Patent & IP news for January 4, 2018

Brands and online ecommerce platforms: a tainted relationship? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

What has happened to online ecommerce platforms? Over the past few months news reports have multiplied – or, perhaps, their underlying issues have acquired greater visibility – that brand owners have been increasingly voicing criticisms against, sued ...

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Revival of Parker v. Flook II from patentlyo.com

In 2012 I wrote a short essay on what I called “The Revival of Parker v. Flook” and included the following chart of court citations to the much maligned 1978 decision. The Revival of Parker ...

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<span class="dquo">"</span>Stars" on the football field; less so in the Trademark&nbsp;Office? from ipkitten.blogspot.com


While football teams compete vigorously on the pitch, they tend to stay away from each other over disputes regarding their marks and names. Au contraire, however, when it comes to the design of a star ...

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Brussels court in FN Herstal v Heckler <span class="amp">&amp;</span> Koch wrestles with combination invention v mere aggregation of&nbsp;features from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Merle wondered if he was a combination of
colors or a mere aggregation of featuresOne of the great joys of being an IP litigator in UK is that you get to meet and work ...

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Brett Trout selected for The Best Lawyers® 2018 in both Patent Law and Information Technology&nbsp;Law from blawgit.com

Brett J. Trout has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 24th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America® in the practice areas of Information Technology Law and Patent Law. The Best Lawyers ...

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Sponsored: Changes In EU Data Law: The GDPR Requirements And How To Meet&nbsp;Them from www.ip-watch.org

Linkilaw writes: Statistics show 69% of SME owners have heard about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and 70% admitted to being unaware it will come into effect from 25th May 2018. It is important ...

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Top IP-Watch Stories Of 2017: What Do They Tell Us About Multilateral IP&nbsp;Policy? from www.ip-watch.org

What IP-Watch stories were readers reading most in 2017, and what does it say about the state of global intellectual property policy? In this article, we look at the most-trafficked stories of last year, and ...

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Taylor Swift, Shake it Off, Learned Hand and 'Ode on a Grecian&nbsp;Urn' from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The Daily Mail reported on 3 Jan 2018 that lawyers for Taylor Swift have moved for dismissal in the
"Shake it Off" case [see She's got a Reputation to uphold! Taylor Swift wants lawsuit ...

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Extraterritorial Reach Of The Defend Trade Secrets Act: How Far Did Congress&nbsp;Go? from writtendescription.blogspot.com


In the aftermath of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), a little discussed but potentially quite significant issue is to what extent plaintiffs use federal trade secret law to reach misappropriation of trade secrets that ...

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Sessions's War on the Cole Memo and the New Frontier for the Canna-IP&nbsp;Industry from www.patentdocs.org

By Nicole Grimm, Brett Scott, and George "Trey" Lyons, III -- Since Attorney General Jeff Sessions was sworn in, the cannabis industry has been watching and waiting to see if he would indeed keep his word ...

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