Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

October 6, 2019Bits and BytesJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Christian de Looper: Apple Patent Application hints at iPhone’s Apple logo Doubling as a Notification Light (Source: Digital Trends)
Niall McCarthy: Men Still Account For The Overwhelming Majority Of Patents Worldwide (Source: Forbes)
Reed Albergotti: Apple Sued by App Developer for Alleged Patent Infringement, Antitrust Violation (Source: The Washington Post)
Igor Bonifacic: Apple Patent Application Describes Touchscreen Keyboards You Can Feel (Source: Engadget)

Source: USPTO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

Prof. Ezra Friedman and Prof. Abraham L. Wickelgren: Optimal Standards of Proof in Patent Litigation: Infringement and Non-Obviousness (Source: SSRN)
Prof. Peter K. Yu: Caught in the Middle: WIPO and Emerging Economies (Source: SSRN)
Milan Voet: Trolling the U.S. and EU Patent System: Solved by a Loser-Pays-Attorney-Fees Regime? (Source: SSRN)

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

September 29, 2019Bits and Bytes, PatentJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Sritanshu Sinha: Samsungs Blockchain SSD Patent Could Disrupt Crypto-Mining (Source: Coin Telegraph)
Jon Porter: Apple is Considering Using its Iconic logo as a Notification Light, Patent Application Suggests (Source: The Verge)
By Baek Byung-yeul: SK, LG Clash Over Scope of Patent Accord (Source: The Korea Times)
Sebastian Blanco: Rivian Files Patent Application For Between-Seat Airbags (Source: Forbes)

Source: USPTO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

September 22, 2019Bits and BytesJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Jan Wolfe: Micron Chips Away at Memory Patent Fight at Fed Circuit (Source: Reuters)
Adel Fares: Nextleaf Solutions Announces Issuance of Three Patents for Cannabis Extraction (Source: CISON)
Ana Alexandre: Verizon Awarded Patent for Blockchain-Based Virtual SIM Cards (Source: Coin Telegraph)
Jeremy Horwitz: Apple Seeks Patent on Retinal Hologram Projectors for AR Glasses (Source: Venture Beat)

Source: USPTO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

Prof. Enrico Moretti: The Effect of High-Tech Clusters on the Productivity of Top Inventors (Source: NBER)
Dean Baker: Patents and Copyright: Protection Racket for Intellectuals (Source: CEPR)
Prof. Toshiko Takenaka: Patents for Sharing (Source: SSRN)

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

September 15, 2019Bits and Bytes, PatentJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Source: USPTO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

Prof. Kal Raustiala: Intellectual Property in the Information Age: American & Chinese Perspectives (Source: SSRN)
Dr. Patrick Russell Goold: Patent Accidents: Questioning Strict Liability in Patent Law (Source: SSRN)
Prof. Lisa Larrimore Ouellette and Rebecca Weires: University Patenting: Is Private Law Serving Public Values? (Source: SSRN)

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

September 8, 2019Bits and Bytes, PatentJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Chad Gilles: Fewer Patent Applications are Being Drafted and Filed First in the U.S. (Source: Big Patent Data)
Don Clark: Lawsuit Over Computer Chips Invokes Trade War With China (Source: The New York Times)
Heekyong Yang and Ju-min Park: SK Innovation Fuels LG Chem Feud with EV Battery Patent Lawsuit (Source: Reuters)
Clark Byrum: Biologics Modular Announces Issuance of US Patent for Modular Cleanroom Facility (Source: Yahoo Finance)
Aaron Mamiit: Patent Reveals Possible New Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Design with Hinges (Source: Yahoo Finance)

Source: IP Force

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

September 1, 2019Bits and Bytes, PatentJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Atty. Andrew S. Baluch, Dr. Jonathan K. Tong & Atty. Holly Johnson: Consolidated PTAB Practice Guide (Source: PTAB)
David K. Li: Patent Office to Tom Brady: You are not that ‘Terrific’ (Source: NBC)
Ian Lopez: Patent Board Invalidates Part of Uniloc Battery Charging Patent (Source: Bloomberg Law)
Rich Haerle: PolarityTE Granted Canadian Patent (Source: Yahoo Finance)
Barry Morgan: InvestmentPitch Media Video Discusses Canntab’s Receipt of Initial Indication of Patentability for Immediate Release Cannabidiol Formulation (Source: Yahoo Finance)
Jeremy Horwitz: Apple Watch Patent Application Reveals Millimeter Wave 5G and Wi-Fi Design (Source: Venture Beat)

