Patent & IP news for January 1, 2018

Supreme Court of India in Prius trade mark battle declare that evidence of reputation spillover must be explosive from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Reputation.  Something that trade mark owners and Taylor Swift spend their days contemplating.  For both, reputation - be it good or bad - can cross borders, but once it does its treatment is dependent on that jurisdiction ...

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BigCommerce: Venue in States with Several Districts from patentlyo.com

I previously wrote about Judge Gilstrap’s decision in BigCommerce and the somewhat complex issue of venue in multi-district states.  Even though BigCommerce is a Texas corporation, it argues that venue is improper in E ...

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

January 4, 2018 - "Patent Drafting for Machine Learning: Structural Claim Limitations, Avoiding 101 or 112 Rejections" (Strafford) - 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST) January 9, 2018 - "After-Final Practice: Navigating PTO Options to Compact Patent ...

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