Patent & IP news for February 19, 2018

Apology to Judge Reyna from patentlyo.com

I want to pause here for a moment to make an apology to Federal Circuit Judge Reyna on what could be perceived as my poor taste humor.  I continue to have the highest respect for ...

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Here we go again? Strong brands as a barrier to entry, this time from "The Economist" from ipkitten.blogspot.com


It was just one line in a full- page, two-column long article that appeared in the January 6th issue of The Economist. Entitled “Schumpeter|The year of the incumbents: In 2018 conventional firms will give ...

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BREAKING: UK IPO launches technical consultation on draft regulations transposing the EU Trade Secrets Directive from ipkitten.blogspot.com

The AmeriKat is focused on answering the
UK IPO's trade secrets consultation
by 16 March 2018Today, the UK Intellectual Property Office has launched a technical consultation on the EU Trade Secrets Directive and ...

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Has Europe turned into the Eastern District of Texas? New study shows NPE activity has risen 19% year-on-year from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Are the rain clouds of US NPE litigation gathering
over Europe and will Brussels act?  Does Europe have a patent troll problem? It depends on who you ask and if you think trolls, non-practicing entities ...

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US 2019 Budget Proposal Shows Stable Funding For WIPO, WTO, WHO, ITU from www.ip-watch.org

While the Trump administration has taken aim overall at US contributions to international organisations since taking office last year, the budget proposal it put forward last week would roughly maintain last year’s lower levels ...

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Some Laws Regarding Laws of Nature from patentlyo.com

United States Declaration of Independence When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers ...

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Contributors: Japan Patent Office Decides “TE’ CON MIEL” (Tea With Honey) Is Distinctive In Relation To Tea from www.ip-watch.org

In a recent trademark opposition, the Opposition Board of the Japan Patent Office (JPO) decided to overrule the opposition against TM Registration no. 5951823 for word mark “TÉ CON MIEL” designating tea in class 30 ...

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