Source: USPTO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

Prof. Rebecca S. Eisenberg: A Functional Approach to Judicial Review of PTAB Rulings on Mixed Questions of Law and Fact (Source: SSRN)
Thomas Sullivan: Not To Be Outdone By Their Neighbor to the South, Canada Announces New Regulations to Reduce Drug Prices (Source: Policy & Medicine)
Prof. Tun-Jen Chiang: Questioning Patent Alienability (Source: SSRN)

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

August 19, 2019Bits and Bytes, PatentJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Source: FPO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

Prof. Jon J. (McClanahan) Lee: Double Standards: An Empirical Study of Patent and Trademark Discipline (Source: SSRN)
Prof. Li-An Zhou and Chang Liu: Does International Travel Cause Economic Growth? Evidence from China’s Deregulation on Foreigners’ Traveling (Source: SSRN)
Prof. Ana Santos Rutschman: The Vaccine Race in the 21st Century (Source: SSRN)

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

August 12, 2019Bits and Bytes, PatentJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

William Foxley: IBM Files Patent for a Blockchain-Based Web Browser (Source: Coin Desk)
Amina Zafar: Cancer Doctors are Calling for a Permanent Fix to Drug Shortages in Canada (Source: CBC)
Jerome Santos: Apple Patent Reveals Upgraded Macs With Presence Sensing, Facial Recognition Technologies (Source: International Business Times)
Ashley Carter: Universal Files Patents for Tower Rides (Source: Spectrum News)

Source: Spectrum News

Commentary and Journal Articles:

Natalie Raffoul: How Patents Really Work in the Innovation Economy (Source: The Globe and Mail)
Dean Jon Garon: Ownership of University Intellectual Property (Source: SSRN)
Prof. Michael Heller: Gridlock Economy: How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and Costs Lives (Introduction) (Source: SSRN)

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

August 6, 2019Bits and Bytes, PatentJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Corey M. Horowitz: Network-1 Receives New Patent from U.S. Patent Office Expanding Its Cox Portfolio To Include 33 Issued Patents (Source: Yahoo Finance)
Leo Kelion: HTC Smartphones Pulled From Sale in UK During Patent Row (Source: BBC)
Adrian Zmudzinski: tZERO Announces Patent for Traditional Exchange Blockchain Integration (Source: Cointelegraph)
Mario Ritter Jr.: Index Shows US, China Make Gains in Technology Development (Source: Voice of America)
Hamza Jawad: Microsoft Patent Application is a Advanced, Multi-Dimensional Sensor Device for Wearables (Source: Neowin)

Source: USPTO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

Dr. Richard G. Frank, Prof. Andrew Hicks, Prof. Ernst R. Berndt: The Price to Consumers of Generic Pharmaceuticals: Beyond the Headlines (Source: SSRN)
Melissa Locker: Can a Robot be an Inventor? A New Patent Filing Aims to Find Out (Source: Fast Company)
Prof. Omer Unsal and Dr. Blake Rayfield: Trends in Financial Innovation: Evidence from Fintech Firms (Source: SSRN)

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

July 28, 2019Bits and Bytes, PatentJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Edith M. Lederer: US Back in Top 5 Innovative Economies, China Climbs to 14th (Source: The Seattle Times)
Adrian Zmudzinski: South Korea Has the Highest Rate of Granted Blockchain Patents (Source: Cointelegraph)
Jack Nicas and Don Clark: Apple Pays $1 Billion for Part of Intel’s Modem Business (Source: The New York Times)
Adi Robertson: New Apple Patent Filing Shows a Mixed Reality Headset That Tracks Your Whole Face (Source: The Verge)

Source: The Verge

Commentary and Journal Articles:

Atty. Jihee Ahn: Why Is Big Pharma Heading To Canada For Its Cannabis Patents? (Source: The Fresh Toast)
Prof. Andrew C. Michaels: Implicit Overruling And Foreign Lost Profits (Source: SSRN)
Atty. David Boundy: The PTAB Is Not an Article III Court, Part 3: Precedential and Informative Opinions (Source: SSRN)

