Of course, the Model Law also protects personal information defined to include a consumer’s identifying information in combination with one or more of the following: (i) Social Security number, (ii) driver’s license number or non-driver identification card number, (iii) account number, credit or debit card number, (iv) any security code, access code or password that would permit access to a consumer’s financial account, or (v) biometric records. [read post]

“Instead,” DeBofsky said, “courts conduct reviews of claim records assembled and shaped by self-serving insurance companies without hearing any testimony whatsoever, under a procedure that gives more deference to the insurance company than a court would give a Social Security administrative law judge in its review of a Social Security disability benefit claim denial. [read post]

As noted below, the Administrative Court will hear the appeal in the case of R (Chambers) v DPP on Wednesday. [read post]

You can separately subscribe to the IP Thinktank Global week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com] Highlights this week included: Indian Patent Office decisions now searchable and downloadable: (Indian Patent Oppositions), (Generic Pharmaceuticals & IP), (Spicy IP), Institute for Progress study on inter partes re-examination: (Peter Zura's 271 Patent Blog), (IAM), (Hal Wegner) Nintendo loses patent suit over 3D controller; Anascape awarded $21M in damages: motion for… [read post]