IP Watch
May 20, 4:11 AM PDT
What inventions are eligible for patent protection? That question has roiled the US legal system for the last decade. But the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals (often called the nation’s patent court) was supposedly riding to the rescue. The court’s eagerly-awaited en banc decision...
New blog on the block . The IPKat was delighted to learn from his former colleague, Katonomist Nicola Searle, that the UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is today launching IPO Facto , a research blog for the IPO's economics team. Merpel always gets this feeling that economists blogging...
Groklaw
May 19, 10:00 PM PDT
There are now 68 public comments listed on the FTC's website on the topic of patent trolls. Patent Progress's David Balko's article , The End-Users Strike Back, notes that a surprising number are from end users, defined as "retailers, financial services, grocery stores, advertising...
Patent Docs
May 19, 8:18 PM PDT
By Sherri Oslick -- About Court Report: Each week we will report briefly on recently filed biotech and pharma cases. AbbVie Inc. v. Hetero USA Inc. et al. 1:13-cv-00852; filed May 15, 2013 in the District Court of Delaware • Plaintiff: AbbVie Inc. • Defendants: Hetero USA Inc.; Hetero Labs...