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

July 15, 2019Bits and Bytes, PatentJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Susan Decker: Huawei Has 56,492 Patents and It’s Not Afraid to Use Them (Source: Bloomberg)
Dr. Michael Tung: Aclaris Therapeutics Announces Issuance of Additional Orange Book Listable Patent Covering RHOFADE® (Source: Yahoo! Finance)
Timothy Brown and Anders Riis: Vestas and GE Renewable Energy Settle Multi-Patent Dispute (Source: Global News Wire)
Jon Stapley: Canon Patent Application Puts In-Body Image Stabilisation in a DSLR (Source: Digital Camera Watch)

Source: USPTO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

Jayati Ghosh: Blame US Trade Policy for Sky-High Drug Prices (Source: Common Dreams)
Prof. Solomon Gwom: Industrializing Nigeria and Sudan as Developing Economies through Patent Protection: Reverse Engineering to the Rescue (Source: SSRN)
Prof. Peter Lee: Tacit Knowledge and University-Industry Technology Transfer (Source: SSRN)

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

July 7, 2019Bits and Bytes, PatentJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Natalie Obiko Pearson: Li Ka-Shing’s Canadian Bet Aims to Halt Doctors’ Paper Trails (Source: Bloomberg)
Tyler Choi: American Caravan Arrives in Canadian ‘Birthplace of Insulin’ for Cheaper Medicine (Source: Reuters)
Mike Murphy: Jony Ive Has His Name on Some Weird Patents (Source: Quartz)
Megan Molteni: Congress Is Debating—Again—Whether Genes Can Be Patented (Source: Wired)

Source: Wired

Commentary and Journal Articles:

Prof. Thomas F. Cotter: On the Economics of Injunctions in Patent Cases (Source: SSRN)
Sanjeev Chaswal: An Emerging Trend – ADR Mechanism in IPR Conflicts (SSRN)
Prof. Adam Mossoff: Testimony on ‘The State of Patent Eligibility in America’ before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Intellectual Property Subcommittee (SSRN)

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

June 30, 2019Bits and Bytes, PatentJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Source: WIPO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

Prof. Timo Minssen and Atty. Robert M. Schwartz: Separating Sheep from Goats: A European View on the Patent Eligibility of Biomedical Diagnostic Methods (Source: SSRN)
Prof. Tabrez Ebrahim: Automation & Predictive Analytics in Patent Prosecution: USPTO Implications & Policy (Source: SSRN)
Atty. David Schwartz and Atty. Aleksandra Gracia: The Experimental Use Exception under the Recently Amended Canadian Patent Act (Source: Lexology)

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

June 16, 2019Bits and Bytes, PatentJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Fred Lambert: Tesla’s Battery Research Group Files New Patent Application that Could Help Prevent Cell Failure (Source: Electrek)
David Shepardson: Huawei asks Verizon to Pay Over $1 billion for Over 230 Patents: Source (Source: Reuters)
Rob Goldberg: Monster Energy Suing Raptors over Clawed-Up Basketball Logo (Source: Bleacher Report)
Malathi Nayak: High Court Shuts Patent Office Door on Government Challenges (Source: Bloomberg Law)
Cameron Faulkner: Samsung Patent Shows Rollable Phone Displays (Source: The Verge)

Source: The Verge

Commentary and Journal Articles:

Sen. Chris Coons and Sen. Thom Tillis: It’s Time to Restore America’s Patent System (Source: The Hill)
Prof Clark D. Asay: Artificial Stupidity (Source: SSRN)
Erik Hovenkamp: FTC v. Qualcomm: New Frontiers in the Antitrust-IP Interface (Source: SSRN)
Taras Hrendash: Prioritized Examination and its Impact on Commercialization of Patents (Source: SSRN)

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

June 9, 2019Bits and BytesJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Victoria Song: Freshly Published Patent Keeps the Dream of an Apple Self-Driving Car Alive (Source: Gizmodo)
Michael Rosen: Further Clarity on Patent Eligibility Proposal as Draft Language Emerges (Source: AEI)
Julie Verhage and Sridhar Natarajan: Flywheel Hopes to Leave Peloton’s Claims of Patent Infringement in the Dust (Source: Fortune)
Jeremy Horwitz: Apple seeks AR Glasses Patent for Hiding Secret Documents at Work (Source: Venture Beat)

