Patent & IP news for February 26, 2018

GUCCI as a well-known mark, with special attention to evidence, surveys, and unfair advantage from ipkitten.blogspot.com


Katfriend Melvin Pang of Amica Law in Singapore reports on a decision in Singapore regarding several fascinating aspects of the treatment of well-known marks.

Disputes involving luxury brands and the issue of well-known marks seem ...

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

February 26, 2018 - "Chinese Patent Developments" (Practising Law Institute) - 4:00 to 5:00 pm (Eastern) February 27, 2018 - "Patent Inventorship: Best Practices for Determination and Correction -- Distinguishing Between Inventor and Contributor; Navigating Joint Inventorship ...

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PTAB Denies St. Regis Mohawk Tribe's Motion to Terminate IPRs based on Sovereign&nbsp;Immunity from www.patentdocs.org

By Kevin E. Noonan -- In an extensive, 42-page per curiam opinion, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) surprised no one last Friday by denying the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe's motion to terminate several ...

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German Court To Hear Unified Patent Court Challenge, As EPO Staff Questions&nbsp;Persist from www.ip-watch.org

The German Federal Constitutional Court has agreed to take up a challenge that could potentially derail the Unified Patent Court (UPC). The special - and opaque - procedure under the national constitution allows a single individual to ...

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PTAB: Tribal immunity does not apply to inter partes review&nbsp;proceedings. from patentlyo.com

Mylan and Teva v. St. Regis Mohawk Tribe (PTAB 2018) In a long 42 page opinion, a PTAB panel has denied St. Regis Mohawk Tribe’s motion to dismiss the pending inter partes review (IPR ...

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Slot Machine Patent Claims Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. §&nbsp;101 from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment that the asserted claims of plaintiff’s gaming machine patents encompassed unpatentable subject matter and found that the claims lacked an inventive concept. "The Court rejects ...

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