Patent & IP news for January 5, 2018

Street heart: urban murals as common goods from ipkitten.blogspot.com

San Gennaro in NaplesStreet artworks are a peculiar type of copyright works, the most striking feature being the support to which they are attached (often someone else’s property), and the fact that they ...

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Has the Indian Supreme Court Moved the Bad Faith Analysis to the Back Seat? from ipkitten.blogspot.com


IPKat recently reported on the decision by the Supreme Court of India, here, refusing to grant an injunction in favour of Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, makers of the hybrid car, Prius, in a passing off ...

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Brexit: requests to Govt from IP professional bodies from ipkitten.blogspot.com

This Kat looks forward to the day when she is not inundated from all quarters with the B word. For the foreseeable future however, such incursions are a fact of life for those in the ...

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They Invented What? (No. 30) from anticipatethis.wordpress.com

Originally posted on Anticipate This!™ | Patent and Trademark Law Blog:
U.S. Pat. No. 6,745,395:  Hat with display device.    What is claimed is: 1. A head apparel, comprising: a loop structure sized to ...

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Everlight prevails against Nichia at CAFC in LED case from ipbiz.blogspot.com



Everlight brought a declaratory judgment suit against
Nichia seeking a determination of non-infringement,
invalidity, or unenforceability of U.S. Patent Nos.
5,998,925 (the ’925 patent) and 7,531,960 (the ’960 patent)
(together ...

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IPCU readers get $200 off 10th IP Corporate Counsel Forum in NY from ipcloseup.com

The 10th annual Corporate IP Counsel Forum will take place this year March 14-15 at the Sheraton Times Square in New York. The keynote address will be delivered by Hon. Paul R. Michel, Chief Judge ...

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Apotex prevails at the CAFC in case about extended release dosage forms of cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride from ipbiz.blogspot.com

The decision of Judge Robinson of D. Delaware in APTALIS v. Apotex was vacated :


In this Hatch-Waxman case, Apotex Inc. and Apotex
Corp. appeal from the district court’s claim construction of
“extended release coating ...

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Trade Secrecy in Data being Sold from patentlyo.com

The newly filed trade secret lawsuit Collateral Analytics v Nationstar Mortgage (N.D. Cal., No 18-cv-019) may be interesting to follow.  Collateral Analytics offers a searchable database of real estate information to its customers (a ...

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IPR Estoppel Does Not Apply to Invalidity Grounds Omitted From Petition from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied plaintiff's motion for summary judgment that its lighting patents were not invalid for lack of novelty or obviousness due to IPR estoppel. "⁠[Plaintiff] contends that, any invalidity contention that [defendant] did ...

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