JD Supra Law

MAY 16, 2024

ITC) May 8, 2024). Zircon Corp. International Trade Commission, No. 2022-1649 (Fed. Opinion by Bryson, joined by Lourie and Stark. By: Alston & Bird

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 1, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office and Congress are looking at a busy year for patent policy in 2024, with the agency set to provide guidance on artificial intelligence to the Biden administration and lawmakers working through two high-profile patent reform bills. Both the U.S.

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SpicyIP

MAY 4, 2024

The Delhi High Court, on 24th April, passed an order that our patent law enthusiast readers will be very interested in! Pic from here Natco v Novartis 2024: Delhi High Court’s Novartis Moment & Indian Patent Law’s Déjà Vu By Shivam Kaushik A Division Bench (DB) of the Delhi High Court recently passed a judgment in Natco Pharma v.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

The Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2023 , initially circulated on August 23, 2023, for discussions and consultations with stakeholders, is now being notified and are officially in effect from March 15, 2024.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 4, 2024

What should in-house counsel be on the lookout for in 2024? As we begin a new year, our attorneys look ahead at intellectual property topics they expect will be trending in 2024. They cover areas including life sciences, litigation, post-grant proceedings, artificial intelligence, design patents, and trademarks.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 21, 2024

May 14, 2024) The Federal Circuit’s only precedential opinion concerning a patent case this week had nothing to do with patent law. Copan Italia SPA v. Puritan Med. LLC, Appeal No. 2022-1943 (Fed.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 14, 2024

IBM owns two patents that generally relate to improvements in web-based advertising. Chewy sued IBM seeking a declaratory judgment of noninfringement of both patents. International Business Machines Corp., 2022-1756 (Fed. Opinion by Moore, joined by Stoll and Cunningham.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

EcoFactor is the assignee of a patent directed to methods for reducing cycling times of HVAC systems. Google filed an IPR petition challenging the patentability of the claims as obvious over the combination of two prior art references. Google LLC, et al. EcoFactor, Inc., 2022-1750, -1767 (Fed. PTAB) Feb.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 6, 2024

Freshub sued Amazon for infringement of a patent on voice-processing technology. Amazon denied infringement, challenged the patent’s validity, and asserted that the patent should be declared unenforceable based on inequitable conduct. Amazon.com, Inc., 2022-1391, -1425 (Fed. Opinion by Taranto, joined by Reyna and Chen.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 14, 2024

May 8, 2024) In its only precedential patent opinion this week, the Federal Circuit made clear that in exclusion proceedings under 19 U.S.C. Zircon Corp. International Trade Commission, Appeal No. 2022-1649 (Fed. By: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 18, 2024

PacBio filed two petitions for IPR, each seeking review of certain claims in a patent owned by Personal Genomics directed to “an apparatus for identifying a single biomolecule” as well as methods of using or making that apparatus. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board instituted both IPRs and issued final written decisions. PTAB) Jan.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 25, 2024

ZTE filed an IPR petition challenging certain claims in a patent owned by CyWee. CyWee Group Ltd. ZTE (USA), Inc., 2021-1855 (Fed. Opinion by Prost, joined by Hughes and Stoll. Later, LG Electronics filed an IPR petition and moved to join ZTE’s ongoing IPR.

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Olartemoure Blog

MAY 10, 2024

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published its Innovation report for the year 2024, in which special emphasis is given to the development that Colombia has had in terms of Intellectual Property protection. La entrada WIPO’s innovation report for 2024 se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 7, 2024

May 2, 2024) Our Case of the Week deals with an issue the Court has not addressed recently: the question of declaratory judgment jurisdiction. This case may reshape the landscape on personal jurisdiction in patent disputes. Lighting Defense Group, Appeal No. 2023-1184 (Fed. By: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 11, 2024

After years of patent litigation, they entered into a settlement and license agreement. The agreement included mutual covenants not to challenge each other’s patents during a “Covenant Period.” The agreement included mutual covenants not to challenge each other’s patents during a “Covenant Period.” Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc.,

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2023

We are less than 24 hours out from 2024 and, after reflecting on what mattered in 2023 and other year-in-review recaps, it is now time once again to ponder what lies ahead.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 29, 2024

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is revolutionizing the way patents are enforced in Europe, and McDermott’s intellectual property team is here to help you navigate this dynamic landscape. Our Legal Lens on the Unified Patent Court newsletter is designed to keep patent holders and legal departments well-informed.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Promptu sued Comcast for infringing three patents directed to speech-recognition systems for either delivering cable or video content in response to a user’s speech request or controlling a television set based on a user’s speech command. Promptu Systems Corp. Comcast Corp., 2022-1939 (Fed. Opinion by Taranto, joined by Moore and Prost.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 11, 2024

Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., 2022-1258, -1307 (Fed. Opinion by Prost, joined by Dyk and Hughes. By: Alston & Bird

