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Ninth Circuit Finds No Fair Use Defense for Online Article Using Death Valley Lake Photos – On Wednesday, August 3, the U.S. Comptroller General to submit a report to Congress recommending improvements to patent examination processes ongoing at the U.S. The previous day, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the Senate IP Subcommittee’s Chair, joined Tillis in introducing the Patent Examination and Quality Improvement Act of 2022, which directs the U.S. Myriad Genetics (2013) and Mayo Collaborative Services v. Supreme Court’s patent eligibility decisions in Association for Molecular Pathology v.

Tillis Issues Patent Eligibility Bill Draft, Joins Leahy to Introduce Patent Quality Act – On Wednesday, August 3, the office of Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), the Ranking Member of the Senate IP Subcommittee, released a first draft of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act, which would expressly overrule the U.S. If enacted, the bill would direct the President to develop a national strategy for broadband infrastructure across America to counteract the fragmented nature of federal efforts to improve broadband access to United States citizens. Wicker, Luján – On Thursday, August 4, Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced the Proper Leadership to Align Networks (PLAN) for Broadband Act into the U.S. Bitesīipartisan PLAN for Broadband Act Introduced by Sens. This week in Other Barks & Bites: Senators Thom Tillis and Patrick Leahy introduce a bill to improve patent examination and quality, while Tillis’ office also releases a draft bill on Section 101 patent eligibility the Ninth Circuit reverses a district court’s summary judgment ruling that the unauthorized use of photos of a lake in Death Valley was a fair use Amazon will acquire robotics firm iRobot for $1.7 billion the Seventh Circuit nixes antitrust claims against AbbVie after finding nothing improper with the company’s large number of patents covering Humira the Eleventh Circuit affirms a lower court’s decision to strike an actual damages claim in a trademark case against Monster Energy as a discovery sanction the bipartisan PLAN for Broadband Act is introduced to develop a cohesive national strategy for broadband infrastructure and the USITC begins a formal enforcement proceeding against The Chamberlain Group after finding violations of Section 337 for patent infringement. Bite (noun): more meaty news to sink your teeth into.īark (noun): peripheral noise worth your attention.
