Never Too Late: if you missed the IPKat last week! from ipkitten.blogspot.com The 186th edition of the IPKat’s news roundup.DesignsKat friends Nina O’Sullivan and Victoria Wilson reported on the 2017 key design cases brought before both the EU and the UK’s ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Bumble to Match/Tinder from ipbiz.blogspot.com A post by Bumble directed to Match/Tinder in regards to patent action:
We'll never be yours. No matter the price tag, we'll never compromise our values.
We swipe left on your attempted ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
The 5 Pointz case: a response (on the risk of cultural gatekeeping in copyright) from ipkitten.blogspot.com The piece of (street) artwork at stake in the '5 Pointz' caseThe recent decision in the 5 Pointz case [here] has brought back to centre stage one of the quirks of US copyright law ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Book Review: Certification and Collective Marks from ipkitten.blogspot.com Katfriend Alex Mogyoros is a doctoral student at the University of Oxford, St. Peter’s College. Her research focuses on trade marks and certification marks, and is supported by a Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Bosch Automotive Service Solutions, LLC v. Matal -- Follow-up on Who Has Burden After Aqua Products? from www.patentdocs.org By Andrew Williams -- We recently noted that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office appears to have taken the position that neither party has the burden of persuasion with regard to Motions to Amend after ...
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Eyetalk365, LLC v. Zmodo Technology Corp. (D. Nev. 2018) from www.patentdocs.org Video Doorbell Patent Found to Be Patent Eligible By Joseph Herndon -- Plaintiff Eyetalk365, LLC sued Defendant Zmodo Technology Corp. for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,432,638, entitled "Communication and Monitoring System," which ...
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New Domain Names Should Protect Country Names, Proposal At WIPO Says from www.ip-watch.org A group of countries submitted a new proposal for the World Intellectual Property Organization committee on trademarks and geographical indications, set to meet next month, to protect country names and geographical names. The proponents suggest ...
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Evidence on Polarization in IP from writtendescription.blogspot.com Since my coblogger Lisa Ouellette has not tooted her own horn about this, I thought I would do so for her. She, Maggie Wittlin (Nebraska), and Greg Mandel (Temple, its Dean, no less) have a ...
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Consolidating Briefs and Word Limits from patentlyo.com Indivior v. Dr. Reddy’s (Fed. Cir. 2018) [DrReddysOrder] This “case” is actually a consolidation of 14 filed-appeals that collectively stem from six different district court cases involving three sets of appellants. In his consolidation ...
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WSIS 2018 Focused On SDGs, Never-Ending Digital Divide, Role Of SMEs from www.ip-watch.org The UN-led World Summit on the Information Society Forum (WSIS) 2018 opened its doors this week, with over 2,500 participants. This year, the focus is on sustainable development. International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary General ...
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“Strong IP Drives the Bottom Line” is theme of 2018 LESI annual meeting from ipcloseup.com This year’s Licensing Executives Society International annual meeting will have a financial focus and take place in San Diego April 20-May 1. The plenary session keynote address by Mike Hoefflinger, “Think You Know Facebook ...
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Stem cell transplant approach for treating multiple sclerosis shows promise from ipbiz.blogspot.com Newsweek reported:
The study built on work by Dr. Richard Burt, a stem cell specialist at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, from 2015, the investigation focused on immune cells as a treatment for ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Doctrine of "Ancillary" Venue Does Not Provide Independent Basis for Venue from docketreport.blogspot.com The court granted counterclaim defendants' motion to dismiss for improper venue because defendants lacked a regular and established place of business in the district and ancillary venue did not apply. "Even assuming that [defendants] have ...
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Printer cartridge case in Australia from ipbiz.blogspot.com From a post by Michelle Blythe at Lexology on the Australian case Seiko Epson Corporation v Calidad Pty Ltd [2017] FCA1403. :
Seiko is a Japanese company that manufactures and sells Epson branded printer cartridges, the ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Article suggestion: The Equal Access to Justice Act and the USPTO from www.717madisonplace.com During the recent en banc oral argument of NantKwest v. Iancu, Judge O’Malley brought up the subject of the Equal Access to Justice Act. [Link]. In all candor, I know very little about the ...
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Tentative New Wording For Draft WIPO Instrument Protecting Genetic Resources from www.ip-watch.org Delegates at the World Intellectual Property Organization this week started discussing core articles of what could potentially become a treaty preventing the misappropriation and the granting of intellectual property rights on genetic resources. Facilitators named ...
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Whether Facts Matter in the Patent Eligibility Analysis: HP Files Petition for En Banc Rehearing from www.patentdocs.org By Michael Borella -- In Franz Kafka's novel The Trial, a man is accused of a non-specified crime by a shadowy governmental agency. The man repeatedly attempts to understand the nature of his alleged wrongdoing ...
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