This week in Other Barks & Bites: an industry group representing French news publishers and Google reached a first-of-its-kind agreement on a copyright licensing framework for republishing news snippets online; USPTO Director Andrei Iancu and Deputy Director Lisa Peter announce their intention to step away from the agency during the Biden Administration; President Biden designates Jessica Rosenworcel to serve as acting Chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission; BlackBerry’s patent settlement with Facebook helps shares of that company increase by as much as $20 per share; the FCC’s annual broadband report shows that the digital divide is decreasing for rural Americans who had lacked access to 4G LTE mobile communications; the Supreme Court strikes down a petition for certiorari filed by Idenix seeking to overturn the Federal Circuit’s invalidation of genus claims for Section 112 enablement issue; and the Court of Justice of the European Union is asked whether German law on preliminary injunctions in infringement proceedings is unduly burdensome on patent owners.
Other Barks & Bites for Friday, January 22: Iancu and Peter Step Down from USPTO, CJEU Asked Whether Preliminary Injunction Standard Burdens Patent Owners, SCOTUS Denial Leaves Invalidation of Idenix Genus Patent Claims Untouched
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