(Business IP and Intangible Asset Blog)   US Patents – Decisions Split Federal Circuit panel finds preamble language not limiting: Marrin v Griffin (GRAY on Claims) (Inventive Step) District Court E D Texas: Inequitable conduct expert could not testify as to materiality absent qualification as a person skilled in the art: Advanced Technology Incubator, Inc v Sharp Corporation et al (Docket Report) District Court N D California: Intracompany… [read post]

(IP Think Tank) Pirate Party politician Jonas Bergling fired for his political views (TorrentFreak) Large pirate topsite ‘Sunnydale’ raided, over 65 terabytes seized (TorrentFreak)   United Kingdom UK says no copyright exception for mashups (Techdirt) YouTube to block music videos to British users due to clash with PRS over UK licence (IPKat) (ContentAgenda) (ContentAgenda) (Out-Law) Featured Artists Coalition say public should not be prosecuted for downloading music… [read post]