Patent & IP news for December 22, 2017

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The Federal Circuit has denied David Jang’s petition for en banc rehearing in Jang v. Boston Scientific.  The basic issue surrounds Boston Scientific’s “ensnarement defense” and whether it had been waived. The ensnarement doctrine limits the scope of the doctrine of equivalents – barring the patentee from asserting a scope of equivalency that will encompass or […] from patentlyo.com

The Federal Circuit has denied David Jang’s petition for en banc rehearing in Jang v. Boston Scientific.  The basic issue surrounds Boston Scientific’s “ensnarement defense” and whether it had been waived. The ensnarement ...

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Friends, Foes Of Big Data Discuss Its Promise For Development, Privacy Issues from www.ip-watch.org

Big data and artificial intelligence hold promise for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, but risks associated with extensive data collection should not be minimised, according to speakers at this week’s Internet Governance ...

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Fed Gov’t Updates from patentlyo.com

Tax plan: No patent box this year. Instead, all corporations get a tax break regardless of whether they are engaged in innovative or beneficial activities. Tax plan: For 2018, law firm associations may want to ...

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CAFC in Bosch re-iterates Aqua Products, 872 F.3d at 1311 -- “[W]here the challenger ceases to participate in the IPR and the Board proceeds to final judgment, it is the Board that must justify any finding of unpatentability by reference to the evidence of record in the IPR.” from ipbiz.blogspot.com



The appellant lost on obviousness of the old claims BUT did prevail as to the amendment issue:


This appeal arises from the inter partes review (IPR)
of U.S. Patent No. 6,904,796 (the ...

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More fun with wintry patents from patentlyo.com

By Jason Rantanen Here’s my addition to Dennis’s holiday patent post, based off materials I used for my Patent Law exam this year.   The technology revolved around a recent interest of mine: making ...

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In Break From Past Leadership Role, US Gov Largely Missing From Internet Governance Forum from www.ip-watch.org

The United States has been a steadfast supporter of the UN-led Internet Governance Forum since its inception over a decade ago, regularly bringing large and high-level delegations to the Forum. The US must have seen ...

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