Recent Headlines in the IP World:

• Kevin Webb: A New Nintendo Patent Application Shows How a Smartphone Case Could Turn Your Phone Into a Working Game Boy (Source: Bloomberg)
• Scott Graham: Facebook, 3 Other Social Networks Hit With Patent Suits (Source: The Recorder)
• Sam Blum: Walmart Files Patent Application For Carts That Track Your Heart Rate (Source: Popular Mechanics)
• Chuong Nguyen: Patent Application Filing Shows Microsoft’s Evolving Efforts on Foldable Andromeda Device (Source: Digital Trends)

Source: USPTO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

• Prof. Robert D. Weaver and Prof. Justus Wesseler: Monopolistic Pricing Power for Transgenic Crops When Technology Adopters Face Irreversible Benefits and Costs (Source: SSRN)
• Prof. Andreas Heinemann: Abusive Filing of IP Rights (Source: SSRN)
• Prof. Daniel Harris Brean: Grading Patent Remedies: Dependent Claims and Relative Infringement (Source: SSRN)

New Job Postings on Patently-O:

• Small Law Firm in Boulder, CO–Patent Attorney
• Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

• Daniel Frankel: Comcast Gets Two More TiVo Patents Invalidated (Source: Multichannel News)
• Nick Fogarty: Fiji Government to Contest ‘Bula’ Trademark by US Bar, Says It is a ‘Blatant Case of Heritage-Hijacking’ (Source: Australian Broadcasting Cooperation)
• Atty. Ainslie Parsons & Atty. Carmela De Luca: Broad Institute Prevails in Recent Round of the US CRISPR Patent Battle (Source: Lexology)
• Jacob Kastrenakes: Apple Wins Appeal of $234 Million Patent Dispute with University (Source: The Verge)
• Alan Boyle: Amazon Aims to Patent Fulfillment Centers that can Ride the Rails and Dispatch Drones (Source: Geek Wire)

Source: FPO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

• Jane Cai: Trade War: Why US and China Remain So Far Apart on Intellectual Property Rights (Source: South China Morning Post)
• Lulu Yilun Chen: China Claims More Patents Than Any Country—Most Are Worthless (Source: Bloomberg)
• Scott Tong: Why Some People are Worried About Drug Patent Protections in the New NAFTA (Source: Market Place)
• Prof. Greg Reilly: Amending Patent Claims (Source: SSRN)

New Job Postings on Patently-O:

• Armstrong Teasdale LLP
• Guntin & Gust–Paralegal/Patent Administrator
• Cruise Automation
• Knobbe Martens
• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney 
• Stoel Rives LLP
• Guntin & Gust–Associate Patent Attorney
• Guntin & Gust–Senior Patent Attorney
• RPX Corporation
• Dority & Manning

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

• Andrew Joseph: Richard Sackler Granted Patent for Addiction Treatment (Source: Business Insider)
• Ciara Linnane: Bausch Health Stock Soars 8.6% Premarket on News of Patent Settlement (Source: Market Watch)
• Matt Day and Benjamin Romano: Amazon Has Patented a System That Would Put Workers in a Cage, on Top of a Robot (Source: The Seattle Times)
• Shona Ghosh: Snapchat Figured Out How to Analyze People’s Selfies to Score Their Emotions (Source: Business Insider)
• Michael Wolf: Amazon Patent Points to In-Flight Recharging For Delivery Drones (Source: The Spoon)

Source: USPTO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

• Megan Molteni: CRISPR’s Epic Patent Fight Changed the Course of Biology (Source: Wired)
• Leo Sun: BlackBerry Moves to Make Money From Its Patents (Source: The Motley Fool)
• Jed Grant: What Would a Blockchain Patent War Look Like? (Source: Tech Crunch)
• Prof. Peter S. Menell: Economic Analysis of Intellectual Property Notice and Disclosure (Source: SSRN)

New Job Postings on Patently-O:

• HARRINGTON & SMITH
• Colby Nipper
• Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
• BASF
• Blackbird Technologies

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

• Sarah Wells: Facebook Sues BlackBerry Over Patent Infringement of Voice-Messaging Tech (Source: Tech Crunch)
• Prof. Brian Leiter:20 Most-Cited Intellectual Property & Cyberlaw Scholars in the U.S. for the period 2013-2017 (Source: Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports)
• Brittany Shoot: OxyContin Billionaire Granted Patent for Opioid Addiction Treatment (Source: Fortune)
• Susan Decker: Google Defeats Blackberry Time-Stamp Patent in Agency Review (Source: Bloomberg)
• David Phelan: Apple Watch May Adopt Always-On Screen, Patent Application Suggests (Source: Forbes)
• Christopher Elliott: This New Hotel Room Is So Groundbreaking That They Patented It (Source: Forbes)

