• New patent practice for computer programs

    On March 2 2017 the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) issued a decision amending the Guidelines for Patent Examination. … to make appropriate amendments, provide statements and file divisional applications in order to ensure that the related subject matter may be protected under patent law.

     
  • Fed. Circ. Upholds More Ford Wins On Hybrid Vehicle Patents

    Law360 (February 1, 2018, 8:37 PM EST) — The Federal Circuit on Thursday held that parts of three Paice LLC hybrid vehicle patents were invalid in the latest rulings to arise from a sweeping series of challenges that Ford Motor Co. brought against the tech company’s patents at the Patent... Continue reading

     
  • Fed. Circ. Affirms Alice Ax Of Real Estate Search Patents

    Law360 (February 1, 2018, 8:38 PM EST) — The Federal Circuit on Thursday upheld a lower court’s decision invalidating under the U.S. Supreme Court’s Alice decision two Real Estate Alliance Ltd. patents on searching for real estate using a computer, finding that one patent was related to a patent that …

     
  • PTAB Chief Denies Dictating Results With Expanded Panels

    Law360, New York (February 1, 2018, 7:55 PM EST) — The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s chief judge pushed back Thursday on criticism from U.S. Supreme Court justices and others that the board can “stack the deck” and manipulate outcomes of cases by expanding panels, saying expansions aim to …

     
  • PTAB To Mull Signal Analysis Patent Despite IBM Connection

    Law360 (February 1, 2018, 8:01 PM EST) — The U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board agreed Wednesday to review a patent owned by a company named “8825319 Canada Ltd.” related to technology for computer-implemented signal analysis that was challenged by a company called Analytics for Life, …

     
  • In Another Keker Departure, IP Litigator Ashok Ramani Joins Davis Polk

    Intellectual property litigator Ashok Ramani has left Keker, Van Nest & Peters to join Davis Polk & Wardwell as a partner in its Northern California litigation department. Ramani, who was a partner in Keker’s contract, commercial and IP litigation practice, started working at the San Francisco-based …

     
  • Brewing Battle: Judge Lets Jazzman’s Heir’s Lawsuit Over Beer Name Play On

    Monk’s lawyer, Joel Rothman in the Boca Raton, Florida, office of Schneider Rothman Intellectual Property Law Group, said his client was pleased with the decision. Rothman added that there never was a written agreement concerning North Coast’s right to continue to use the Monk name, image and …

     
  • IP Group Of The Year: Jones Day

    Law360 (February 1, 2018, 6:15 PM EST) — Jones Day secured a record $2.5 billion patent infringement jury award for Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC and argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board can’t choose which challenged patent claims it may review, earning the …

     
  • Design Patents and Defining the Article of Manufacture – One Year Later

    You’re invited to join Engine for a discussion of developments in design patent law since the Supreme Court’s decision. We’ll consider proposed tests for determining the article of manufacture, the impacts a test would have on businesses, innovation, and the technology sector at large, as well as other …

     
  • Kuwait- Licensing the rights to a third party’s Intellectual Property

    This is a clear example of how IP rights are perceived in Kuwait but safeguards must be made by individuals and businesses to prevent being the party to a litigation defending the non-consensual use of a 3rd parties’ IP. Just for background knowledge, things that fall under the IP law... Continue reading