Source: USPTO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

Erik Hovenkamp: FTC v. Qualcomm: New Frontiers in the Antitrust-IP Interface (Source: SSRN)
Prof. Norman Siebrasse: Overbreadth in Canadian Patent Law (Source: SSRN)
Prof. Tejas N. Narechania: State Immunity and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Source: SSRN)

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

June 2, 2019Bits and Bytes, PatentJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Ahiza Garcia: Apple Wins Patent for a Foldable Display (Source: CNN)
Stephanie Valera: 16 Funny, Strange, and Cool Patents From the 1870s to the 1950s (Source: Geek.com)
Victoria Song: Freshly Published Patent Keeps the Dream of an Apple Self-Driving Car Alive (Source: Gizmodo)
Angela Morris: University Research Nonprofit Sues Samsung for Patent Infringement (Source: Law.com)
Adi Robertson: Facebook Filed a Patent Application for a Drone Made of Kites (Source: The Verge)

Source: USPTO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

Prof. Brian L. Frye: In re Patentability of the Peltzer Inventions (Source: SSRN)
Prof. Brenda M. Simon: Patents, Information, and Innovation (Source: SSRN)
Concord Cheung: Oil States and Patent Takings (Source: SSRN)

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

May 27, 2019Bits and Bytes, PatentJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Source: WIPO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

Prof. Ronald Labonte, Dr. Courtney McNamara, Deborah Gleeson, and Prof. Eric Crosbie: The New NAFTA’s Assault on Public Health (Source: The Conversation)
Emma Davie: Why Desperate Americans are Driving to Canada in Caravans for Insulin (Source: CBC)
Prof. Sapna Kumar: Patent Court Specialization (Source: SSRN)

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

May 20, 2019Bits and Bytes, PatentJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Zoë LaRock: Apple has Patented an In-Bed Health Tracking System (Source Business Insider)
Alfred Wong: Micron Waste Secures US Design Patent for Waste Treatment Technology (Source: Yahoo! Finance)
Amelia Tudo: Theralase Granted Notice of Acceptance for PhotoDynamic Compounds by Chinese Patent Office (Source: Associated Press)
Jacob Kastrenakes: Samsung and Huawei End Years-Long Patent Battle (Source: The Verge)
Mark Gurman: First Patents Surface for Dyson Electric Car Planned for 2021 (Source: Bloomberg)

Source: Bloomberg

Commentary and Journal Articles:

Atty. Stephen McBride and Atty. Michael D. West: The Intersection Of Octane Fitness And Alice (Source: Mondaq)
Prof. Robert Fellmeth: Cartel Control of Attorney Licensure and the Public Interest (Source: SSRN)
Prof. Robert Burrell and Prof. Michael Handler: Trademark Transactions in Common Law Countries: Liberalisation and Its Limits (Source: SSRN)

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

April 28, 2019Bits and Bytes, PatentJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Source: FPO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

Atty. Ahsan A. Shaikh: Patenting Your Digital Health Tech: When, Why and How (Source: The National Law Review)
Prof. Daniel J. Gervais: Exploring the Interfaces Between Big Data and Intellectual Property (Source: SSRN)
Prof. Jorge L. Contreras: Private Law, Conflict of Laws, and a Lex Mercatoria of Standards-Development Organizations (Source: SSRN)

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

April 21, 2019Bits and BytesJuvan Bonni

Recent Headlines in the IP World:

Joe Nocera: Why Big Pharma Is Winning the Drug Price Wars (Source: Bloomberg)
Ike Brannon: Intellectual Property Disputes Threaten To Spread To New Venue (Source: Forbes)
Andy Blatchford: Big Pharma Might Cut Research, Delay New Drugs if Pharmacare Means More Generics: Memo (Source: National Post)
Olivier Blanchard: Apple, Qualcomm Settle Royalty and Patent Dispute (Source: Futurum)
Catalin Cimpanu: PayPal Receives Patent for Ransomware Detection Technology (Source: ZD Net)

Source: USPTO

Commentary and Journal Articles:

Prof. Daryl Lim: AI & IP: Innovation & Creativity in an Age of Accelerated Change (Source: SSRN)
Prof. Kevin Bryan and Prof. Bhaven N. Sampat: In-Text Patent Citations: A User’s Guide (Source: SSRN)
Prof. W. Nicholson Price: The Cost of Novelty (Source: SSRN)

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