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US patents: Beware assigning patents in IPR proceedings

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board was recently faced with a set of cases where the patent owner assigned its patents to a third party during the pendency of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. The Board's comments suggest that the new assignee would not be permitted to replace the named patent owner as a participant in the IPR (Librestream Techs, Inc v Wireless Remote Sys LLC, IPR2014-00368 (Paper 15) and IPR2014-00369 (Paper 16) (October 10 2014)).

Managing IP Correspondent, December 11 2014
US trade marks: False origin claims applied to services

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision in M Arthur Gensler Jr & Associates Inc v Strabala holding that claims under Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act for false designation of origin extend to both goods and services.

Managing IP Correspondent, December 11 2014
Germany’s toy train case reshapes copyright protection

A dispute about a toy train was far from child’s play for Germany’s top court. On the contrary, says Emma Barraclough, it led to fundamental changes to copyright and design protection

Managing IP Correspondent, December 11 2014
Australia tackles medical treatment methods

In Apotex v Sanofi-Aventis, Australia’s High Court confirmed the patentability of medical treatment methods, but the ruling on label carve-outs may limit enforceability. Peter Leung explains

Managing IP Correspondent, December 11 2014
A reprieve from multiple validity challenges

In a major decision handed down in June this year, India’s Supreme Court found that a party seeking to revoke a patent must choose a single path of attack. By Peter Leung

Managing IP Correspondent, December 11 2014
Argentina: Supreme Court rules on search engine liability

As noted in our previous article (in the July/August edition of Managing Intellectual Property) the Supreme Court of Justice held a series of public hearings related to a case concerning the liability of search engines regarding the contents of websites published by third parties.

Managing IP Correspondent, December 11 2014

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