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5 Feb 2014, 2:45 am
I have obtained a copy of a Samsung press release, dated February 4, 2014, saying that the company "welcome[s] [yesterday's] ruling [by the European Patent Office], which invalidated Apple's EP '948 utility patent". [read post]
5 Feb 2014, 2:16 am
As usual, the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is seeking your comments, which will enable it to decide whether and, if so, how, it will make representations to the CJEU. [read post]
3 Feb 2014, 4:54 am
Following last week's Friday Fantasies item on the forthcoming European Patent Office event, "Search Matters 2014", an anonymous reader posted this comment:"The percentage of applications filed in English and drafted by a native speaker is probably as low as the percentage of prior art documents written in English by a native speaker". [read post]
3 Feb 2014, 4:43 am
The deal was announced in August 2011, and cleared by U.S. antitrust enforcers (i.e., in the jurisdiction in which both deal partners were based) and the European Commission in mid-February 2012. [read post]
31 Jan 2014, 8:13 am
Frank Hafner (European Patent Office, EPO) has reminded the Kats that it's time to tell their readers all about the EPO's Search Matters conference. [read post]
31 Jan 2014, 4:35 am
It is a significant achievement that brings together, and more closely aligns, the work of the key global patent offices. [read post]
30 Jan 2014, 4:47 am
Summarising authorities from the British courts and the Technical Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office, the Court of Appeal concluded that it was clear that the law “does not prohibit the addition of claim features which state in more general terms that which is described in the specification. [read post]
30 Jan 2014, 1:31 am
Would this be an appropriate case for a defence of parody or, in the United States, fair use (and could the facts be forced to fit within the scope of "fair dealing" or any other defences under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988)? [read post]
29 Jan 2014, 8:53 am
Additional good news for international patent folk. [read post]
29 Jan 2014, 1:58 am
Thus the German Patent and Trade Mark Office was best placed to assess the relevant facts and the perception of the relevant consumer in relation to the earlier GI.* How would the relevant public view the mark? [read post]
27 Jan 2014, 12:51 pm
From katfriend Claire Lazenby comes news that this year’s registration for the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA) Round table in Alicante has now opened. [read post]
22 Jan 2014, 11:00 pm
Also, since the European Union (EU) generally takes center stage in development activities (including within WIPO) on behalf of its member states, it is difficult to criticise (in whatever form) the UK Government - who contributes to the EU and multilateral entities for development efforts across the globe.An impact assessment on IP technical assistance in 2011 tells us that such assistance should not be seen or offered as a one size fits all: one country may… [read post]
22 Jan 2014, 9:47 am
We previously reported on Judge Sleet’s in limine rulings directed to Section 271(f) and European Patent Office proceedings in patent litigation related to aortic valve stents between Edwards Lifesciences and Medtronic Corevalve. [read post]
22 Jan 2014, 7:47 am
It therefore all comes down to Article 48 of the Agreement, which states at the important part:"(1) Parties shall be represented by lawyers authorised to practise before a court of a Contracting Member State.(2) Parties may alternatively be represented by European Patent Attorneys who are entitled to act as professional representatives before the European Patent Office pursuant to Article 134 of the EPC and who have appropriate qualifications such… [read post]
22 Jan 2014, 3:30 am
Lays the groundwork for the implementation in the UK of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court made in Brussels on 19 February 2013.11. [read post]
20 Jan 2014, 9:26 am
The court prefers to await further developments in an opposition (reeexamination) procedure pending before the European Patent Office (EPO), in which Motorola Mobility and Samsung are challenging the validity of this patent. [read post]
17 Jan 2014, 9:55 am
For example, the European Patent Office ("EPO," +4%), the offices of Germany (+3.2%) and the United Kingdom (UK, +4.4%) witnessed growth. [read post]
17 Jan 2014, 4:05 am
"New peak at the European Patent Office" is the happy message from that organisation, which reports that it received more than 265,000 patent filings in 2013, this being a 2.8% increase over 2012 and a new all-time high. [read post]
16 Jan 2014, 8:17 am
Legal experience from the US, UK or Europe and admission to a recognized bar (USPTO, European Patent Office, etc.) is preferred. [read post]
16 Jan 2014, 8:17 am
Legal experience from the US, UK or Europe and admission to a recognized bar (USPTO, European Patent Office, etc.) is preferred. [read post]
