Federal Circuit Review – March 2018
Distribution Agreements Can Constitute Offers for Sale Under Section 102(b)
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KNOWLES ELECTRONICS LLC V. IANCU
Editor: Paul Stewart. Federal Circuit Summaries. Before Newman, Clevenger, and Wallach. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: The USPTO has standing to intervene to defend its decision, even when the requestor has withdrawn. Knowles Electronics LLC (“Knowles”) appealed an …
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Call for more robust online RPMs, Alibabacoin hits back, and getting legal advice from a robot …
USPTO up in Q1 of 2018 – IP attorney Erik Pelton has looked at trademark filings at the USPTO in the first quarter of 2018, and it reveals a modest increase. In all, according to the iPelton Blog, trademark filings rose by 5% in Q1, with 113,068 new applications filed.... Continue reading
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A User’s Guide to Patents
However, because of the time taken for examination to proceed to grant of the patent the effective term of the actual monopoly can be very much less. Over the years, there have been schemes to extend patent term in certain cases, and for example, under UK patent law before the... Continue reading
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Certificate Of Registration Does Not Give Copyright – Sodipo
I am currently the President of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Nigeria which is the local organisation that liaises between the government and the private sector in lobbying for reforms in the administration, adjudication and enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights. I was a member of the …
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Flat Lens Patent Signals New Era in Optics and Imaging
Flat Lens Patent Signals New Era in Optics and Imaging WLNS Full coverage
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Utility model patent regime
We know that developing countries can strategically manipulate the “strength” of their invention patent regimes (e.g., laws) throughout different stages of development to facilitate a transition from imitation to innovation. However, we know very little about how changes to the strength of second-tier patent …
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Challenging Pharmaceutical Patents, New Arrows in the Quiver?
The Federal Circuit explained that this test was contrary to the law because it allows patentees to claim antibodies by describing something that is not the invention, i.e., the antigen, and thereby contradicts the statutory “quid pro quo” of the patent system where “one describes an invention, and, if the …
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Fed. Circ. Clears Microsoft, Nintendo In Xbox, Wii IP Suit
Baker’s patent covers technology that allows a computer to produce a personalized teaching presentation, according to… To view the full article, register now. Try Law360 FREE for seven days. Already a subscriber? Click here to login. Add to Briefcase; Printable Version · Rights/Reprints · Editorial …
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Carbon Black To Pay Finjan $3.9M To End Weeks-Old IP Row
Law360 (April 9, 2018, 6:05 PM EDT) — Cybersecurity company Carbon Black has agreed to pay $3.9 million in license fees to Finjan Inc., settling patent infringement allegations brought by the latter in California federal court just over two weeks ago, according to a Monday regulatory filing by Finjan.