Patent & IP news for March 7, 2018

A new type of authors' organization: an exclusive interview with the Executive Director of Authors Alliance from ipkitten.blogspot.com


IPKat is always interested in private sector initiatives regarding IP rights. One that recently attracted his furry attention is the establishment of Authors Alliance, here, located in Berkeley, California. IPKat has invited Brianna Schofield, its ...

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L'Oréal v RN Ventures: exclusive licence registration and costs recovery from ipkitten.blogspot.com

This Guest Kat has been asked on a few occasions by non-IP specialists - do I really have to register my exclusive patent licence with the UK IPO? The response has been that registration within the ...

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Termination Rights and the Stormy Daniels Lawsuit from patentlyo.com

The Stormy Daniels v. Donald Trump lawsuit includes an interesting copyright angle.  [Read the Complaint].  At its core, the so-called “hush agreement” requires Daniels to keep secret “all intangible private information . . . relating to any of ...

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9th Circuit ‘slam-dunks’ claim of copyright infringement by Nike photograph of Michael Jordan and ‘Jumpman’ logo from ipkitten.blogspot.com

Mr Rentmeester's photoWhen are two photographs substantially similar so that the latter is deemed to infringe copyright in the former?

This is the interesting question that the US Court of Appeals for the ...

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What are the Rules for Assessing Patent Eligibility? from patentlyo.com

In Front Row Tech. v. MLB Advanced Media, the patentee has filed a petition for writ of certiorari – asking the Supreme Court flip the lower court rulings on its sports-data-app patents. [Petition including Lower Court ...

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BlackBerry afraid of transfer of its trollish patent lawsuit against Facebook to Northern California from www.fosspatents.com

The company that used to be called Research In Motion is now named BlackBerry. It has always had the wrong kind of name at the given time: Research In Motion would be a typical name ...

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EPO Reports Record Volume Of Patents, Seeks To Assure Quality from www.ip-watch.org

The European Patent Office today issued statistics which it claimed show the continued ascendance of Europe as a premier destination for patenting, not only from European countries. The statistics focus strongly on the increased volume ...

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UN Rapporteur For Privacy Rebuffed On Surveillance Oversight Negotiations from www.ip-watch.org

The United States, China and the European Union were unanimous yesterday in their rejection of international consultations for a possible legal instrument on government-led surveillance and privacy. During the 19th meeting of the 37th session ...

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Initiating Ex Parte Reexamination Instead of Inter Partes Review No Basis For Denying Stay from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court granted defendant's motion to stay pending its requests for ex parte reexamination and rejected plaintiff's argument that defendant was engaging in gamesmanship by not seeking inter partes review. "⁠[Plaintiff] argues that ...

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Council Of Europe Adopts Guidelines On Role Of Internet Intermediaries from www.ip-watch.org

The Council of Europe today adopted a set of recommendations containing some 60 detailed obligations and suggestions for governments to ensure internet intermediaries, such as search engines and social media, uphold human rights and fundamental ...

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China says it leads the U.S. in blockchain patents and investment from ipcloseup.com

While China is no fan of bitcoin mining – it has moved to close mining operations – it is actively pursuing block chain patents, and is touting its leadership over the U.S. China is the leading ...

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Council Of Europe Agrees New Guidelines On Media Pluralism, Transparency Of Media Ownership from www.ip-watch.org

The Strasbourg, France-based Council of Europe today adopted a recommendation containing a range of guidelines aimed at managing the effects of modern technology on the media sector and media pluralism. The recommendation sets out a ...

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Oral Argument of the Day: In re Nordt Development Co., LLC from www.717madisonplace.com

The oral argument of the day is from IN RE NORDT DEVELOPMENT CO., LLC, No. 2017-1445 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 8, 2018). The argument focuses on whether the term “injection molded” should have been treated as ...

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Judge Newman on stare decisis in Ottah v. Fiat from ipbiz.blogspot.com

In Ottah v. Fiat, Judge Newman had an opportunity to discuss claim construction.


This court had previously reviewed claim construction
of the ’840 Patent, and ruled that several claim limitations
require that the claimed book ...

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