Patent & IP news for January 30, 2018

Austria refers Facebook ‘Hate-Speech’ case to the CJEU from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The supreme court of Austria (‘Oberste Gerichtshof’ - OGH, case number 6Ob116/17b) has askedthe Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for clarification on the scope of Art. 15 (I) of the E-Commerce ...

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A legislative initative that merits attention: Mandatory mediation in Greece in trademark, patent and industrial designs infringement disputes from ipkitten.blogspot.com


Kat friend Dr. Marina Perraki summarizes the interesting legislative initiative in Greece to make mediation mandatory with respect to a wide spectrum of IP disputes.

The discussion about mandatory mediation in Greece has been crystalized ...

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Protection of traditional knowledge and cultural expressions: the case of 'Maasai IP' from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Maasai peopleOver time the issue of whether and how to protect cultural heritage and folklore has attracted increasing attention. Discussions in this sense have famously taken place in a number of jurisdictions, including Australia ...

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In re Janssen Biotech, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2018) from www.patentdocs.org

By Donald Zuhn –- Last week, the Federal Circuit affirmed the rejection by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board of claims 1-7 of U.S. Patent No. 6,284 ...

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No Opinion on De Novo Review from patentlyo.com

In its petition for writ of certiorari, Riveer asks the following question: Whether it is a denial of due process under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution for the United States Court of ...

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Saying Goodbye to Chief Wahoo? from writtendescription.blogspot.com

A couple years ago, my youngest son was “drafted” onto the Indians Little League team. It was cringeworthy. The name was bad enough (and I’m thankful my alma mater had the good sense to ...

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Inside Views: The Top 5 Issues In EU Medicines Policy For 2018 (Including IP) from www.ip-watch.org

[Note: this article originally appeared on the European Public Health Alliance website here, republished with permission] By Yannis Natsis | Jan 23, 2018 | Universal Access and Affordable Medicines | Analysis & Opinion Here are the top 5 EU ...

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Inside Views: Copyright And Artificial Intelligence from www.ip-watch.org

Recently, a photographer whose camera was used by a monkey to take a selfie settled a two-year legal battle against an animal rights group about copyright over the image. The lower court had denied the ...

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Description of Product Type May be Sufficient to Satisfy Section 287 Notice of Infringement from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied defendant's motion for summary judgment to preclude certain pre-suit damages for its anti-counterfeiting patents because there was a genuine dispute of fact whether plaintiff provided actual notice of infringement in a ...

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Republic Day Of India Celebration In Geneva: Sounds, Sights And Tastes from www.ip-watch.org

Friends and followers of the nation and culture of India gathered in Geneva this week to celebrate India's Republic Day, with a ceremony and feast held in the halls of the UN World Intellectual ...

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