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December 22, 2016
At the end of a year that saw the Brexit vote, gradual progress on the implementation of the UPC and several initiatives with China, the acting head of the UK's IP Office spoke to Managing IP
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December 22, 2016
Michael Loney reveals interesting talking points from this month’s XIX Work Sessions and Administrative Council of ASIPI in Buenos Aires, including lessons from TPP, the Latin American Trademark Impact Study, the responsibility of ISPs for third party content, the limits of biotechnology, and the scope of athlete’s image rights
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December 21, 2016
The UK is to get a new IP minister after Baroness Neville-Rolfe was given a new job in a mini government reshuffle
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December 21, 2016
Jim Brogan, Brian Eutermoser and Janna Fischer discuss the ways that the unsuccessful IPR petitioner at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board still can challenge validity in subsequent district court litigation
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December 20, 2016
During oral arguments for In re: Aqua Products, the Federal Circuit sitting en banc considered the burden of proof in motions to amend before the PTAB. Natalie Rahhal analyses the likely outcomes when the appeals court issues its decision in the case
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December 20, 2016
The International Trade Commission has ruled that Arista’s components for routers and networking systems infringe two Cisco patents. This follows a June ITC judgment that Arista infringed three other Cisco’s patents
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December 16, 2016
A Delaware jury has ordered Gilead Sciences to pay $2.54 billion in damages to Merck for infringing a patent related to hepatitis C treatment. It is the largest-ever patent damages award
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December 15, 2016
The Eastern District of Texas’s dominance over patent cases is in peril after the Supreme Court granted cert in TC Heartland v Kraft Food Brands Group
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December 14, 2016
The Supreme Court agreed on December 9 to grant certiorari in Impression Products v Lexmark. Patent owners and practitioners hope that the Supreme Court’s ruling will provide clarity about the relationship between patent exhaustion and international sales
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December 13, 2016
The USPTO has heard what will likely be the last important patent interference proceeding to come before a panel of its judges. The proceedings are going out with a bang with a hearing over the celebrated CRISPR gene editing technology
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December 08, 2016
Alice O'Donkor attended the recent party marking the first anniversary of IP Inclusive, which had a particular focus on the under-representation of BAME professionals in the IP professions
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December 07, 2016
The Life Tech v Promega case involving the export of components of patented inventions pitted Sidley Austin’s Carter Phillips against WilmerHale’s Seth Waxman during oral arguments
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December 07, 2016
Data and analysis: November was a strong month for Patent Trial and Appeal Board filing, while the Federal Circuit took issue with several decisions coming out of the Board
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December 07, 2016
In its opinion in Samsung v Apple, the US Supreme Court rejected the Federal Circuit’s definition of “article of manufacture”, saying it can encompass both a product and a component
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December 06, 2016
Speakers at Managing IP’s recent EU Patent Forums in Palo Alto and New York City discussed past, present and future developments for patent owners in Europe, including the UPC and Unitary Patent, FRAND cases, arbitration and the impact of Brexit
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December 05, 2016
The German Federal Ministry of Justice updates Managing IP on Germany’s ratification timeline; IP Federation, BioIndustry Association, EPLAW and the UPC Preparatory Committee respond to UK government’s intention to ratify the UPC Agreement (UPCA); and some of the developments we expect in the coming months
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December 02, 2016
The chair of AIPLA’s Women in IP Law Committee and the co-chair of the Advancement and Retention Subcommittee tell Natalie Rahhal how they promote retaining and advancing women