USPTO proposes pilot where a single APJ would make IPR institution decisions
Presently the USPTO has a panel of three APJs decide whether to institute a trial, and then normally has the same three-APJ panel conduct the trial, if instituted. Under the proposed pilot program the...
View ArticleU.S. Patent No. 7,635,300: Damage control game program and game machine
U.S. Patent No. 7,635,300: Damage control game program and game machineIssued Dec. 22, 2009, to KonamiSummary:The ‘300 patent provides a new way to treat character damage during a game. In past games,...
View ArticlePTO Proposed Pilot Program on IPR Initiation
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Trials have become an effective tool for cancelling invalid patent claims that lack novelty or fail the nonobviousness test. The IPR process has two main stages: Institution...
View ArticleFormer TSMC employee leaked secrets to Samsung, Taiwan Supreme Court says
The Supreme Court in Taiwan has upheld a ruling that a former employee of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) leaked secrets about the company's 28nm process technology to Samsung,...
View ArticlePatentlyo Bits and Bytes by Anthony McCain
Robert Schaffer & Joseph Robinson: Akamai v. Limelight Matthew Sag: Graphs On IP Litigation In US District Courts Sarah Green: Ping-Pong Table Puts Singapore’s Intellectual Property Regulation...
View ArticleMichael Keaton's Legal Victory Over 'Merry Gentleman' Affirmed
"Who can say why a critically praised movie did not make money?" asks the 7th Circuit.read more
View ArticleUSPTO seeks comment on post grant initiation pilot program
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published a request for comments on a proposed pilot program pertaining to the institution and conduct of post grant administrative trials. The...
View ArticleFDA to startup: Your vegan mayonnaise can’t be called mayonnaise
A San Francisco food-tech startup has received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), saying that the company’s eggless mayonnaise cannot be called "Just Mayo." Hampton Creek...
View ArticleUSPTO flexing its muscles as to changes in IPR proceedings?
A Washington Post story suggests the USPTO wants to control "how" the IPR processmight be changed:The USPTO's latest data show that the IPR process is tremendously successful at getting patents...
View ArticleUpdate: Comment Deadlines Extended in Equipment Authorization, E-Labeling...
When he reported on the FCC’s proposal to overhaul its equipment authorization processes, our colleague Mitchell Lazarus observed that, “[f]or an NPRM of this scope and complexity, the comment periods...
View ArticleFox News Scores Big Court Win Against TVEyes
A judge rules that indiscriminate sharing, downloading and time-searching of TV clips isn't protected as copyright fair use.read more
View ArticleAmerisourceBergen Guest Post: SOLUTIONS TO OVERCOME REIMBURSEMENT CHALLENGES...
The continued development and refinement of personalized medicine (PM) has offered an opportunity to revolutionize medical practice and improve outcomes by providing treatments for patients with the...
View ArticleEnforcement Bureau Gives Venue Operators 750,000 More Reasons Not to Block...
Bureau reiterates view that using “deauthentication frames” to bounce hotspot users constitutes prohibited “interference”. Conference goers, rejoice! It looks like the FCC really is serious about...
View ArticleLilly prevails in SD Indiana in Alimta case
AP reported Shares of Eli Lilly rose August 26, 2015 after the drugmaker said the federal district court in SD Indiana upheld a patent protecting one of its top-selling drugs, the cancer treatment...
View ArticleDoe v. Gangland: Why Breaking a Confidentiality Agreement with a Former...
For those of you into true-crime documentaries, have you ever wondered how producers get criminals and accused criminals to talk on the record? In rare instances, some subjects of a documentary will...
View ArticleMassachusetts parents cite shaky science in lawsuit over Wi-Fi network
Despite years of study, there is no clear evidence that exposure to the photons emitted by devices like cell phones and wireless networks pose any health risk whatsoever. That hasn't stopped people...
View ArticleDraftKings Kicks off Football Season at Gillette
MBBP Client DraftKings, the leading provider of daily fantasy sport, will be opening a branded fantasy sports lounge at Gillette Stadium. The startup, which has raised $375 million in venture funding...
View ArticleGoogle's US Patent 9,108,640: Systems and methods for monitoring and...
The inventor of --Systems and methods for monitoring and reporting road quality -- is Dean Jackson of Pittsburgh, PA.The first claim states A method for monitoring and reporting road quality by a...
View ArticleIPRs against other Teva Copaxone patents
FiercePharma reports:On 25 August 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) instituted inter partes review (IPR) proceedings against two of the patents on Copaxone 40 mg, with the third patent...
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