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2 weeks ago | 
ipwatchdog.com | Eileen McDermott |Drew Berweger |Gene Quinn
“The Federal Circuit panel said SAP correctly argued that the lower court ‘expressed an overly demanding standard in criticizing SAP for failing to specifically identify individuals as trial witnesses,’ and yet the district court did not clearly abuse its discretion in finding the factor neutral.”The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential, per curiam order on Thursday denying a mandamus petition brought by SAP America Inc.
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2 weeks ago | 
ipwatchdog.com | Drew Berweger |Eileen McDermott
Some of the largest companies have invested substantial resources to change the rules of the game that govern bargaining over IP assets . This drives downward value of for all IP assets and content in tech markets and endangers innovation, creative expression and society. On the current episode of Understanding IP Matters (UIPM), Jonathan Barnett, a legal scholar focusing on the weaknesses and strengths of the U.S. intellectual property (IP) system, discusses potential ways to repair it.
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1 month ago | 
ipwatchdog.com | Eileen McDermott |Steve Brachmann |Drew Berweger |Gene Quinn
“The Judicial Council has been dragging out this process unlawfully, and without any evidentiary basis, keeping Judge Newman off the bench.” – Greg Dolin, NCLADr. Aaron G.
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1 month ago | 
ipwatchdog.com | Drew Berweger |Gene Quinn |Eileen McDermott |James Yoon
The following opinion piece was authored by all of the Former Members of the USPTO’s Patent Public Advisory Committee. On Tuesday, March 18, the members of the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC)—which fills a vital role in helping the agency foster innovation and entrepreneurship—received notice that the Secretary of Commerce had decided to end all current PPAC member appointments effective the same day.
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2 months ago | 
ipwatchdog.com | Eileen McDermott |Drew Berweger
IPWatchdog LIVE Moves to March in 2025: Click for details “If left undisturbed, virtually all means-plus-function patent claims will be abstract.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
ipwatchdog.com | Eileen McDermott |Drew Berweger |Steve Brachmann |John Powers
IPWatchdog LIVE Moves to March in 2025: Click for details “While we have set out above a portion of the evidence from which a reasonable factfinder…could find that Kids2’s Comfy Clean Deluxe tub infringes the ’209 patent, nothing we have said should be taken to mean that such a factfinder would be compelled to make such a finding.” – Federal Circuit majority The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Tuesday, January 14, issued a split decision reversing a district court’s grant of...
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
ipwatchdog.com | Drew Berweger |Steve Brachmann
IPWatchdog LIVE Moves to March in 2025: Click for details Stakeholders in U.S. patents no longer have certainty about their rights and it is affecting licensing and transaction activity and impeding innovation. On the current episode of Understanding IP Matters (UIPM), Louis Carbonneau discusses the weakening of the U.S. patent system and why he is hopeful for a future where patent enforcement is more viable but less necessary.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
ipwatchdog.com | Drew Berweger |Gene Quinn |Eileen McDermott
Support IPWatchdog with an individual sponsorship: Click here Transparency of source or “provenance” of digital content like images is becoming essential for credibility and, to some extent, the future of artificial intelligence (AI). On the current episode of Understanding IP Matters (UIPM), Santiago Lyon discusses the importance of provenance in copyrighted content as it exists in an AI-driven world.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
ipwatchdog.com | Eileen McDermott |Drew Berweger |Gene Quinn |Steve Brachmann
Support IPWatchdog with an individual sponsorship: Click here “Although the concerns around the bill are focused largely on pharmaceutical patents, Coons pointed out that all of the top users of the PTAB are big tech companies; ‘Samsung, Apple, Google, Intel and Microsoft accounted for 80% of all PTAB petitions a few years ago,’…Coons said.” One week after markup was postponed to give those with concerns more time to get on board, and following several previously postponed markup hearings,...
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
ipwatchdog.com | Drew Berweger
Support IPWatchdog with an individual sponsorship: Click here On this episode of Understanding IP Matters (UIPM), Professor Adam Mossoff discusses how private property rights in inventions promote a growing innovation economy and a flourishing society.
