Recent Headlines in the IP World:
- Heather Landi: Judge Rules Apple Watch Infringed AliveCor’s ECG Patent, Setting Up Potential U.S. Import Ban (Source: Fierce Healthcare)
- Blake Brittain: Apple Asks Appeals Court to Overturn $502 Million Verdict in VPN Patent Case (Source: Reuters)
- Atty. Brandon Heard: Ontario Court of Appeal Affirms Dismissal of Apotex’s Statutes of Monopolies and Trademarks Act Claims Regarding Olanzapine (Source: JD Supra)
- Samantha Handler: Apple Patent Victories Upheld by Tribunal After Arthrex Remand (Source: Bloomberg Law)
- Blake Brittain: Ex-Patent Officials, U.S. Judges Join Lobbyist for IP Policy Push (Source: Reuters)
- Ahmed Aboulenein: Consumer Group Says Drugmakers Abuse U.S. Patent System to Keep Prices High (Source: Yahoo Finance)
Commentary and Journal Articles:
- Prof. David O. Taylor: Comment: On Patents And Appropriations—And Tragedies (Source: SSRN)
- Prof. Øivind Anti Nilsen and Dr. Arvid Raknerud: Dynamics of First-Time Patenting Firms (Source: SSRN)
- Atty. Dinis Cheian: I See Dead Patents: How Bugs in the Patent System Keep Expired Patents Alive (Source: SSRN)
New Job Postings on Patently-O:
- Alpha-9
- Jones Robb PLLC
- Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP – Intellectual Property- Staff Scientist (Chemistry)
- Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP – Intellectual Property- Staff Scientist, Patent Agent, or Junior/Mid-Level Associate (Biology)
- Fellows and Associates
- Duane Morris LLP – Intellectual Property Associate
- Duane Morris LLP – Intellectual Property Senior Associate or Counsel
- Blank Rome LLP
- NPDS Design Services, LLC
Well, I think there are two types of “patents are bad” articles. The first type is they are bad so let’s burn the house down. The second type is they are bad so let’s fix the problem in a targeted way. The former type is silly imo, the latter could be constructive.
Besides, it’s kind of hard to write an article about how everything is wonderful in the patent world, so I guess you are correct that academia has to criticize patents to some extent.
Tsk tsk – “so I guess you are correct”
You have managed to assert the very opposite of what I actually stated: do NOT attempt to twist my condemnation of Academia into any sort of praise (faint or otherwise).
Judge Rules Apple Watch Infringed AliveCor’s ECG Patent, Setting Up Potential U.S. Import Ban (Source: Fierce Healthcare)
So, I didn’t read the facts, but I presume we can count of the claims being found to be invalid in some way or another.
As usual, the selection of articles carries the taint of “patents are the bad” (and some even give direct “credit” to Lemley.
Academia being Academia.
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