23 november usa

ENERGY AND CLIMATE DEBATEAs Congress wrapped up the first session of the 113th Congress, the House and Senate came together to finalize several pieces of legislation, and policymakers prepared the way for changes to come in 2014.After the House passed the bipartisan budget deal week before last, the Senate sent the measure December 18 to President Obama for his signature. Senate Appropriations Chair Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and House Appropriations Chair Hal Rogers (R-KY) have begun discussions and will be working through the new year to craft a 12-bill omnibus package that Congress will address when it returns in January. The House is expected to consider the measure by January 10 and the Senate is expected to take up the bill by January 13.The Senate also sent the National Defense Authorization Act to the president’s desk at the end of the week. That measure includes a provision that prohibits the Defense Department from using fiscal year 2014 funds for bulk purchases of drop-in … [Read more...] about Energy and Environmental Law Update – December 23, 2013

21st Century Cures Remains Top Bi-Partisan Priority for 2015: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) reiterated his intent to push for a bi-partisan 21st Century Cures Initiative bill in early 2015. Rep. Upton recently remarked that the bill(s) would be on the House floor for a vote before Memorial Day and on the President’s desk by the end of next year. Upton’s timeline includes outreach to the Senate in December and a discussion draft introduced as early as January in the new Congress. Foreshadowing components of the legislation, Upton said the bill could contain additional research funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), provisions to further drug and device development, and structural changes for the FDA.Senate Passes Critical Access Hospital Direct Supervision Bill: On November 20th, the Senate passed H.R. 4067, a bill to delay Medicare’s enforcement of critical access hospital (CAH) direct supervision rules for outpatient … [Read more...] about Health Care Law Update – November 24, 2014

Developments impacting high-frequency traders dominated news in financial services last week. The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments to an existing rule that would subject many proprietary trading firms to oversight by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for the first time, while both FINRA and the Futures Industry Association issued guidance on best practices for automated trading systems and algorithms. Unrelated, a study by the NY Federal Reserve Bank raised some red flags regarding central clearing. As a result, the following matters are covered in this week’s Bridging the Week:SEC Proposes FINRA Oversee Certain High-Frequency Trading Firms; FINRA and FIA Issue Best Practice Guidance;CFTC Fines Grain Dealer and Merchant US $800,000 for Improperly Reporting Positions (includes My View);MF Global Inc. Trustee Seeks Authorization to Pay Out Additional US $461 Million to General Creditors; Second Lehman Brothers General Creditors … [Read more...] about HFTs; MF Global; Another CFTC Big Fine; ATS Breakdowns; Fed Study Assesses Clearing: Bridging the Week March 23 to 27 and 30, 2015

Takeaway: Although the financial product or service portion of the covered business method test is ordinarily addressed before the technological invention exclusion, because the technological invention exclusion is dispositive, that sequence is not required.In its Decision, the Board did not institute covered business method patent review of any challenged claim of the ‘246 patent. The Board reached this conclusion because it was not persuaded that ‘246 patent qualifies as a “covered business method patent” under § 18(d)(1) of the AIA.Petitioner had challenged claims 1-9, 11-14, 16-19, 21, 23-32, 34, 35, 37-45, 51-56, 58, 60, 62-67, and 69-73 of the ‘246 patent, as being directed to subject matter that is not patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The claims of the ‘246 patent relate to “a method for performing a transaction-related analysis,” with the disclosure of the ‘246 patent describing “a method for … [Read more...] about Enmos USA Corp. v. Dunnhumby Limited: Decision Denying Institution Where A Technological Invention Exists

Listed below are all new filings before the PTAB of petitions for inter partes review (IPR) and covered business methods review (CBM).  Since the last report, no new requests for ex parte reexamination at the USPTO have been posted.  This listing is current as of 9:30 AM on Wednesday, November 23, 2016. New IPR PetitionsTrial Number – IPR2017-00310Filing Date – 11/22/2016Patent # – 8,588,207Title – METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT AND DETERMINISTIC GROUP ALERTINGPatent Owner –  GROUPCHATTER, LLCPetitioner – GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.Tech Center – 2600Trial Number – IPR2017-00311Filing Date – 11/22/2016Patent # – 9,014,659Title – METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT AND DETERMINISTIC GROUP ALERTINGPatent Owner –  GROUPCHATTER, LLCPetitioner – GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.Tech Center – 2600Trial Number – IPR2017-00313Filing Date – 11/22/2016Patent # – 8,199,740Title – METHOD … [Read more...] about PTO Litigation Center Report – November 23, 2016