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February 27, 2015
Aereo has sold its assets in a bankruptcy auction for less than $2 million, with RPX picking up its patent portfolio
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February 27, 2015
Apple has had a punishing week: Smartflash has sued it again following a $533m damages award, and Ericsson has filed seven lawsuits alleging infringement of 41 patents
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February 26, 2015
The United States Senate Judiciary Committee has unanimously approved the nomination of Michelle Lee to serve as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO
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February 26, 2015
Applications at the EPO have continued to rise over the past year, with filings at a new record level
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February 25, 2015
Jonathan Losk has joined Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office
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February 25, 2015
An Eastern District of Texas jury has decided Apple infringed three of Smartflash’s patents and ordered the electronics giant to pay $532.9 million in damages
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February 25, 2015
How should you work with engineers to ensure you capture and protect your company’s innovations? Julie Dunnett’s answer is simple: “You need to get your tentacles out there.”
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February 25, 2015
Nineteen would-be judges of the Unified Patent Court started a programme of training in Budapest this week
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February 25, 2015
Media and telecoms specialist Olswang has added four lawyers from Winston & Strawn’s London office
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February 24, 2015
The average price paid per patent in acquisitions of US portfolios increased last year but the median price fell, according to patent broker IPOfferings
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February 24, 2015
Data provided to Managing IP by IFI Claims Patent Services reveals the law firms used the most for US utility patents granted in 2014, with Oblon leading the pack
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February 23, 2015
Our third International Women’s Leadership Forum was held last month. How can the world of IP do more for women?
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February 23, 2015
Peter Leung visited Beijing’s new IP Court and interviewed Judge Chen Jinchuan, vice president of the Court, about its aims, its first cases and why he listens to French radio every morning. Plus: more news and analysis on China’s new IP Courts
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February 19, 2015
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has granted a rehearing request on its earlier decision to deny a joinder motion, in a rare opinion from an expanded panel
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February 19, 2015
Kevin Cadwell has joined Reed Smith as a partner in its intellectual property, information and innovation practice in Houston
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February 19, 2015
Steven Weisburd and Richard LaCava have joined Arent Fox as partners in the New York office
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February 18, 2015
A jury in the Eastern District of Texas found that Samsung’s Bluetooth capabilities infringe two Rembrandt Wireless Technologies patents, a verdict that Engine said was bad for start-ups
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February 16, 2015
The UK’s Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) has written to EPO Administrative Council Chairman Jesper Kongstad, proposing rule changes to improve the independence of the Boards of Appeal and enhance the Council’s management
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February 16, 2015
In a preview of the cover story for the March issue of Managing IP, an excerpt from our exclusive interview with Judge Chen Jinchuan of the Beijing IP Court
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February 13, 2015
Managing IP has announced this year’s nominees for its North America Awards, now in their eighth year. The winners will be revealed at an awards dinner in Washington, DC, on March 18
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February 13, 2015
In its latest intervention in the complex world of supplementary protection certificates, the Court of Justice has addressed questions arising from the specific mechanism concerning parallel imports from new EU member states
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February 13, 2015
The Australia High Court will look into the patentability of isolated genetic molecules
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February 12, 2015
The AIPLA has written to the EPO recommending it set the cost of renewing a Unitary Patent at an amount similar to the cost of renewing a European Patent validated in the UK, Germany and France
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February 11, 2015
This year sees the 10th anniversary of Managing IP’s global awards and we are pleased to announce the names of the shortlisted firms. Winners will be revealed at the Global Awards Dinner in London on March 11
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February 11, 2015
Qualcomm has agreed to a fine of Rmb60.88 billion ($975 million) stemming from a finding that its patent licensing practices violated China’s anti-monopoly law, as well as conditions that echo last year’s InterDigital agreement
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February 10, 2015
UK patent attorney firm J A Kemp has hired barrister and former Clifford Chance partner Alan Bryson as head of its litigation group
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February 10, 2015
A total of 115 PTAB petitions were filed in January. The Board also made a notable decision to deny CBM reviews of four Orange Book-listed patents owned by Jazz Pharmaceuticals
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February 10, 2015
India IP firms Singh & Singh and Lall & Sethi will join to create a new entity, Singh & Singh Lall &Sethi
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February 10, 2015
Ai-Leen Lim has been tapped to head Awapatent’s new Asian branch, AWA Asia
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February 10, 2015
Microsoft’s legal action against Samsung for not complying with an IP cross-licensing agreement has been settled, the two parties have revealed
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February 10, 2015
Juries in the District of Delaware on February 6 awarded Sprint $27.6 million in damages in a patent infringement trial against Comcast and awarded Intellectual Ventures $17 million in damages in a trial against Symantec
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February 09, 2015
PTAB observers have been assessing the importance of the first Federal Circuit opinion on an inter partes review appeal, saying questions remain over estoppel and the broadest reasonable interpretation standard
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February 06, 2015
Bob Goodlatte has introduced the Innovation Act, which is the same legislation that passed the US House of Representatives in December 2013, aimed at tackling abusive patent litigation
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February 06, 2015
Managing IP has published the first part of its annual IP Stars survey, covering the top-rated firms for patent work
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February 06, 2015
Gilead will get another chance to defend its Sovaldi application after an Indian court found that the patent office’s handling constituted a “violation of the principles of natural justice”
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February 05, 2015
Practitioners suggest that SIPO needs to take a more aggressive approach to increasing professionalism within China's patent enforcement agencies
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February 05, 2015
PTAB practitioners say the first Federal Circuit opinion on an IPR appeal gives certainty about the broadest reasonable interpretation claim construction standard used in proceedings
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February 04, 2015
The Federal Circuit has released its first opinion on a PTAB appeal, in In Re Cuozzo Speed Technologies, affirming the Board’s final determination. A strongly-worded dissenting opinion from Judge Pauline Newman questioned the panel’s reasoning, however
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February 04, 2015
A group of professional bodies that represent IP attorneys in the UK have created a diversity task force to consider ways of widening access to the IP profession
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February 04, 2015
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton has received more information about the USPTO’s Sensitive Application Warning System - or SAWS - giving details of how many applications end up in the opaque programme
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February 03, 2015
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton has added a chemistry and life sciences team to its Washington, DC office, joining from boutique intellectual property law firm Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole
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February 02, 2015
Dentons and full service Chinese firm Dacheng have combined to form Dacheng Dentons, the largest law firm in the world