VPATAPP alerts_Online Certificate Course on Competition Law & Intellectual Property Rights (IPComp)

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has started Online Certificate Course on Competition Law & Intellectual Property Rights (IPComp). Register by 31st December 2016. 

http://ficciclipr.ficciipcourse.in/

Objective of Course:

The objective of the course is to make students and professionals learn about complex international legal environment in which multinational corporations and businesses operate. Through several case studies, the course introduces some practical legal concepts, pitfalls and compliances that are needed by today’s businesses to comply with Competition Law, IPRs and their legal linkages.

This advance course provides dual benefits of learning Competition Law & IPRs challenges faced by Corporations when they expand in an organic or non-organic manner into new territories, markets and products.

Importance of Course:

Any business and legal decision of a modern day corporations are intertwined. As distinction between roles in the office of CEO and General Counsel diminishes, it is important to understand and learn the complex legal environment created due to laws such as IPRs, Competition Laws (Anti-Trust) and their interface. With opening of Indian markets in almost all sectors, the present course teaches on aspects of how the modern day businesses protect and comply with IPRs and Competition Laws.

VPATAPP ALert_Patents: Everybody Needs a Friend … of the Court; Benefits of amici curiae Filings

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ff562ecb-56f9-47b9-9ea4-adb3eaaa419b

In the field of patent law, many clients have felt massive ramifications from both the introduction of administrative trials in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as well as the 2014 Supreme Court decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International. Many clients have observed that these changes, and related reforms, have effectively decreased the value of patents. .......

VPATAPP Alert_New Life For Opinions Of Counsel In Patent Litigation

After 2007, the value of obtaining an opinion of counsel when confronted with claims of infringement reached a historical low. Federal Circuit case law made such evidence, which generally relates to the subjective state of mind of an alleged infringer, less relevant than objective evidence in resolving legal issues such as willfulness. But two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, in combination with a new statutory provision in the America Invents Act, have made opinions of counsel a more attractive option for accused infringers. While the full impact of these decisions is not yet certain, trial courts already appear to be giving greater weight and prominence to opinions of counsel in evaluating claims of willful and induced infringement.

Source: http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/new-life-for-opinions-of-counsel-in-45778/

New version of VPATAPP launched on android and iOS

Latest version of the app launched on android and iOS. To get uninterrupted IP updates and updated contents upgrade to the latest version of the app. The previous version would be obsolete by 31st December 2016.

INTERNATIONAL IP SKILLS SUMMIT in Bengaluru, India - Nov 11th and 12th 2016

INTERNATIONAL IP SKILLS SUMMIT in Bengaluru, India - Nov 11th and 12th 2016

http://ipskillssummit.com/

VPATAPP is the technology partner for the event

VPATAPP Alerts_Free webinar on is your organization ready for the New Spanish Patent Law?

A free webinar by Clarke, Modet & Co. 

Register at http://www.clarkemodet.com/en/news/webinar/2016/10/webinar-new-spanish-patent-law.html

Is your organization ready for the New Spanish Patent Law?

In less than 6 months some of the requirements and processes that have marked the Spanish Patent System for more than 30 years will substantially change.

KEY LEARNINGS

1. Main features of the new Spanish Patent Law and its proposal for a Regulation
    
2. The changes that will have the greatest impact on your organization, including: 
• The change in the patents procedure
• The change in the scope of utility models
• The obligation to request to SPTO patents of inventions made in Spain
• The new opposition system
• The new model of rates (new structure, new exemptions and reductions, new prices…)  

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Clara Pombo, Corporate and International Busine Development Director

Clara Pombo is Group Deputy Director of Clarke, Modet & Co., Latin America. She is an experienced IP attorney, involved in complex cross-jurisdiction litigation matters in Spain and Latin America, as well as WIPO Mediator. Among her responsibilities, she is Global Key Account Manager for Customer Business Development Unit, with focus on advising multinational clients in the best prosecution and enforcement strategy for their Patent Portfolio in the Region. She participates regularly in training courses, seminars and EPO international level events. Clara is very passionate about finding the most optimal valuable solution for the client to facilitate management of their global portfolios. She holds and LL.M. and M.B.A. from MIT.

Celebrating one year of VPATAPP_The mobile app on android and iOS

Pleased to complete one year of VPATAPP, a mobile app on android and iOS. Thanks for your support. 

VPATAPP Alert_USFTC Study on Patent Assertion Entity (PAE) Activity

Available at: https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/reports/patent-assertion-entity-activity-ftc-study/p131203_patent_assertion_entity_activity_an_ftc_study.pdf

The report offers important insight into PAE business models – primarily identifying two categories: Litigation PAEs and Portfolio PAEs.  

International IP Skills Summit_Bangalore 2016

Details: http://ipskillssummit.com/

International IP Skills Summit is an event with a largest presence of IP skilled professional from different IP verticals. Thus the event can be aptly described as an IP Expert and IP stake holder meet.

VPATAPP is proudly associated with the conference. 

Dates:   11th and 12th November 2016.

Venue:  The Lalit Ashok Bangalore Kumara Krupa High Grounds Bangalore.

Why attend?

1.       The first of its kind Global event touching upon the facets of entire IP lifecycle from ideation to searching to protection to enforcement to monetization.

2.       The event will have participation from IP Owners, Head of IP / Patents, CIPOs, IP Managers, IP Attorneys, Patent Analysts, Patent Agents , scientist, R & d managers, In house counsels IP brokers, Law professors. Different entities partnering with IIPSS are Law firms (from US, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia), IP boutique firms, KPOs, US and European Universities offering PG courses in IPR, LLB graduate students, Law school professors.

3.       Over 12 + panelist discussion that focus on myriad recent Global IP issues.

4.       Opportunity to attend master classes by renowned experts and one on one mentoring sessions from IP experts .

5.       A distinguished array of 100 + panelists touching upon recent IP scenarios from across the globe to give attendees an insight into the latest developments in the field of IP, to help gain profitability, to help refine IP strategies.

VPATAPP Alert_Federal Circuit Clarifies Doctrine of Inherent Disclosure

Yeda Research and Development v. Abbott GmbH & Co. KG , No. 2015-1662, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 17133 (Fed. Cir. Sep. 20, 2016) (Before Reyna, Wallach and Hughes, J.) (Opinion for the Court, Reyna, J.).

Further details at: http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2016/09/30/federal-circuit-clarifies-inherent-disclosure/id=73321/

VPATAPP Alert_U.S. Patent Extraterritoriality within the International Context_An SSRN article

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2839897

Abstract:

Globalization has prompted the evolution of our definition of sovereignty. In the patent context, this has arisen amidst a recent focus on the extraterritorial reach of patent remedies. Some of the theoretical challenges are examined in a recent series of decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. These decisions evidence the tensions that arise in when transnational conduct is evaluated within the Westphalian framework developed in the 1600’s. In essence, resolving them requires grappling with the problems that arise “where the reality of human interaction, with its plural sources of norms, seems to be chafing against the strictures traditional conceptions of sovereignty impose.” Paul Schiff Berman, From International Law to Globalization, 43 Colum. J. of Transnat’l 485, 528 (2005).

Strict adherence to perfect Westphalian borders is not the current normative world order. Boundaries have become more porous, sometimes through agreement. Treaties, agreements, and other forms of cooperation subject domestic law to external obligations. Another example is the multinational cooperation undertaken to mitigate the impact of climate change, which is an inherently global phenomenon. Corporations engage in global commerce, wield influence over foreign governments, and engage in activities that influence foreign economies. Foreign intervention is justified to address human rights violations and, in some cases, security. Other rationales have been asserted to extend U.S. law beyond its shores. For example, the Supreme Court has authorized extraterritorial jurisdiction for the federal courts to hear petitions for habeas corpus brought by prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, in part because the U.S. had exercised “complete jurisdiction and control” over the territory and acted as the petitioners’ custodians. All of these examples represent shifts in the law’s treatment of territorial reach.

Recently, a series of appellate cases have considered extraterritoriality of the nation's intellectual property laws. This paper considers these cases in their international context. Although this line of extraterritoriality cases turns on the interpretation of a domestic statute, 35 U.S.C. section 284, the issues raised cannot be fully resolved without understanding the global implications. Essentially, there are several difficulties that arise when damages for infringement of a U.S. patent are authorized for overseas conduct. Among others, such a solution would be contrary to over a century of law that establishes that such conduct is legal. Further, extraterritorial damages are contrary to the structure and purpose of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (the “TRIPS Agreement”), and likely to introduce economic distortions. Further, there are difficulties are identified as “the legitimacy of unilateralism by a handful of nations seeking to impose their legal and regulatory will over the entire globe.”

International Pharmaceutical Patent Symposium in India (Hyderabad and Mumbai) in September, 2016

Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys (K&K) and IIPRD, in association with Sughrue Mion (US), HAMM & WITTKOPP (Germany), and Dr. Ahn International Patent Law Office (Korea) have planned to hold another International Patent Symposium covering all major and relevant Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology, Chemical & Drug Related Patent issues in the month of September 2016 in India.  VPATAPP is Mobile App Partner for the twin events.

The Three-Days International Symposium would be covering Strategies for Managing Pharma, Biotech & Chemical Patent Portfolios in US, EP, and Korea and is being held from 26'th-28’th Sep' 2016 in Hyderabad at Hotel Taj Krishna, and 28'th-30’th Sep' 2016 in Mumbai at Hotel Hilton (Andheri East).

http://www.iiprd.com/iiprd-symposium-september-2016/

VPATAPP Exclusive alert_Commercial patent search database players

The market for commercial patent search databases is heating with several players globally eyeing for the share in the space.

We enlist different commercial patent search databases and the links thereof for our users.

Database name	Website	Service provider
Relecura	https://search2.relecura.com/	Relecura, Inc.
Amberscope	https://www.amberscope.com/	Ambersite
Proquest dialog	http://dialog.proquest.com/professional/	Proquest
STN	https://stnweb.cas.org/	Chemical Abstracts Service
WIPS global	http://www.wipsglobal.com/	WIPS
Patsnap	http://www.patsnap.com/	Patsnap
Patent insight pro/ Patseer	http://www.patentinsightpro.com/	Gridlogics
Patentscout Innography	https://patentscout.innography.com/register?r=%2F	CPA Global
Acclaim IP	http://www.acclaimip.com/	ANAQUA
Patbase	https://www.patbase.com/login.asp	Minesoft Ltd
Thomson Innovation	https://www.thomsoninnovation.com/login/	Thomson Reuters
LexisNexis Total Patents	https://www.lexisnexis.com/totalpatent/renderSearchForm.do	LexisNexis
Questel Orbit	https://www.orbit.com/	Questel

VPATAPP Alerts_Google patents now includes patents from 11 new countries

The new countries include patents from following countries:

Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Belgium, Russia, the Netherlands, Finland, Denmark, and Luxembourg


Weblink: http://www.androidheadlines.com/2016/09/google-patents-now-includes-patents-11-new-countries.html

VPATAPP Alert_IIPRD's 3 Days International Pharmaceutical Patent Symposium

IIPRD, Khurana & Khurana, Advocates And IP Attorneys are organizing 

Three-Days International SYMPOSIUM

On

Managing Pharma, Biotech & Chemical Patent Portfolios In US, EP, And Korea

on 26-28’th September 2016 at Hotel Taj Krishna, Hyderabad and 28-30’th September 2016 at Hotel Hilton, (Andheri East) Mumbai.

Please visit: http://www.iiprd.com/iiprd-symposium-september-2016/

VPATAPP Alerts_Patent Case Management Judicial Guide_Freely available

VPATAPP Alerts

This treatise updates and expands upon the second edition of the Patent Case Management Judicial Guide (2012). Since that time, patent litigation has continued to increase in complexity. This edition encompasses implementation of the America Invents Act (“AIA”), the emergence of review proceedings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”), the Supreme Court’s many recent patent decisions (patent eligibility, claim construction, claim indefiniteness, infringement analysis (rejecting “joint infringement”), the intent requirement for induced infringement liability (rejecting a defense of good faith belief of a patent’s invalidity), and attorney fees), and the Federal Circuit’s damages jurisprudence (including damage awards for standard essential patents (SEP) licensed pursuant to fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) terms. It also includes case management checklists, model case management orders, and other materials developed by district judges and advisory bodies for streamlining patent case management. Finally, this volume adds a chapter on patent litigation at the Court of Federal Claims.

Source: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2637605

VPATAPP Alerts_IIPRD's International Patent drafting Drafting Competition_Last few days

International Patent Drafting Competition (IPDC) organized by IIPRD

http://www.iiprd.com/ip-training/international-patent-drafting-competition-ipdc/

  

VPATAPP Alerts_Indonesia's new patent law amendments pass

Indonesia's new patent law was passed by the House of Representatives plenary session at Parliament, Senayan, Jakarta on Thursday 28th July. It replaces the current Law No. 14 of 2001 on Patents. The Bill is expected to come into force and take effect within 30 days.


http://ipkomododragon.blogspot.in/2016/08/indonesias-new-patent-law-amendments.html

2 days conference on Intellectual Property Rights in India

Bloomasia incorporated has organized 2 days conference on Intellectual Property Rights in India 1st & 2nd September 2016 Mumbai. 

The event details are available at: http://www.bloomasia.co.in/bloom1.html

See the brochure at: http://www.bloomasia.co.in/brochure/Intellectual-Property-Rights-A-Key-Ingredient-of-Competitive-Success03.pdf

For registration, get in touch with:

Azhar Khan - Head Corporate Sales

Bloomasia Incorporated

Tel: +91 22 69006970

Email: azhar.khan@bloomasia.co.in

http://www.bloomasia.co.in

VPATAPP is APP partner for the event.

VPATAPP Alerts_Blackberry turns into patent troll

http://fudzilla.com/news/mobile/41284-blackberry-turns-patent-troll 


BlackBerry claims Avaya infringes eight US Patents:

• Nos. 9,143,801 and 8,964,849, relating to "significance maps" for coding video data;
• No. 8,116,739, describing methods of displaying messages;
• No. 8,886,212, describing tracking location of mobile devices;
• No. 8,688,439, relating to speech decoding and compression;
• No. 7,440,561, describing integrating wireless phones into a PBX network;
• No. 8,554,218, describing call routing methods; and
• No. 7,372,961, a method of generating a cryptographic public key.

The oldest is 1998 and the most recent is 2011.

VPATAPP Alerts_IPOS adopts stricter criteria for post-grant amendments_Singapore updates

On 30 June 2016, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) issued a Circular with updated guidelines for the assessment of post-grant patent amendments.

Specifically, under the updated guidelines, post-grant amendments may not be allowed if:

1. the patentee failed to make full disclosure of all relevant matters in relation to the proposed amendments;
2. there was an unreasonable delay on the part of the patentee in seeking the amendments; or
3. the patentee obtained an unfair advantage by delaying the amendments which the patentee knew to be needed.

http://www.spruson.com/singapore-update-ipos-adopts-stricter-criteria-for-post-grant-amendments/

VPATAPP Alert_Patent litigation as a branding tool: Huawei v Samsung

Patent litigation as a branding tool: Huawei v Samsung

An IPKat update

http://ipkitten.blogspot.in/2016/07/patent-litigation-as-branding-tool.html

VPATAPP Alert_7 things to know about filing patents in Japan

IPWatchdog alert

http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2016/07/26/7-things-filing-patents-japan/id=71227/


1.  Japan is a first-to-file system;

2.  Unless your offices are in Japan, you must hire a foreign patent agent;

3.  Translating into—and from—Japanese is difficult;

4.  You must submit a Request for Examination within three years—no exceptions;

5.  Japan has unique prior art requirements;
  6.  Japan’s grant rate has declined—but it’s still high;

7.  Japan reintroduced its Post-Grant Opposition System in 2015

VPATAPP alerts_India Patent Law Controversies: Resolution within Policy Framework

http://www.legallyindia.com/blogs/india-patent-law-controversies-resolution-within-policy-framework

Summary:

Unquestionably patent law is one area no nation part of global and knowledge economy (such as India) can ignore. Both granting of too strong property rights or non-recognition of legitimate IP rights for innovations will undoubtedly be harmful to societies globally in the long run. The key is clearly to understand the underlying principles, impact of choice of laws/rules, and design the laws to balance the need to incentivize innovations and yet ensure access of the fruits of innovation soon to all.

VPATAPP Alerts_The Impotence of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Gene Quinn writes on IP Watchdog about the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board. 

http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2016/07/17/impotence-patent-trial-and-appeal-board/id=70952/

VPATAPP Alerts_Rising Tide of State-Enacted Patent Reform

Bill S. 178, titled “An Act Protecting Massachusetts Businesses from Abusive Patent Infringement Claims,” is currently pending at the Massachusetts State Senate.  

http://www.newenglandipblog.com/2016/07/rising-tide-of-state-enacted-patent-reform/

VPATAPP Alerts_USPTO announces post-prosecution pilot programme

The Post-Prosecution Pilot (P3) Program, which is one of the evolving  programs of the Enhanced Patent Quality Initiative (EPQI), was developed to test its impact on enhancing patent practice during the period subsequent to final rejection and prior to the  filing of a notice of appeal.  Effective features of two programs currently aimed at improving this area of prosecution, (1) the After Final Consideration Pilot (AFCP) 2.0 program and (2) the Pre-Appeal Brief Conference Pilot program, have been incorporated into a single program that adds new, requested features, such as providing applicants an opportunity to present arguments to a panel at a conference.

 

 

http://www.uspto.gov/patent/initiatives/post-prosecution-pilot

VPATAPP Alerts_Thomson Reuters to sell IP & science unit for $3.55 billion

Thomson Reuters to sell IP & science unit for $3.55 billion

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-thomsonreuters-ipbusiness-onex-corp-idUSKCN0ZR13T

VPATAPP alerts_Launch of World Intellectual Property Indicators – 2015 Edition

WIPO's World Intellectual Property Indicators 2015 provides a wide range of indicators covering the following areas of intellectual property: patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs, microorganisms and plant variety protection.

http://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/wipi/

Congrats VPATAPP team for 1000+ downloads on Android

VPATAPP has been downloaded more than 1000 times on the android play store. Congratulations to the team for the first milestone. Wishing a lot of success in the near future.

VPATAPP Alerts_Decision-Making in the Unified Patent Court: Ensuring a Balanced Approach

Decision-Making in the Unified Patent Court: Ensuring a Balanced Approach:

Abstract:

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) will become a central player in the future development of European patent law. For this reason it becomes important to ensure that UPC‘s decision-making reflects the double-function of the Court as an adjudicator of individual disputes and a policy maker. Because of its institutional design, the UPC will be biased towards technology based values. Therefore, there is a risk that non-technical values and interests will be either overlooked or underdeveloped in UPC decision-making which is likely to jeopardize public trust and legitimacy of its decisions. This paper analyses how these blind spots can be covered in patent litigation before the UPC within the current legislative framework. The paper focuses on the role of UPC judges as case-managers and decision-makers, on the potential role of third party interveners, and addresses the key role of the parties in establishing the basis for UPC decisions.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2799132

VPATAPP Alerts_Patent Litigation for the Non-Specialist: How it Works and What to Expect_Recording of the webinar by Fish & Richardson

http://www.fr.com/events/webinar-patent-lit-non-specialist/

Webinar: Patent Litigation for the Non-Specialist: How It Works and What to Expect

On June 15, 2016, the firm presented a webinar on Patent Litigation for the Non-Specialist: How it Works and What to Expect. A replay of our webinar is available. 

VPATAPP Alerts_Patent Search and Analytics India Event Series

http://www.patracode.com/ipr-events-and-webinars/

Organised by Questel Orbit Inc. & Patracode Services Pvt. Ltd the event is focused on Challenges faced by Patent Analysts and discuss on Challenges in Business Analysis using Patent and Non-Patent Literature.

Pune 27th June 2016

Delhi 28th June 2016