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Archive: July, 2015
The Federal Circuit elaborated that Patent Eligibility is a Threshold Inquiry
The Federal Circuit elaborated that Patent Eligibility is a Threshold Inquiry. In OIP v. Amazon the Federal Circuit upheld a District Court’s grant of a motion to dismiss because of patent invalidity. OIP alleged that Amazon was infringing its claimed computer implemented methods for optimizing the pricing of products for sale by gathering statistics, compiling […]
IPR SME Helpdesk for Latin America
From 7 July, the Mercosur IPR Helpdesk has considerably expanded its services to include more than 18 Latin American countries, including Mexico, Colombia and Peru. This change is reflected in the Helpdesk’s new name, the Latin America IPR SME Helpdesk. Chile, Brazil, Argentina and the rest of the Mercosur countries will also be covered by […]
Supreme Court Rules Belief in Invalidity is Not a Defense to Induced Infringement
Supreme Court Rules Belief in Invalidity is Not a Defense to Induced Infringement. In Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant may not assert a good-faith belief in a patent’s invalidity as a defense against liability for inducing infringement. Inducement requires not just knowledge of the patent-in-suit, […]
Report on protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights
The European Commission has published its biennial report on protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) in key third countries. The report is part of the European Commission’s Strategy for the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Third Countries. It is largely based on an EU survey on the protection and enforcement of IPR […]
EPO and IMPI agree on CPC introduction in Mexico
Meeting in Munich this week the heads of the EPO and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding relating to the introduction of the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) by the IMPI. Jointly introduced by the EPO and the USPTO in 2013 and built on the EPO’s in-house ECLA classification the […]
Copyright reform: promote cultural diversity and ensure access to it, say MEPs
Forthcoming proposals to reform EU copyright law for the digital era must ensure a fair balance between the rights and interests of both creators and consumers, said MEPs on Thursday. They called for ways to improve access to online content across borders, while recognizing the importance of territorial licences, particularly for TV and film productions. […]
Copyright Act of Thailand has been added to WIPO database
The Copyright Act (No. 3) B.E. 2558 (A.D. 2015) was approved by the National Legislative Assembly, signed into law by the King and published in the Royal Gazette on February 5, 2015. It came into force on April 6, 2015, on the sixtieth day after the publication in the Royal Gazette on February 5, 2015. […]
The Supreme Court Rules Patent Licensing Beyond Patent Term is Anti-Competitive
The Supreme Court Rules Patent Licensing Beyond Patent Term is Anti-Competitive. In, Kimble v. Marvel, The Supreme Court considered anti-competitive concerns to patent licensing contracts beyond the term of a patent. Stated another way the case is about post-expiration patent royalties. The US has had a longstanding ban on such royalties, as a result of […]
Copyright reform: promote cultural diversity and ensure access to it, say MEPs
Forthcoming proposals to reform EU copyright law for the digital era must ensure a fair balance between the rights and interests of both creators and consumers, said MEPs on Thursday. They called for ways to improve access to online content across borders, while recognizing the importance of territorial licences, particularly for TV and film productions. […]
Canada ratified the UPOV Convention
The Government of Canada deposited its instrument of ratification of the 1991 Act of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants on June 19, 2015. The purpose of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) is to provide and promote an effective system of plant variety […]
17th annual Global Anti-Counterfeiting Awards
The winners of the seventeenth annual Global Anti-Counterfeiting Awards, sponsored by Reconnaissance International’s Authentication News™ and the Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group (GACG) Network were announced in Paris on World Anti-Counterfeiting Day. The awards were made as a continuing recognition of special achievements by organisations, companies and individuals. John Anderson, Chairman of the GACG Network of national […]