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Contents www.ippropatents.com @IPProPatents Acting Editor: Becky Butcher beckybutcher@blackknightmedialtd.com +44 (0)203 750 6019 Senior Reporter: Barney Dixon barneydixon@blackknightmedialtd.com +44 (0)203 750 6026 Junior Reporter: Jenna Lomax jennalomax@blackknightmedialtd.com Marketing and Sales Support: Paige Tapson paigetapson@blackknightmedialtd.com +44 (0)203 750 6020 Designer: James Hickman jameshickman@blackknightmedialtd.com +44 (0)203 750 6021 IP Portfolio Manager: Serena Franklin serenafranklin@blackknightmedialtd.com +44 (0)203 750 6025 Account Manager: Brenda Shanahan brenda@blackknightmedialtd.com +44 (0)203 750 6024 Publisher: Justin Lawson justinlawson@blackknightmedialtd.com +44 (0)203 750 6028 Office Manager: Chelsea Bowles accounts@blackknightmedialtd.com Published by Black Knight Media Ltd Copyright © 2018 All rights reserved Patent Approaches Craig Thomson of HGF discusses innovation in emerging fields such as bacteriophage therapeutics p8 Innovation Analysis Jeffrey Stone of Barnes & Thornburg explains how patent counsel can become “innovation stimulators” to enhance their work p12 Pacific Partnership As US President Donald Trump threatens to negotiate the TPP, the knock-on effect for IP rights is becoming more apparent p17 Value Analysis Cindy Ahn of Longford Capital explains how general counsels of IP-centric companies can maximise value and innovation p10 European Patents Innovators in advanced materials can face an uphill struggle to get suitable patent protection at the EPO p15 Case Report Sachin Sinha of Concur IP provides an overview of TCL v Ericsson and what it means for FRAND rate setting p20 4 IPPro Patents www.ippropatents.com
News Round-Up Uber Waymo litigation ends “To be clear, while we do not believe that any trade secrets made their way from Waymo to Uber and Waymo have reached a settlement in their trade secret dispute after nearly a year of litigation. Uber, nor do we believe that Uber has used any of Waymo’s proprietary information in its self-driving technology, we are taking Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car steps with Waymo to ensure our LiDAR and software represents just our good work.” company, sued Uber for the theft of trade secrets and intellectual property in February PatSnap joins WIPO ASPI programme 2017, accusing the ride hailing service of taking and using “key parts of Waymo’s selfdriving Research and development analytics technology”. company PatSnap has joined the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) According to Waymo, Otto founder Anthony Levandowski, who previously worked at Access to Specialised Patent Information (ASPI) programme. Waymo and later worked at Uber, had stolen more than 14,000 highly confidential design files for various hardware systems, including Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor technology, from Waymo. The ASPI programme is designed to support innovation in developing countries by offering free or low-cost access to sophisticated tools and services for retrieving and analysing patent data. In acquiring Otto, Uber had allegedly acquired this stolen technology. PatSnap’s addition to the programme will provide eligible patent offices, academic Under the settlement, Waymo will receive institutions, and research institutions $245 million payment from Uber. with free or low-cost access to its R&D analytics platform. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that he wanted to acknowledge and correct “mistakes of the past”. Jeffrey Tiong, CEO of PatSnap, commented: “WIPO’s ASPI programme plays a crucial role in providing equal opportunities for innovation “To our friends at Alphabet: we are partners, across the globe, enabling some of the world’s you are an important investor in Uber, and we share a deep belief in the power of technology to change people’s lives for the better.” He added: “Of course, we are also competitors. And while we won’t agree on everything going forward, we agree that Uber’s acquisition of Otto could and should have been handled differently.” brightest minds to research and pursue their new ideas regardless of their background or socio-economic status.” He said: “Open innovation is a fundamental part of the PatSnap philosophy. In 2017, we launched PatSnap Academy to open the floodgates of innovation, by providing those Khosrowshahi continued: “There is no with no knowledge of IP with a free platform to learn how to protect and pursue their ideas.” question that self-driving technology is crucial to the future of transportation—a future in “The ASPI programme ties in perfectly with which Uber intends to play an important role. Through that lens, the acquisition of Otto made good business sense.” our ethos, and we hope that through this partnership we can provide the necessary insight that can help to bring a largely untapped ocean of new ideas and inventions “But the prospect that a couple of Waymo to the global marketplace.” employees may have inappropriately solicited others to join Otto, and that they may have potentially left with Google files in their possession, in retrospect, raised some hard questions,” he said. Yo Takagi, assistant director general of WIPO, added: “WIPO is pleased to welcome PatSnap as a partner in the ASPI programme in making available sophisticated patent search and analysis tools for free or at low cost to institutions in least developed and other developing countries.” “PatSnap joins seven other leading patent database service providers in providing researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs in developing countries with critical insights into emerging trends in a wide range of technologies and industries.” “This contributes to ASPI’s ultimate goal of encouraging innovation.” Anaqua partners with Ceva Santé Animale Animal healthcare company Ceva Santé Animale has chosen Anaqua to manage its intellectual property portfolio. The partnership will see Anaqua manage Ceva’s portfolio of patents, inventions, trademarks and awards. Ceva has 12 research and development centres and a growing IP portfolio. Bob Romeo, CEO of Anaqua, commented: “With Anaqua’s unified IP management software, Ceva will be able to better manage the innovation process and more easily track the status of their valuable IP assets worldwide.” “Ceva has a truly global network of R&D teams who work together to keep shifting the boundaries of science, and we are looking forward to supporting their IP and innovation.” AQUA to manage Nokia patent portfolio sale AQUA Licensing has been selected to manage the sale of a second patent portfolio, including patents developed by Alcatel- Lucent/Bell Labs, Nokia Technologies and Nokia Networks. The new telecommunications portfolio offering comprises 557 patent families. It is made up of former Alcatel-Lucent patents, which total around 83 percent of the assets, including patents from the former AT&T Bell Labs. 5 IPPro Patents www.ippropatents.com
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