USPTO PTAB Has Goal of Increased Efficiency for Remanded Cases in SOP 9 from dunlapcodding.com Genni Ellis
In November of 2017, the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) published Standard Operating Procedure 9 (SOP 9), which addresses how the board will handle cases remanded from the Federal Circuit Court ...
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USPTO Fees and Revenue from patentlyo.com Three months into FY2018, the USPTO has released some budget numbers – noting that spending is currently outpacing revenue. However, the Office has an optimistic outlook and is planning for revenue to catch-up (and spending to ...
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(Almost) Director Andrei Iancu from patentlyo.com The USPTO should have a new director within the next few days. President Trump nominated Irell & Manella partner Andrei Iancu for the position last fall. A vote is now scheduled on the Senate Floor for ...
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Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week! from ipkitten.blogspot.com Did you have a busy week with no time to catch on the latest IP news? Not to worry, the 180th edition of Never Too Late is out to bring you up to speed!
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Into product shapes? Here's an event in London from ipkitten.blogspot.com Kat-bottlesOur friends at the Institute of Brand and Innovation Law at UCL wish to remind IPKat readers that registration is open for an event that promises to be both timely and exciting and will ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
WIPO Traditional Knowledge Division Provides Capacity Building, Publications from www.ip-watch.org The protection of genetic resources and traditional knowledge through the intellectual property system has been discussed for many years at the World Intellectual Property Organization. While delegates are working on potential international instruments to provide ...
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PTAB Life Sciences Report from www.patentdocs.org By John Cravero -- About the PTAB Life Sciences Report: Each month we will report on developments at the PTAB involving life sciences patents. Acclarent, Inc. v. Ford Albritton, IV PTAB Petition: IPR2018-00268; filed December 1 ...
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A spectrum of specificity - Article 3(a) of SPC Regulation from ipkitten.blogspot.com Formula 1 of EP (UK) 0 810 209
Is a compound that is represented by a Markush formula in a patent claim but not identified elsewhere in the patent specification a product "protected by a ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
New deal with Samsung makes Qualcomm a little less isolated on the antitrust front from www.fosspatents.com After the EU "grandslammed" Qualcomm with a $1.2 billion fine (joining the FTC and Asian regulators in holding Qualcomm's conduct illegal), Qualcomm has finally had some good news to report: just in time ...
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Cybersecurity Patent Strategies vs. the Growing Barriers to Software Patents from ipspotlight.com More and more companies who offer blockchain and other next generation cybersecurity technologies are seeking patents to help protect their competitive position. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Technology Center 2400 ...
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Willful Blindness Alone Does Not Show Egregious Behavior Necessary for Willful Infringement Claim from docketreport.blogspot.com The court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment that it did not willfully infringe plaintiff's condom patents because plaintiff failed to establish egregious behavior pre- or post-suit. "[A]t oral argument, [plaintiff] agreed ...
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law No.115-97) from patentlyo.com Excludes certain patents, designs and secret formulas or processes from the definition of “capital asset” Removes the ability to treat such intellectual property as a capital asset that would have been subject to lower capital ...
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