The IPKat

JULY 30, 2021

Thus, the GPA will henceforth include an explicit proportionality defense to permanent injunctions in patent law. Reportedly, several German patent judges immediately commented along similar lines [ here ]. the German report to AIPPI's Q219 (2011): "injunctive relief must be granted if the IPR is found infringed"].

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Patently-O

JANUARY 20, 2023

Applicants, for their part, are not required to disclose prior art that is not material to patentability or that is cumulative of other prior art they’ve already provided. It may surprise you, then, to learn that the genre of science fiction is deeply indebted to patent law and patent theory. See [link].

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Patently-O

JANUARY 10, 2023

Read : David Boundy, What Every Patent and Trademark Lawyer Should Understand About the MPEP, TMEP, and Other Guidance: How to Use (and Defend Against) the MPEP to be a Better Advocate , 2023 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 1 (2023) ( Boundy.2021.HowToUseGuidance Prior Patently-O Patent L.J. Pre-AIAPatents ).

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The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2023

While the AmeriKat is still recovering from 2020, her Belgian Katfriends sum-up what was 2022 in Belgian patent litigation 'Tis the season for a look at the cases that were in 2022 from around Europe and what they mean for the IP litigation themes in those jurisdictions now that the dust has settled in 2023.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Taken together, these myths paint a grim picture of design patents: Half of all design patent applications are rejected. Most asserted design patents are invalidated in litigation. Most litigated design patents are not found infringed. Walter’s data preceded the passage of the Patent Act of 1952.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 20, 2022

From a patent law standpoint, the most interesting part of the appellate decision focuses on anticipation and the basic patent-law game show question “Is it Prior Art?” ” The purported prior art to the Ridge patent is a product manufactured and sold by Mosaic at a trade show. Is it Prior Art?

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LexBlog IP

JULY 28, 2023

Citizens, a credit union based in Peoria, Illinois, obtained a federal trademark registration in May 2011 2011 for the mark CEFCU. In January 2011, SDCCU filed a trademark application for the tagline IT’S NOT BIG BANKING, IT’S BETTER and obtained a federal registration for the mark in April 2014. .”

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Although the Patent Act does not expressly declare “inventors-must-be-humans” or “no-robots,” since 2011 it has stated that inventors are “individuals.” 100(f)/(g) (2011). Thaler has been attempting to seek patent protection for two inventions created by DABUS, his AI computer.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 22, 2021

Litigation surrounding the three-year market exclusivity provision shows us not only how inherently ambiguous the provision is but also the need for a clearly defined standard. Here, patent law can be very helpful in determining whether a generic manufacturer satisfies the novelty, usefulness, and non-obviousness standards.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In that appeal, the court concluded that the strict requirements of judicial estoppel were not met — thus allowing AlexSam to later argue in litigation that the covenant did not prohibit its lawsuit. = = = An interesting aspect of this case is the question of why the Federal Circuit has jurisdiction over the case. patent laws.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In 2011, Hormel filed a patent application for the two-step process, omitting HIP’s involvement. The ‘498 Patent was issued from this application in 2018. Supreme Court denied the petition, ending this litigation, but a number of questions remain. Hormel conducted testing at Unitherm and later at Hormel.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

patent laws enacted on September 11, 2011; one relating to the U.S. changing from first-to-invent to first-to-file, the other relating to the creation of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and three new procedural mechanisms to invalidate issued patents. There were two revolutionary amendments to U.S.

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Patently-O

MARCH 18, 2024

Campbell filed a provisional application in 2011 and a non-provisional in 2012 that eventually issued in 2016. The Patent Act includes a 6-year statute of limitations, but as written it only applies to cut-off recovery for patent infringement — and does not apply to lawsuits to correct inventorship. 663 (2014).

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Claim Preclusion (res judicata) prevents a party from re-litigating a claim once a court has issued a final judgment on that claim. Claim preclusion is powerful, in part, because it does not require the claim to be actually litigated (just be subject to the final judgment). Eldred , 206 U.S. 285 (1907). Eldred , 206 U.S. 285 (1907).

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Patently-O

AUGUST 19, 2022

Par had listed two patents in the Orange Book as covering its product and so, as required, Eagle’s ANDA included a Paragraph IV certification that the two patents were either (1) invalid or (2) would not be infringed. ” In re Brimonidine Patent Litig., 35 U.S.C. § 355(j)(2)(A)(vii)(IV). 3d 1366, 1378 (Fed.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 19, 2021

Judge Wallach was confirmed in November 2011 after being nominated by President Obama, and will take senior status after spending nearly a decade at the Federal Circuit. in 2017 that expanded the bar on competitor standing to appeal decisions from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and, Blackbird Tech LLC v. Immunogen, Inc.

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SpicyIP

MAY 8, 2022

Eashan has been practicing as an intellectual property advocate and consultant in New Delhi since 2011, and teaches a seminar on intellectual property law at National Law University, Delhi. Eashan writes about Indian intellectual property law on his Medium page. Indian trade mark law acknowledges both positions.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

That prevision bars an IPR petitioner involved in patent litigation from asserting any invalidity grounds that the petitioner had “raised or reasonably could have raised during that inter partes review.” patent laws. The scope of estoppel provided by 315(e) has been subject to substantial litigation.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In 2011, Hormel filed a patent application for the two-step process, omitting HIP’s involvement. The ‘498 Patent was issued from this application in 2018. .” Supreme Court denied the petition, ending this litigation, but a number of questions remain. Also, Howard was not named as an inventor.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In 2011 and 2016, Moderna filed several patents on its mRNA technology and vaccines, which issued in 2020 and 2021. Pfizer and BioNTech have stated that they did not use Moderna’s patented inventions, and that they will fully defend the case. Alternatively, the case may eventually settle with the defendants taking a license.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 15, 2022

One need only look at a recent Australian case also involving Thaler , where he was trying to establish an AI program as an inventor entitled to recognition under the patent laws. ” Thaler is also making AI patent inventorship claims (in his opening brief and later reply ) in a US case, Thaler v. Vidal , Case No.

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