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC. that will be argued on November 27, 2017. The underlying ...

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En Banc: No-Opinion Judgments and Changing Course mid-IPR from patentlyo.com

SNF Holding Co. v. BASF Corp. (Federal Circuit 2017) Important petition for en banc rehearing filed by the Duffy-Dabney team (Hughes Hubbard) with three questions presented: Whether 35 U.S.C. § 144 requires this Court ...

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WHO Members Delve Into Draft 5-Year Work Programme, Question Finance, Focus from www.ip-watch.org

World Health Organization member states’ first reactions to the secretariat-proposed draft work programme for the next five years were mixed this morning. Although many praised the effort and the vision of the programme of work ...

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Owens, Shared Services, and an Independent USPTO from patentlyo.com

USPTO’s chief information officer – John B. Owens – has left the agency to join the government contractor CGI Federal.  Owens departure coincides with the governmental shift where the Department of Commerce is increasingly taking-over the ...

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WTO Dispute Panel Set For Qatar IP Case; Appellate Body Appointments Still Stuck from www.ip-watch.org

A World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel today was established on request of Qatar, which is challenging measures by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) taken in the name of anti-terrorism but which Qatar says unfairly ...

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