Source: Forbes

Commentary and Journal Articles:

• Prof. Michael Risch: Abstraction, Filtration, and Comparison in Patent Law (Source: SSRN)
• Inci Akkus: Lobbying in an Autocracy: Intellectual Property and Medical Equipment Firms in China (Source: SSRN)
• Prof. Edmund S. Phelps and Prof. Eskil Ullberg: How a Global Patent Market Could Spur Growth (Source: The Japan Times)

Upcoming Events:

• CIPSC 2018 Law Student Writing Competition (Deadline: October 1, 2018)

New Job Postings on Patently-O:

• Guntin & Gust–Associate Patent Attorney
• Oliff PLC
• Sughrue Mion PLLC
• Saidman Design Law Group LLC
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise
• ALG Intellectual Property, LLC
• Guntin & Gust–Senior Patent Attorney

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

• Paul Fucito: USPTO Announces 2018 Patents for Humanity Winners (Source: USPTO)
• Alexander Stoklosa: Ferrari Patent Applications Novel Method for Making Turbocharged Engines Sound Better (Source: Car and Driver)
• Jan Wolfe: Federal Circuit Tosses Wireless Patent Infringement Finding Against Apple (Source: Reuters)
• Danielle Kirsh: Syneo Receives Patent in China (Source: Medical Design and Outsourcing)
• David Phelan: Hey, Siri, It’s Me: Apple Patent Teases Individual Responses To Different Voices (Source: Forbes)

Source: USPTO 

Commentary and Journal Articles:

• Tom Simonite: Despite Pledging Openness, Companies Rush to Patent AI Tech (Source: Wired)
• Erik Hovenkamp: Antitrust Law and Patent Settlement Design (Source: SSRN)
• Lucy Xiaolu Wang: Patent Classification Systems and Technological Categorization: An Overview and Update (Source: SSRN)
• Prof. Kevin Emerson Collins: Architectural Patents Beyond Bucky Fuller’s Quadrant (Source: SSRN)

New Job Postings on Patently-O:

• Davis Wright Tremaine LLP: Associate Attorney
• Davis Wright Tremaine LLP: Mid-Level Associate Attorney
• Cesari and McKenna, LLP: Patent Prosecutor

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

• Kevin Kelleher: Apple Sought a Patent for Putting Augmented Reality on Car Windshields (Source: Fortune)
• Tasneem Akolawala: Samsung Galaxy S10’s Rumoured Ultrasonic Fingerprint Scanner Detailed in New Patent (Source: Gadgets 360)
• Natalie Gagliordi: Arista to Pay Cisco $400 Million in Patent Settlement (Source: ZD Net)
• Susan Decker: Sensors to Smartphones Bring Patent Wars to Diabetes Monitoring (Source: Bloomberg)
• Atty David Holland, Atty Roger Lush, and Atty Melanie Stevenson: International report – UKIPO Helps to Clarify the Future UK-EU Relationship on Intellectual Property (Source: IAM)
• Tom Pritchard: Apple Could Let You Store Your Passport on an iPhone (Source: Gizmodo UK)

Source: USPTO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

• Andrew Rossow: How Can We Make Intellectual Property Rights ‘Smarter’ With The Blockchain? (Source: Forbes)
• Prof. Noam Sher: One Rule to Compensate Them All (Source: SSRN)
• Prof. Daryl Lim: Agribiotech Patents in the Food Supply Chain: A U.S. Perspective (Source: SSRN)
• Christian F. Chessman: iSpeak: Automated Authorship and Accountability in the Digital Age (Source: SSRN)

New Job Postings on Patently-O:

• Okada Patent And Trademark Office P.C.
• Seed IP Law Group
• Blackbird Technologies

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

• Kanishka Singh and Rishika Chatterjee: Apple Owes Canadian Patent Company US$145.1 million in Damages for Infringement (Source: Global News)
• Ana Alexandre: Recent Walmart Patent Application Describes Blockchain-Managed Smart Appliances (Source: Coin Telegraph)
• Jon Chesto: Senate Approves Legislation to Crack Down on ‘Patent Trolls’ (Source: The Boston Globe)
• Chuong Nguyen: Apple Patent Application a Trio of Ideas to Fix its MacBook Keyboard (Source: Digital Trends)

