(The Prior Art) Ways to avoid a USPTO ethics investigation (IP Updates)   US Patents – Decisions CAFC: Qualcomm penalised for failure to disclose patents to standard setting organisation and for litigation misconduct in failing to produce evidence: Qualcomm Inc v Broadcom Corp (IP Law Observer) (Patently-O) (Promote the Progress) (Law360) (Patent Prospector) (Hal Wegner) (PLI) CAFC upholds judgment enjoining inventor from asserting patent against Unitronics or… [read post]

You can separately subscribe to the IP Thinktank Global week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com] Highlights this week included: CAFC affirms validity and enforceability of Eisai’s compound patent on Aciphex; elucidates current standard for obviousness of chemical composition of matter patents: Eisai v Reddy’s Lab’s and Teva Pharma: (Orange Book Blog), (Patent Docs), (Patent Prospector), (IP Law360), (Hal Wegner), (Patent Baristas),… [read post]

Landmark IP implications for universities: University of Western Australia v Gray: (IPRoo), (Managing Intellectual Property), (The Age), Domain name transfer made easier: (Australian Trade Marks Law Blog), Quantum of obviousness in Australian patent laws - C Lawson: (IP Down Under), Separating Sony sheep from Grokster (and Kazaa) goats: Reckoning [read post]

George Ralston, et al - "Unlike Ind. [read post]