IP Law Daily, BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy blog posts and other commentary, (Aug 4, 2022)

By WK Editorial Staff

The week’s most insightful, intriguing, or entertaining blog posts regarding intellectual property issues.

• IP Watchdog, A Cautious Welcome: Patent Community Chimes in on Tillis’ Eligibility Bill, by Eileen McDermott

• Patent Docs, Senator Tillis' Patent Eligibility Reform Proposal: A Biopharma Perspective, by Kevin E. Noonan

• IP Finance, Senators Tillis and Leahy Propose to Improve U.S. Patent Quality, by Mike Mirales

• Patently-O, The Sound of Silence and the Inherency Doctrine for Written Description, by Dennis Crouch (University of Missouri School of Law)

• Director’s Blog, Duty of disclosure and duty of reasonable inquiry promote robust and reliable patents, drive competition and economic growth, and bring life-saving drugs to the American people, by Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO

• National Law Review, Seeing Starz: No Damages Bar in Copyright Discovery Rule Case, by Jodi Benassi

• IP Watchdog, Copyright Office Tells Tillis Deferred Copyright Examination Will Not Achieve Cost Reductions, by Steve Brachmann

• Hollywood Reporter, Netflix Sues Co-Creators of ‘The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical’ Over “For-Profit” Performances, by Abbey White

• Copyright Lately, Why Netflix’s “Bridgerton” Lawsuit is Good for Fan Fiction, by Aaron Moss

• IP Intelligence, Chicago Cubs score home run in their opposition against a stylized version of the letter “C”, by Robert Horowitz

• Trading Secrets, No Fees for Failure to Show “Bad Faith” in Prosecution of Trade Secrets Claim, by Marcus Mintz and Robyn Marsh

Attorneys: Kevin E. Noonan (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP). Jodi Benassi (McDermott Will & Emery). Aaron Moss (Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP). Robert Horowitz (Baker & Hostetler LLP). Marcus Mintz and Robyn Marsh (Seyfarth Shaw LLP).

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