Florence court's decision on use of David's image now available from ipkitten.blogspot.com Michelangelo's DavidLast weekend I reported on this blog the news of an interesting decision of the Florence Court of First Instance (Tribunale di Firenze) that prohibited a travel agency, Visit Today, from using ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC -- Positions Taken in Selected Amicus Curiae Briefs from www.patentdocs.org By Kevin E. Noonan -- The Supreme Court today considered the question of whether the inter partes review process established by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in implementing portions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents ...
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International Court Of Justice Judges Getting Pulled Into Investor-State Cases from www.ip-watch.org According to a study by a watchdog group released this week, numerous judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) have worked or are working on at least 90 investor-state dispute settlement cases, despite a ...
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Some Transparency Into Chinese Patent Litigation from writtendescription.blogspot.com Despite knowing its growing importance in global IP, I've always kept the Chinese patent system at bay in my research. I primarily focus on the U.S. Patent system (which keeps me plenty busy ...
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CAFC affirms Board: MAGNESITA is generic for refractory products from ipbiz.blogspot.com From within In re Magnesita:
MRC contends that this court should reconsider our
allocation of the burden of proof on the applicant to show
acquired distinctiveness in view of the Supreme Court’s
decision in ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Inside Views: TWN – Proposed WHO Criteria On Medicines In Transit Open Door For Seizures from www.ip-watch.org Geneva, 21 Nov (TWN) - A discussion document prepared by the Secretariat of the World Health Organization (WHO) proposes criteria to justify interventions with respect to medicines in transit. This document is prepared for the 6th ...
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Rembrandt loses appeal at CAFC from ipbiz.blogspot.com From Rembrandt v. Apple
We apply the law of the regional circuit when reviewing
a district court’s grant of summary judgment. Classen
Immunotherapies, Inc. v. Elan Pharm., Inc., 786 F.3d 892,
896 (Fed ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Industry Urges UK, EU, To Safeguard Medicines Regulation During Post-Brexit Transition from www.ip-watch.org Associations representing the life sciences industry in the United Kingdom and Europe today issued a call for cooperation on regulation between the UK and European Union on medicines regulation. “The transition period should provide for ...
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Contributors: Expert Panel Recommends That The WHO Move Forward On Transparency And Delinkage from www.ip-watch.org On Monday, 27 November, the WHO published the recommendations of the overall programme review of the global strategy and plan of action on public, health innovation and intellectual property (EB142/14). The expert panel provided ...
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INTA Paper On Brexit Calls For Minimal Disruption, Strong IP Protection from www.ip-watch.org The International Trademark Association (INTA) today issued a position paper calling for "minimal disruption" and strong intellectual property rights protection as the negotiations proceed on the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union ...
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PTO Director Andrei Iancu from patentlyo.com The Senate Judiciary Committee has announced its confirmation hearing for PTO Director Nominee Andrei Iancu – Wednesday, 29 November, at 10:00 a.m. [Webcast] PTO Director (Nominee) Andrei Iancu
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Short-term thinking about intellectual capital weakens the U.S.’ ability to compete from ipcloseup.com A well-known economist and entrepreneur, whose work has been cited more than 120,000 times as tracked by Google Scholar, says that businesses and managers who fail to properly acknowledge the contribution of intellectual capital ...
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WHO Issues Two Reports Detailing Global Problem Of Substandard And Falsified Medicines from www.ip-watch.org The World Health Organization today issued two substantive reports on the problem of substandard and falsified medicines around the world, finding among other things that an estimated one in 10 medical products in low and ...
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Pre-Suit Delay Seeking Preliminary Injunction Negates Claim of Irreparable Harm from docketreport.blogspot.com The court denied plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction because plaintiff's delay of at least a year and a half negated plaintiff's claim of irreparable harm. "Defendant contends that Plaintiff delayed more ...
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In re Micron Notwithstanding, Substantial Engagement in Litigation Waives Venue Objection from docketreport.blogspot.com The court denied defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's patent infringement action for improper venue and found that defendants waived their venue defense through litigation conduct. "[I]t was not until a few days after ...
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Federal Circuit: Unquantified Infringement == No Infringement from patentlyo.com Life Techs. Corp. v. Promega Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2017) Normally, patent infringement liability stems from an infringer using all-elements of a claimed invention. However, a quirky provision found in 35 U.S.C. 271(f ...
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