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August 29, 2014
Danny Marti, partner at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to become the next US intellectual property enforcement coordinator
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August 28, 2014
A sharp increase in patent litigation in the US, while an eye-catching stat for those worried about frivolous litigation, may not be a sign that the system in broken
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August 28, 2014
On August 26 the Federal Circuit invalidated two patents in a ruling that continues a crackdown on patents the courts find to be too broad in their scope
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August 27, 2014
A motion by Apple for a permanent injunction against Samsung has been rejected by a US district court judge
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August 27, 2014
A concurring opinion in the Federal Circuit verdict in I/P Engine v AOL that analyses Section 101 in light of Alice v CLS Bank has prompted questions from some IP lawyers
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August 27, 2014
Alarming allegations of abuse of the USPTO's telework programme by employees have met with fierce blowback from former USPTO officials, while the Office is taking steps to improve its effectiveness and efficiency
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August 26, 2014
Following the Supreme Court outlining a new test for shifting fees in the case in April, the Federal Circuit has vacated the district court’s denial of attorney fees in Icon Health & Fitness v Octane Fitness and remanded for further consideration
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August 26, 2014
Jade Donavanik and Manothai Pramoj Na Ayuthaya have joined Rouse’s Bangkok office as senior managers
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August 23, 2014
Genetic testing company GeneDx has turned to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to try and invalidate 11 of Myriad Genetics patents, in a move that underlines the increasing popularity of inter partes review proceedings with the pharmaceutical industry
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August 21, 2014
The first post-grant review (PGR) petition has been filed with the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) by LaRose Industries and Toys “R” Us-Delaware
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August 21, 2014
BlackBerry has named Sandeep Chennakeshu to lead a new business unit to be called BlackBerry Technology Solutions, which will include the firm’s portfolio of 44,000 patents
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August 21, 2014
Intellectual Ventures has announced it will reduce its staff by 19%, its second reduction this year
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August 18, 2014
UK patent and trade mark firm Withers & Rogers has opened an office in Munich, Germany
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August 18, 2014
Tony Piotrowski, general counsel for MPEG LA, explains how modern patent pools work, how patent pools help set FRAND rates and what cities need to do to become IP hubs
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August 14, 2014
Brian Hinman, chief IP officer with Philips, speaks with Managing IP about the developments in the IP monetisation market that have caught his eye, why he expects there to be more FRAND disputes in the future and what sort of patent reform is needed in the United States
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August 13, 2014
Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg has hired four partners: William Sloan Coats in Silicon Valley, James Glenn and John Weatherspoon in Houston, and Chris Holm in Los Angeles
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August 13, 2014
The Delhi High Court has vacated an injunction secured by Vringo against Chinese telecommunications company ZTE
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August 12, 2014
Alexandria, Virginia-based Landon IP, which provides patent search, information and analytics services, has been acquired by CPA Global
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August 12, 2014
Alexander Harguth has joined Preu Bohlig & Partner in Munich
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August 12, 2014
In-house counsel from eBay, Twitter, Facebook, Nokia, Google and CBS will among the speakers at Managing IP’s second International Women’s Leadership Forum in San Jose in December
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August 08, 2014
A first draft of a revision to China’s trade secret law will be submitted to the State Administration for Industry and Commerce at the end of the month
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August 08, 2014
Apple and Samsung's worldwide patent disputes raised a number of novel legal and procedural issues across the Asia-Pacific region
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August 06, 2014
If a US company discovers an employee has downloaded its trade secrets onto a thumb drive and is speeding towards the airport to board a plane to China to sell them, the options to stop him are slim to none. Efforts are underway in Congress to change this, with the introduction of trade secrets legislation in both houses
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August 06, 2014
The global patent battle between Apple and Samsung has elicited tens of thousands of news stories around the world. Their decision to end the litigation everywhere outside the US was revealed in a two-line statement today
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August 06, 2014
Dr Jie Wang of the Jiangsu Provincial Hospital explains how the hospital motivates its doctors to pursue innovations with strong commercial potential
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August 05, 2014
The USPTO has outlined the steps it is taking to implement the Alice v CLS Bank decision, including issuing preliminary instructions to examiners, withdrawing notice of allowances in some applications that have an abstract idea and asking for public feedback
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August 04, 2014
James Sze has joined Ballard Spahr as a partner in the firm’s San Diego office
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August 04, 2014
Sergio Miralles and Elena Molina have set up an IP/IT boutique law firm in Barcelona called Intangibles
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August 01, 2014
Microsoft has filed legal action against Samsung in the Southern District of New York for not complying with an IP cross-licensing agreement