Source: USPTO

• Mayank Parmar: Microsoft Patent Applications an Interesting Dual-Screen Device with Focus on Scanning and OS Navigation (Source: Windows Latest)

Source: USPTO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

• Atty. Krista Cox: The Minority Gender Patent Gap (Source: Above the Law)
• Jeff McDowell: How Your Employees Can – And Must – Protect Intellectual Property (The Globe and Mail)
• Stephen Vines: As Kit Kat, Starbucks and Posh Spice Rulings Show, Intellectual Property is Big but Bittersweet Business (Source: South Morning China Post)
• Shekh Abdullah-Al-Musa Ahmed: Intellectual Property and Principles of IPR in Bangladesh (Source: SSRN)

New Job Postings on Patently-O:

• Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
• H.C. Park & Associates, PLC
• RPX Corporation
• SBMC
• Guntin & Gust 

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

• Christopher Yasiejko: IBM Wins $83 Million from Groupon in E-Commerce Patent Fight (Source: The Chicago Tribune)
• Mudit Kapoor: India Sees Huge Surge in Intellectual Property Rights Applications (Source: Business Today)
• Sebastian Blanco: New Tesla Patent Shows A Safer, Rupturing Battery Solution (Source: Forbes)
• Ashlee Clark Thompson: Whirlpool Wants to Give You Another Cooking Option in the Kitchen (Source: CNET)
• Bernie Monegain: Microsoft files Patent Application for Eyeglasses that Gauge Blood Pressure (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Source: WIPO

• Kevin Parrish: Updated Apple Patent Suggests MacBook Pro will Eventually Sport Touchscreens (Source: Digital Trends)

Source: USPTO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

• Shimrit Tzur-David: What Every Startup Should Know Before Filing A Patent (Source: Forbes)
• Trent Ostler: The PTAB Quietly Hit a Milestone in June in Reversing Alice Section 101 Rejections (Source: Anticipat Blog)
• Weimin Wu: Managing Cartels Through Patent Tools (Source: SSRN)
• Jo Pritchard: Intellectual Property Post Brexit: The UK’s Proposals (Source: Lexology)

New Job Postings on Patently-O:

• Chernoff Vilhauer
• CPA Global
• NSIP LAW
• Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP
• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
• Harrity & Harrity

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

• Christopher Yasiejko: IBM Seeks $167 Million From Groupon in E-Commerce Patent Suit (Source: Bloomberg)
• Rob Thubron: Nintendo Hits Popular ROM Sites with Copyright Infringement Lawsuit (Source: TechSpot)
• Natasha Singer: Facebook’s Push for Facial Recognition Prompts Privacy Alarms (Source: The New York Times)
• Dana Elfin: Trade Secrets Litigation Increasing in Digital Age (Source: Bloomberg)
• Kelly Servick: Broad Institute Takes a Hit in European CRISPR Patent Struggle (Source: Science Magazine)
• Christian de Looper: Apple Patent Hints at Better Gesture Control on the Apple Watch (Source: Digital Trends)

Source: USPTO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

• Natalie Giroux: Companies Need Intellectual Property Strategies Which Always Keep the End-Goal in Mind (Source: The Globe and Mail)
• Bernie Carlson: Nikola Tesla’s Third Greatest Invention: The First Drone (Source: Forbes)
• Dr. Ana Maria Santacreu and Heting Zhu: What Does China’s Rise in Patents Mean? A Look at Quality vs. Quantity (Source: SSRN)
• Prof. Greg Reilly: Our 19th Century Patent System (Source: SSRN)
• Atty: Mohammad H Alkandari: 3D Printing: Law & Challenges (Source: SSRN)

Upcoming Events:

• Corporate IP Strategy Conference

• CIPSC 2018 Law Student Writing Competition

New Job Postings on Patently-O:

• Fiala & Weaver P.L.L.C.
• BASF
• Volkswagen Group of America
• Bose Corporation
• Pramudji Law Group PLLC

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

• Jan Wolfe: Federal Circuit will not Rehear Apple Challenge to Wireless Data Patent (Source: Reuters)
• Kirtika Suneja: India Raises Trade Deficit Issue with China at WTO (Source: The Economic Times)
• Anatol Antonovici: American Express Awarded Blockchain Patent for Payment System (Source: Cryptovest)
• Jan Wolfe: U.S. Court Denies Jazz Pharma Bid to Revive Narcolepsy Drug Patents (Source: Reuters)
• Jason Silverstein: Walmart Patents Audio Surveillance Technology to Record Customers and Employees (Source: CBS)
• Kevin Parrish: Microsoft Patent Paves Way for a Touch- and Smudge-Free Tablet Future (Source: Digital Trends)

