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

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

• Joel Rosenblatt and Mark Gurman: Apple Awarded $539 Million in Samsung Patent Retrial (Source: The Mercury News)
•  Erika Kinetz: China Approves 13 new Ivanka Trump Trademarks in 3 months (Source: The Associated Press)
• Andrew J. Maas and David Winwood: Letters: Country Needs Stronger Patents (Source: The Advocate)
• Trevor Mogg: Amazon Delivery Drone May Use Lights and Music when it Shows Up at Your Home (Souce: Digital Trends)

(Source: USPTO)

Commentary and Journal Articles:

• Dr. Heidi Ledford: Rush to Protect Lucrative Antibody Patents Kicks into Gear (Source: Nature)
• Prof. Matthew Rimmer: Intellectual Property and Clean Energy: The Paris Agreement and Climate Justice (Source: SSRN)
• Prof. Tabrez Ahmad: Future of IP and the Commons: Friends or Foes (Source: SSRN)
• Ross A. Marchand: New NAFTA Needs Intellectual Property Protections (Source: Economics 21)
• Prof. Yuan Qiong Hu: Resistance and Consistent: Access to Medicines and Patent Law Reform in India and China (Source: SSRN)

New Job Postings on Patently-O:

• Armstrong Teasdale, LLP
• Medley, Behrens & Lewis, LLC
• Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP
• The University of Southern California Gould School of Law
• Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
• Bejin Bieneman, PLC

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

• Kraig Becker: Nike’s Latest Patent Turns Your Workout Clothes into Towels (Source: Digital Trends)
• Jason Cannon: Nikola Suing Tesla Over Alleged Electric Semi Truck Patent Infringement (Source: Equipment World)
• Cal Jeffrey: Israeli Camera Startup Expands its Patent Claims Against Apple with Second Lawsuit (Source: Tech Spot)
• David Lawder, Ryan Woo, & Paul Simao: U.S. keeps China, Puts Canada on IP Priority Watch List (Source: Reuters)

Commentary and Journal Articles:

• Prof. Arti K. Rai & Prof. Barak D. Richman: A Preferable Path for Thwarting Pharmaceutical Product Hopping (Source: Health Affairs)
• Prof. Jorge L. Contreras: Considerations Regarding a Canadian Patent Collective (Source: SSRN)
• Prof. Mohammed Salem Abou El Farag: Is ADR Suitable for the Resolution of Intellectual Property Disputes? (Source: SSRN) 
• John Dubiansky: Competition Advocacy and the Patent System: Promoting Competitive Markets for Technology (Source: SSRN)

New Job Postings in Patent Law:

• BASF
• United Patents
• Jones Robb

Book Recommendations:

• Prof. Adrian Johns: Piracy: The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates
• Prof. Thomas F. Cotter: Patent Wars: How Patents Affect Our Daily Lives

More news, events, and jobs: contact Juvan Bonni: juvan@patentlyo.com.

Ed. Note: Mizzou Law Student Juvan Bonni is one of our new Bits and Bytes authors. Juvan’s background in international issues should help bring some perspective to these pages. If you have news updates or event listings you can send them his way: juvan@patentlyo.com. – DC

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• Steve Brachmann: Canada’s National IP Strategy Stoking Fears About Patent Trolls
• Prof. Ana Ramalho: Patentability of AI-Generated Inventions: Is a Reform of the Patent System Needed?
• Joel Rosenblatt: Apple Wants $1 Billion From Samsung at Smartphone Retrial
• Ben Beaumont-Thomas: Dr Dre Loses Trademark Battle with Gynecologist Dr. Drai 

Recent Job Postings in Patent Law:

• Dinsmore & Shohel LLP
• ON Semiconductor
• Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
• Tully Rinckey PLLC 
• Nagoya International Patent Firm
• Dority & Manning
• Studebaker & Brackett PC
• Nike
• Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
• Harrity & Harrity
• Pramudji Law Group PLLC
• Guntin & Gust