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 16, 2024

12, 2024) - In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s bench trial decision that unclean hands barred patentee Eazy-PZ LLC (“EZPZ”) from seeking relief, and also addressed issues concerning inequitable conduct, patent invalidity, and attorneys’ fees and costs under 35 U.S.C. § Design Patent No.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 4, 2024

Virtek owns a patent directed to an improved method for aligning a laser projector with respect to a work surface. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board instituted review and issued a final written decision. Assembly Guidance Systems, Inc. d/b/a Aligned Vision, Nos. 2022-1998, -2022 (Fed. Opinion by Moore, joined by Hughes and Stark.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The Diplomatic Conference in 2024 will focus on a narrow "Basic Proposal" (see the full text and the executive summary ). The text was not always so narrowly focused on patents. Comments The idea of disclosure requirements in patent applications has been around for a long time and has already been adopted in many countries.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 20, 2024

While the number of filed patent cases is down, it is still the most prevalent type of IP claim. In 2023, there were 3,111 patent cases filed, following a downward trend since 2021, with the Western District of Texas still the most active district, although the number of cases in that court have dropped significantly.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 5, 2024

The guidance, effective as of February 13, 2024, emphasizes that AI-assisted inventions are not categorically unpatentable and the inventorship analysis “should focus on human contributions, as patents function to incentivize and reward human ingenuity.”. By: WilmerHale

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 9, 2024

April 1, 2024) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit vacated-in-part a district court’s bench trial decision that Teva had not shown claims of Janssen’s U.S. The ’906 patent is the last remaining Orange Book patent that covers Johnson & Johnson’s successful schizophrenia drug Invega Sustenna, and the.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 27, 2024

On February 16, 2024, the Minister of Health tabled the 2022 Annual Report of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB). The 2022 Annual Report provides an overview of the PMPRB’s mandate, structure and price review activities. By: Smart & Biggar

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Patently-O

MAY 15, 2024

This wave of RFCs includes significant proposals aimed at adjusting patent fees for fiscal year 2025, refining terminal disclaimer practices, and addressing the impact of artificial intelligence on prior art and patentability. In the details below, I highlight the due dates for comments, which all fall in May, June and July 2024.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 26, 2024

We are pleased to inform you that the Working Group on Access to Medicines and Treatments is organizing a webinar today to examine the impact of the EFTA-India Free Trade Agreement and the Patents Rules Amendment. Just a week after signing the FTA, amendments to the patent rules were passed.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 5, 2024

26, 2024) In the Court’s only precedential patent opinion this week, the Court affirmed a jury finding that use of Amazon’s “Alexa” products to create a shopping list did not infringe appellant Freshub’s U.S. Freshub, Inc. Amazon.com, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2022-1391, -1425 (Fed. 9,908,153 directed to certain voice-processing technology.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 24, 2024

On May 21, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an en banc opinion overruling the long-standing Rosen-Durling test for obviousness of design patents in favor of the analytical framework used for utility patents outlined in Graham v. John Deere Co. and KSR Int’l Co. Teleflex Inc. LKQ Corporation et al.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Oh Mickey, you’re so fine—but you’re not alone: An avalanche of copyrighted works will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024. public domain on January 1, 2024—and that’s a shame. However, as always, Public Domain Day 2024 will be accompanied by lots of caveats, asterisks and traps for the unwary.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 30, 2024

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is revolutionizing the way patents are enforced in Europe, and McDermott’s intellectual property team is here to help you navigate this dynamic landscape. Our Legal Lens on the Unified Patent Court newsletter is designed to keep patent holders and legal departments well-informed.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 1, 2024

A new venue for patent disputes in Europe, potential legal wrangling over the role of artificial intelligence in developing inventions, and continued scrutiny of how litigation funding impacts patent cases are among the litigation topics attorneys will be closely tracking this year.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 17, 2024

January 9, 2024) In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed two inter partes review (“IPR”) decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) based on claim construction of the phrase “an apparatus for identifying a single biomolecule.”. Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. Personal Genomics Taiwan, Inc.,

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

16, 2024) Our Case of the Week focuses on a district court’s claim construction rulings in a patent case brought against Comcast concerning speech recognition technology used in cable television networks. Promptu Systems Corporation v. Comcast Corporation, Appeal No. 2022-1939 (Fed. By: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

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The IPKat

APRIL 26, 2024

Likewise, the recently published WIPO report ‘ Mapping Innovations: Patents and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ’ provides relevant insights into IP's impact on achieving the SDGs and overarching trends in sustainable innovation. active patent families), followed by SDG 13 Climate Action.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Upcoming Changes in Korean Patent Law for 2024 by John DeStefano Understanding the 2024 Korean Patent Law Amendments As champions of innovation and protectors of intellectual property, it is vital for us to stay informed about the most recent developments in patent law worldwide.

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