Source: Digital Trends

Commentary and Journal Articles:

• Atty. Krista Cox: Would Kavanaugh Change The Outcome Of SCOTUS Intellectual Property Cases? (Source: Above the Law)
• Dr. Zia Qureshi: Intellectual Property, not Intellectual Monopoly: Reforming the System (Source: The Daily Star)
• Prof. Amy Adler: Why Art Does Not Need Copyright (Source: SSRN)
• Jena McGregor: What Walmart’s Patent for Audio Surveillance Could Mean for its Workers (Source: The Seattle Times)

Upcoming Events:

• Patent Olympiad

New Job Postings on Patently-O:

• Bloomberg BNA
• Dority & Manning

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

• Atty. Douglas Clark: NSBA Supports Patent System Reform Measure (Source: Financial Regulation News)
• Sam Sherratt: UC Berkeley to Gain Two US CRISPR Patents (Source: Bio News)
• Dugie Standeford: European Parliament Rejects Starting Negotiations On Copyright Reform Proposal (Source: Intellectual Property Watch)
• Chris Tsui: Cadillac Design Patent Reveals Possible CT5 Coupe (Source: The Drive)

Source: USPTO

• Aloysius Low: Future Samsung phone might get face-scanning camera, like iPhone X (Source: CNET)

Commentary and Journal Articles:

• Prof. Shobita P:arthasarathy: U.S. Patent System Out of Step with Today’s Citizens (Source: Finance and Commerce)
• Atty. AnthonyDe Fazekas and Atty. Maya Medeiros: Why Collaborative AI can Become a Legal Minefield (Source: The Globe and Mail)
• David Olive: Trump’s Tariffs are a Clear, Present Danger to Canada (Source: The Star)
• Prof. Wissam Aoun: The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Democratization of Patent Agency (Source: SSRN)
• Prof. Lauren Cohen, Prof. Umit G. Gurun, and Prof. Scott Duke Kominers: Patent Trolls: Evidence from Targeted Firms (Source: SSRN)

New Job Postings on Patently-O:

• Sealed Air
• Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

• Jack Nicas: Apple and Samsung End Smartphone Patent Wars (Source: The New York Times)
• Sarah Perez: RetailMeNot Sues Rival Honey over Patent Infringement (Source: TechCrunch)
• Susan Decker: Apple Opens New Front Against Qualcomm: the Patent Office (Source: Bloomberg)
• Mahit Huilgol: Motorola Granted Patent for Flexible OLED Display with Heating Hinge (Source: Technology Personalised)

Source: USPTO

• Jesse Damiani: PayPal’s Augmented Reality Patent Points to The Immersive Future of Retail (Source: Forbes)
• Andrew Krok: Ford Patent Application Lets You Adjust Power Seats with Your Voice (Source: CNET)

Source: CNET

Commentary and Journal Articles:

• Dr. Derek Lowe: AI Will Not Threaten Pharma Patents – Not This Way (Source: Science Magazine)
• Kelly Crowe: Drug patents Could be Canada’s Special Weapon in U.S. Trade Dispute (Source: CBC)
• Prof. Marc Edelman: Lack of Integrity? Rebutting the Myth that U.S. Commercial Sports Leagues Have an Intellectual Property Right to Sports Gambling Proceeds (Source: SSRN)
• Prof. Ruth Okediji: Does Intellectual Property Need Human Rights? (Source: SSRN)
• Prof. Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse: From Importation to Digital Exhaustion: A Canadian Copyright Perspective (Source: SSRN)

New Job Postings on Patently-O:

• Armstrong Teasdale LLP
• Lilly
• Duane Morris LLP
• Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP
• Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
• Oliff PLC
• AMPACC Law Group
• BASF

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

• Renae Reints: Take a Look at the 10 Millionth U.S. Patent (And the First) (Source: Fortune)
• Jennifer Gronwaldt: Marshall Gerstein Secures Victory for PopSockets at the International Trade Commission (Source: Business Wire)
•  Andrew Chung: Schlumberger Oil Services Wins in U.S. Supreme Court on Patent Damages (Source: Reuters)
• Bryan Menegus: Bizarre Amazon Patent Application Suggests Jellyfish-Like Drones for Warehouses (Source: Gizmodo)
  

