Patent & IP news for November 27, 2017

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post image WTO establishes panel to examine Qatar’s complaint against UAE from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Over the past few months Katfriend Riyadh Al-Balushi (SOAS University of London) has covered the IP implications of the Qatar diplomatic crisis [here, here, here] for our blog.
The latest development is that the World ...

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post image Clash of the beer pongs - Breakthrough Funding Ltd v Nearby Media Ltd from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Beer Pong shots c/o WikipediaA recent High Court decision (Breakthrough Funding v Nearby Media [2017] EWHC 2271 ch) follows on from an interim injunction which was granted by Arnold J earlier in the ...

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Conference <span class="amp">&amp;</span> CLE&nbsp;Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

November 27, 2017 - Post-argument discussion on SAS Institute Inc. v. Matal (American University Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice & Intellectual Property) - 4:00 pm (Eastern), Washington, DC. November 27, 2017 - Post-argument discussion on ...

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Image Processing Technologies, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co. (E.D. Tex.&nbsp;2017) from www.patentdocs.org

By Joseph Herndon -- Plaintiff Image Processing Technologies, LLC ("IPT") filed suit against Samsung in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Marshall Division), alleging infringement of three patents, including U.S ...

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EPO: New Employment Rules Roil Staff; Management Denies Push For More Patent&nbsp;Grants from www.ip-watch.org

Outgoing European Patent Office President Benoȋt Battistelli has proposed a new “employment framework” that includes fixed-term contracts for patent examiners, reigniting anger among staff members already in a tense relationship with management. There is also ...

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Access To Affordable Healthcare: A Global Wake-Up Call Fosters Coalition Of The&nbsp;Like-Minded from www.ip-watch.org

NEW DELHI -- Few topics in the global health agenda are as contentious as access to affordable medicines and medical care, and expectedly, divergent views permeated the discussions at a high-level conference in New Delhi, India ...

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Outside Sources: Medicines Excitement In The Netherlands – New Health Minister Announces Firm Action On “Absurd” Medicines Pricing And Gets The European Medicines&nbsp;Agency from www.ip-watch.org

The new Minister of Health of the Netherlands, Bruno Bruins, came in guns blazing when he put the pharmaceutical industry on notice and announced on 22 November to “change the rules of the game” to ...

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WIPO Development And IP Committee This Week: Agenda Includes Flexibilities, Tech Transfer, SDGs,&nbsp;Studies from www.ip-watch.org

Following a session in May hailed as the most positive in years, the World Intellectual Property Organization Committee on Development and Intellectual Property reconvenes this week. Among items to be discussed are a revised proposal ...

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Cert Denied in&nbsp;Amdocs from patentlyo.com

The Supreme Court has denied Openet’s petition for writ of certiorari in Openet v. Amdocs.  The petition asked “whether the Federal Circuit erred by looking beyond the claims to the patent specification to assess ...

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Oil States&nbsp;Transcript from patentlyo.com

Oil States Transcript.  Commentary to follow. Interesting quotes: Justice Sotomayor: If I own something, which is what your basic position, I understand, is, that this is a personal right, how can a government agency take ...

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Oil States: Engaging with History, Private Property, and the Privy&nbsp;Council from patentlyo.com

I invited Prof. Dmitry Karshtedt to provide this discussion of today’s oral arguments in Oil States. As a disclosure, Prof. Karshtedt  filed an amicus brief in the case supporting the petitioner.  Read the transcript ...

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Fact check: How frequent is PTAB panel&nbsp;expansion? from www.717madisonplace.com

In today’s oral argument of Oil States, there was an exchange where the government’s representative was asked how frequently panels are enlarged by the Board. The answer given is shown below: 15             CHIEF ...

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Buenos Aires Ministerial Not The End Of The Road, WTO Director Tells&nbsp;Reporters from www.ip-watch.org

The road to the World Trade Organization ministerial conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, starting in a couple of weeks does not seem to be a walk in the park, as they say. WTO Director General ...

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Operate a website? Don’t miss the 12/31 deadline to update your DMCA&nbsp;notice from ipspotlight.com

If you operate a website that accepts user-generated content, now is the time to contact the Copyright Office. Many online service providers (OSPs) accept user-generated content. Examples include e-commerce websites that accept product reviews, news ...

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