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Strategies for success: how can IP law firms improve?

CPA Global analyses a survey of IP law firms and corporations, evaluating what law firms can do to better serve their clients in the IP arena

Managing IP Correspondent, May 01 2018

Japan: Patent infringement when a product changes after manufacturing

Some chemical products alter with the passing of time. When a product does not fall within the scope of claims at the time of manufacturing but falls within the scope of the claims after the passing of time after manufacturing, is it correct to conclude that such a product falls within the technical scope of a patented invention?

Managing IP Correspondent, May 01 2018

India: Indian Patent Office rejects application under Section 3(d) of the Indian Patent Act

The Indian Patent Office vide order dated November 8 2017 has rejected patent application 6647/ DELNP/2007 for lack of inventive step and for non-patentable subject matter under Section 3(d) of the Indian Patent Act. The invention claimed in the application was directed to a composition comprising a monoclonal antibody (IgG2), a chelating agent, histidine buffer, and optionally, a surfactant and/or a tonicity agent. The applicant claimed enhanced stability of the antibody in the composition.

Managing IP Correspondent, May 01 2018

Top trade mark firms revealed

This month, MIP publishes the second and final part of the annual IP survey, ranking the leading firms in trade mark/copyright work worldwide. The tables on the following pages have been compiled following five months of research among IP practitioners. Here's how they were compiled

Managing IP Correspondent, March 01 2006

ITC rules Arista infringed Cisco’s patents … again

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

December 20 2016

Music remixes: Copyright infringement or creative expression?

Artists including Britney Spears, Ozzy Osbourne & Sting have written to the USPTO objecting to proposals to create compulsory licences for songs featured in remixes, mashups and sampling. But others argue that the current system is stifling creativity in user-generated content. Alli Pyrah reports

February 14 2014

USPTO releases guidance on SAS impact on PTAB proceedings

Guidance includes stipulating that for pending trials in which a panel has instituted only on some challenges in the petition, the panel may issue an order supplementing the institution decision to institute on all challenges raised in the petition

April 27 2018

Ninth Circuit appeals court denies monkey’s copyright claims

Barring an en banc review or Supreme Court intervention, the three-year monkey selfie saga has come to a close, with the animal’s copyright claims denied

April 26 2018

Monkey selfie, Teva, Apotex, CRISPR patent pool, Eli Lilly, Jawbone, Shipping and Transit – the week in IP

The 9th Circuit hearing the latest instalment in the monkey selfie story, a Teva trade secret suit, the Broad Institute joining discussions to create a CRISPR patent pool, Eli Lilly settling a Cialis dispute with generics, Shipping and Transit being ordered to pay attorneys’ fees twice in a week and the value of Jawbone’s portfolio were in the recent intellectual property news

July 18 2017

SCOTUS abolishes PTAB practice of partial claim review

The US Supreme Court has decided in SAS Institute v Iancu that the PTAB must review all or none of the challenged claims. Observers say the PTAB petitioners could react to the ruling in a number of ways, and it “may increase the number of issues that bubble up to the Federal Circuit”

April 25 2018

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