Patent & IP news for February 9, 2018

Patent Litigations

  • No new litigations this day!

USPTO Weekly Stats

6,567
published
appl'ns
5,505
granted
patents
64
ptab
decisions

Patent & IP Blogs

post image Federal Circuit: “Injected Molded” limitation imparts structure (although we can’t define what structure) from patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch In re Nordt Development Co., LLC. (Fed. Cir. 2018) During the course of prosecution of its flexible knee brace patent, Nordt amended the claims to include a limitation that the struts and ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

post image Can Nativity scene characters attract copyright protection under Italian law? It depends from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Typical Nativity sceneAt Christmas time the making of Nativity scenes in churches and homes is a Catholic tradition that is particularly common in Southern Europe.
Like many other Italian children, I have wonderful memories ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

post image Federal Circuit: Walker Process Claims do not Arise Under US Patent Law from patentlyo.com

By Dennis Crouch Xitronix Corp. v. KLA-Tencor Corp (Fed. Cir. 2018) Acting sua sponte, the Federal Circuit has transferred this appeal to the Fifth Circuit – holding that the Walker Process monopolization case does not arise ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

post image Yet another horse – The Polo/Lauren Company L.P. v Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club Ltd from ipkitten.blogspot.com


Trade mark matters involving Polo/Lauren seem to crop up in many jurisdictions, with varying results. A particularly interesting recent case in this vein was adjudicated by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. Kat friend ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Berkheimer v. HP Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2018) from www.patentdocs.org

By Michael Borella -- This first five or so weeks of 2018 have been busy for Federal Circuit 35 U.S.C. § 101 jurisprudence. At last count, four substantive decisions have come down so far (including ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Is it Patent Eligible? from patentlyo.com

Eligible?: 1. A method for implementing a blackjack game in a physical casino, the method comprising: providing the physical casino with a physical gaming table with a felt layout on top of the gaming table ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

On IPR, Major US Trading Partners In Firing Line Of US Industry, While Cancer Patients Ask For Access from www.ip-watch.org

Every year at this time, the Office of the United States Trade Representative collects comments from stakeholders for its review of how well US trading partners are behaving when it comes to protecting and enforcing ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

US Industry Index Makes Case For Strong IP Protection Worldwide from www.ip-watch.org

The United States Chamber of Commerce sixth annual International IP Index, released yesterday, highlights positive developments in 50 economies to better protect intellectual property rights so as to reward creativity and innovation. But it also ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Breach of Duty to Disclose Patent to Standards Setting Organization Equitably Estops Enforcement from docketreport.blogspot.com

Following a jury verdict of infringement and invalidity, the court granted in part defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law that plaintiff was equitably estopped from enforcing its anticoagulant patent. "⁠[Plaintiff] had ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

US Perspectives: US May Extend Its Patent Damages Worldwide from www.ip-watch.org

On January 12, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could produce a major change in US patent law, with effects reaching far beyond America’s borders. At issue in WesternGeco LLC ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Alice and the mechanical arts from www.717madisonplace.com

A listener/reader pointed me in the direction of the recent oral argument at the Federal Circuit in Robert Bosch v. ITC.  The case appears to concern patents of inventor/patent attorney Dr. Stephen Gass ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Does My Product Infringe This Patent? from blawgit.com

The Deceptively Simple Rule Determining whether or not a product infringes a particular patent is simple in theory, but quite complicated in practice. To avoid infringing a patent all you have to do is avoid ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Merck loses to Amneal at CAFC in mometasone furoate monohydrate [Nasonex] case from ipbiz.blogspot.com


This case, arising on appeal of a decision by Judge Robinson in D. Delaware, is strongly related to a case arising in D. New Jersey, and also appealed to the CAFC [Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp ...

Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook

Some content © 2007–2018 RPX Corporation.
Terms of Service & Privacy Policy
For DMCA requests contact help@priorsmart.com.