  Source: USTPO

• Andy Boxall: Take a Look at What Could be the Future of Samsung’s Galaxy Phones (Source: Digital Trends)

  

  Source: Digital Trends

Commentary and Journal Articles:

• Prof. Nishant Dass, Dr. Vikram K. Nanda, and Dr. Steven Chong Xiao: Intellectual Property Protection and Financial Markets: Patenting vs. Secrecy (Source: SSRN)
• Dave Muoio: Why Walmart Filed a Patent for Blockchain, Wearables and EHR Data (Source Healthcare IT News)
• Submitted by Trent Ostler: Understanding the Examiner Answer: Analyze Anything New and Contest as Needed (Source: Anticipat Blog)
• Gordon Harling: IP Policy Reform Needs to Start at Canada’s Universities (Source: The Globe and Mail)
• Attorney Lucy Rana: Unfaking FIFA: Battling The Ambush Marketing And Counterfeits (Source: Mondaq)

New Job Postings on Patently-O:

• Fiala & Weaver P.L.L.C.
• Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino
• Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
• Shay Glenn LLP
• SBMC
• Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.
• Arkema Inc.
• Pramudji Law Group PLLC
• Guntin & Gust
• Harrity & Harrity

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

• Jonah Comstock: Apple Files Patent Application for Blood Pressure Monitoring Device (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Source: Healthcare IT News

• Richard Lloyd: IP Index Showing Decline in the US Patent System Lacks Credibility, Claims Unified COO (Source: iam)
• Rachel Siegel: Uber Wants a Patent to Tell if You Drink and Ride (Source: The Washington Post)
• Susan Heavey, Mohammad Zargham, and Tim Ahmann: U.S. ITC Says Probing Toyota, Others in Patent Infringement Case (Source: Reuters)
• Mary Wisniewski: USAA Sues Wells Fargo Over Remote-Deposit Patents (Source: American Banker)

Commentary and Journal Articles:

• Attorney Charles R. Macedo and Chandler Sturm: Rethinking Article III Standing in IPR Appeals at the Federal Circuit (Source: Patent Quality Initiative)
• Dr. Dariush Adli: Do Amazon’s Movement-Tracking Wristbands Violate Workers’ Privacy Rights? (Source: Entrepreneur) 

Source: Entrepreneur

• Professor Adam Mossoff and Professor Eric R. Claeys: Patent Injunctions, Economics, and Rights (Source: SSRN)
• Professor Tsai-fang Chen: Judicially Developed Patent Law and Expropriation Under Investor-State Dispute Settlement (Source: SSRN)

New Job Postings on Patently-O:

• Guntin & Gust
• Harrity & Harrity

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

• Mary Carolan: Court Refuses Injunctions in Pharma Patent Case (Source: The Irish Times)
• Phil Dierking and Susan Shand: US to Limit Some Chinese Visas (Source: Voice of America)
• Natasha Turak: Tariff Increases could Bring us Back to 2008 Crisis Levels, World Bank Warns (Source: CNBC)
• Annie Wu: European Union Files WTO Complaint Against China on Unfair Intellectual Property Practices (Source: The Epoch Times)
• Taruka Srivastav: Cheil India’s Creative and Digital Chiefs on Fusing Creativity and Technology to Build Intellectual Property (Source: The Drum)
• Sebastien Bell: GM Wants to Make Actual Transformers–Kinda (Source: GM Inside News)

Source: GM Inside News

Commentary and Journal Articles:

• Attorney Joanna Rowley: World Environment Day – How Patents Are Saving Our Environment (Source: Haseltine Lake, LLP)

Source: Haseltine Lake, LLP

• J. Gregory Sidak: Court-Appointed Neutral Economic Experts (Source: SSRN)
• Prof. Matthew Rimmer: Northern Exposure: Alaska, Climate Change, Indigenous Rights, and Atmospheric Trust Litigation (Source: SSRN)
• Prof. Ugo Pagano: Finance, Intangibles and the Privatization of Knowledge (Source: SSRN)
• Prof. Margo A. Bagley: Illegal Designs? Enhancing Cultural and Genetic Resource Protection Through Design Law (Source: SSRN)
• Daniel Kline: What President Trump Doesn’t Know About ZTE (Source: Tech Crunch)

New Job Postings on Patently-O:

• Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
• Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
• Arent Fox LLP–San Francisco or Los Angeles
• American Express
• Dorsey & Whitney LLP
• Argent Fox LLP–Washington, D.C.
• Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney