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what was the Infringement and who won it, Kirtsaeng or John Wiley & Sons, Inc.?
Academic textbook publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Wiley) owns the American copyright for textbooks and often assigns its rights to its foreign subsidiaries to publish, print, and sell its textbooks abroad. Supap Kirtsaeng [...]
The two key aspects of patent exhaustion remain sound in recent decisions of the Supreme Court, The case of Lexmark International Inc. v. Impression Products Inc.
On February 12, 2016, the Federal Circuit issued its en banc opinion in Lexmark International Inc. v. Impression Products Inc., addressing whether its long-standing rules on two key aspects of patent exhaustion remain sound in light of [...]
Modernisation of the EU copyright rules that will make the end users happy
The Commission has proposed two directives and two regulations to adapt the EU copyright rules to the realities of the Digital Single Market, on 14 September 2016. A directive on copyright in the Digital [...]
The Trademark battle over a name-Denial of Redskin’s Case
The Washington Redskins are entangled in a trademark battle over its name and is urging the Supreme Court to hear its case. The football team disagrees about the offensiveness of the name and contests [...]
Supreme Court Affirms Cuozzo – Siding with Patent Office on BRI and No-Appeal
The case concerns the standard for claim construction in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. Under current law, the United States Patent Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) construes claims during IPR proceedings according [...]
THREE SPOONS AND ONE BOWL-Inphase Power Technologies v. ABB India
In a fascinating case before the Karnataka High Court: Inphase Power Technologies v. ABB India Justice P.S. Dinesh Kumar passed an order confirming the misappropriation of confidential information, patent infringement, and hold your breath [...]