Patent & IP news for December 15, 2017

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Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2017) -- One Last Dance . . . from www.patentdocs.org

By Andrew Williams -- Last June, in Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc., the Supreme Court handed down its interpretation of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act ("BPCIA") for the approval of biosimilar drugs. As we ...

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Former MPP Head Greg Perry To Become IFPMA Assistant Director General from www.ip-watch.org

A day after Greg Perry resigned as executive director of the Medicines Patent Pool, the pharmaceutical industry announced today that he will join the Geneva-based International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) as an ...

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London Declaration Report Shows Progress But More Needed Against Neglected Tropical Diseases from www.ip-watch.org

A newly released report by the wide-ranging joint London Declaration initiative to fight neglected tropical diseases shows progress in elimination of diseases and the number of people treated. However, in order to reach universal health ...

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Intellectual Property Rights In Trade – To Be Rethought? from www.ip-watch.org

After two decades of intellectual property regimes in trade agreements, one could have some second thoughts, according to a number of panellists at the Trade and Sustainable Development Symposium, organised by the International Centre for ...

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Andrei Iancu from patentlyo.com

The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved President Trump’s nomination of Andrei Iancu as USPTO Director and Under Secretary of Commerce (unanimous consent). The nomination now moves to the Senate Floor where no roadblocks are ...

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Inconsistent Positions on Patent Scope Risks Attorney Fees Award from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court ordered plaintiff and its counsel to show cause why it should not be responsible for defendants' attorney fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285 after granting summary judgment that defendants did not infringe ...

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We are all FUCT from patentlyo.com

In re Bruneti (Fed. Cir. 2017) The Federal Circuit has ruled that trademark law’s bar against registering immoral or scandalous marks is an unconstitutional restriction of free speech.  Thus, on appeal the court has ...

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Registration is Now Open for “Bracing for Impact: The #ArtificialIntelligence Challenge”! from www.iposgoode.ca

On February 2, 2018, IP Osgoode along with its partners, the York Centre for Public Policy & Law and the Zvi Meitar Institute for Legal Implications of Emerging Technologies, will host a full day conference entitled ...

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WIPO Patent Law Committee Agrees On Future Work, Stays On Safe Path from www.ip-watch.org

The mood was conciliatory this week at the World Intellectual Property Organization patent law committee as delegates mainly shared experiences and heard presentations. The five topics composing the work of the committee, which had been ...

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CAFC addresses immoral/scandalous marks in Brunetti; 2(a) bar found unconstitutional from ipbiz.blogspot.com


From the opening:


Erik Brunetti appeals from the decision of the Trademark
Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) affirming the
examining attorney’s refusal to register the mark FUCT
because it comprises immoral or scandalous matter ...

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