Patent & IP news for February 18, 2018

AIPPI UK Upcoming Event: Professor Bently to debate how far the "zone of exclusivity" of registered IP rights goes from ipkitten.blogspot.com

There has been a lot of discussion and debate on the scope of IP rights lately, especially those subject to registration systems.  How do the rightsholders capture the scope of their monopoly?  How do the ...

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Blockchain my IP from ipkitten.blogspot.com



The notion of "blockchains"  seems to be all around us, including as part of discussions regarding both information technology  and  intellectual property rights (IPRs). After listening to a myriad of  different views and opinions, reading ...

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Patents and Antitrust: Trump DOJ Sees Little Connection from patentlyo.com

For the first time ever, the head of the Antitrust Division for the Department of Justice is a patent attorney – Makan Delrahim – who is known to be “Makan Antitrust Great Again” In a recent speech ...

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CBS Sunday Morning on February 18, 2018 does puffery from ipbiz.blogspot.com


The February 18 show continued the slide into puff over substance.

The Almanac feature celebrated the birthday of Vanna White, born as Vanna Marie Rosich on February 18, 1957. Not mentioned in the clip was ...

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US District Court of Delaware rules against Merck in case related to hepatitis C drugs Sovaldi and Harvoni from ipbiz.blogspot.com

On 16 February 2018, U.S. District Judge Leonard Stark of D. Delaware overturned a $2.54 billion jury verdict against Gilead and instead ruled Merck’s patent, related to hepatitis C drugs Sovaldi and ...

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Patent pool for CRISPR technology? from ipbiz.blogspot.com

See The competition law issues of the CRISPR patent pool

IPBiz previously discussed patent pool issues as to embryonic stem cells as well as motivations in the aviation patent pool of the early 20th century.

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DNJ analyzes "puffery" in WILLIAM T. HOEY v. INSMED INCORPORATED from ipbiz.blogspot.com


On the subject of "puffery," note a recent decision in the District of New Jersey in the case
WILLIAM T. HOEY v. INSMED INCORPORATED, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24907, which included text:


Lead Plaintiff ...

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Conference <span class="amp">&amp;</span> CLE&nbsp;Calendar from www.patentdocs.org

February 20, 2018 - "Patent-Eligibility in 2018: Current Status and Best Practices" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) - 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT) February 20, 2018 - "Managing and Defending Against Patent Infringement Lawsuits: Best ...

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Aatrix Software, Inc. v. Green Shades Software, Inc. (Fed. Cir.&nbsp;2018) from www.patentdocs.org

By Michael Borella -- Aatrix brought an infringement action against Green Shades in the Middle District of Florida, alleging infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,171,615 and 8,984,393. Green Shades filed a ...

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