Patent & IP news for January 26, 2018

Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L. v. LG Electronics, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2018) from www.patentdocs.org

By Michael Borella -- As patent-eligibility stands in 2018, it can be difficult to determine whether a graphical user interface (GUI) with an innovative layout and/or functionality meets the requirements of 35 U.S.C ...

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CBD Issues Study On Challenges For Benefit-Sharing Of Digital Genetic Information from www.ip-watch.org

The UN Convention on Biological Diversity has issued the results of a fact-finding study on genetic resources digital genetic information. The study particularly examined terminology and how digital genetic information are influencing its protocol on ...

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WHO Executive Board Agrees On Actions To Boost R&D, Access To Medicines from www.ip-watch.org

After long deliberations, the World Health Organization Executive Board agreed this morning to ask member states and the organisation to implement recommendations aiming at improving innovation and access to medicines. Three recommendations, specifically aimed at ...

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WHO Board Gets Physical Over IP And Health! from www.ip-watch.org

Member nations of the World Health Organization became accustomed in recent years to singing by the WHO director general, and sometimes crying, but under the new DG there seems to be a move toward the ...

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Asserting ​Borderline Frivolous Infringement Claim Barred by Res Judicata Justifies Attorney Fees Award from docketreport.blogspot.com

Following dismissal for res judicata, the court granted defendant's motion for attorney fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285 because plaintiff's litigation positions were exceptionally weak. "Plaintiff’s only argument that his infringement ...

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Defensive Patent Strategies for Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies from ipspotlight.com

Many companies who offer next generation cybersecurity technologies are experiencing significant growth in both corporate share value and revenue. To help protect against competition, many companies are seeking patents to cover their blockchain and other ...

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As to copying assertion against "The Shape of Water" from ipbiz.blogspot.com


In the context of a story about alleged plagiarism involving "The Shape of Water," the Telegraph reported on
"what did" influence Guillermo del Toro :



Del Toro has previously said that elements of the film were ...

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Importance Of Flu Pandemic Preparedness Confirmed By WHO Board Decision from www.ip-watch.org

One hundred years after the great Spanish flu pandemic, World Health Organization members today underlined their satisfaction with the organisation’s framework to get countries best prepared for the next pandemic: The WHO Executive Board ...

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More on the revocation of an EP patent on CRISPR of Broad from ipbiz.blogspot.com


Adam Houldsworth at IAM has a post CRISPR European patent cancellation highlights procedural IP pitfalls which concludes;


Last week’s decision, then, is a stark reminder that even highly valuable patents pertaining to revolutionary technological ...

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