Patently-O

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The USPTO Office of Enrollment & Discipline’s list of registered patent attorneys and agents includes 48,625 individuals. Since there are no annual dues, CLE requirement, or even check-in many folks continue to stay on the rolls even though they are not practicing patent law. Series codes 16 and 17).

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2022

Lack of support issues are common in European patent prosecution but can be avoided through effective application drafting. Thus, in this scenario, the patent can be revoked in its entirety. Submission of declarations is common in US patent prosecution practice. Declarations and post-filing data.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 2, 2023

The Associate Director, Senior Counsel IP (Intellectual Property) supports Boehringer Ingelheim's Animal Health global biotech patent team by providing legal services to Clients in Boehringer Ingelheim’s Animal Health division, typically at the Executive Director level and below.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

On October 17, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) formally adopted a revised patent law that makes significant changes to that country’s legal framework for pharmaceutical patents. signed in January that aimed to incorporate aspects of American patent law into the Chinese legal system.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 5, 2023

by Dennis Crouch I’m excited that my next patent-law event will be the IP CLE Conference, January 7-10, 2024 at the Viewline in Snowmass, Colorado. This is one of my favorite events of the year because it mixes intellectual property law discussion with three days of skiing. Lots more here – check out the agenda.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 16, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Impact of Sonos on Patent Prosecution : The recent Sonos v. Google decision threatens to grind to a halt, or at least significantly restrict, a once-common patent prosecution strategy – keeping continuation applications pending for years to obtain new claims that cover marketplace developments.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Peter Lee: Patent Law’s Externality Asymmetry (Source: SSRN). New Job Postings on Patently-O: Daikin NA. Klarquist – Mechanical Patent Attorney/Agent. Ballard Spahr LLP – Electrical/Computer Engineering Patent Prosecution Associate. Sandeen: A Typology of Disclosure (Source: SSRN). Shay Glenn LLP.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

2] The newly amended China Patent Law that took effect on June 01, 2021, extended the term of a design patent from 10 years to 15 years, which is in line with the minimum term of protection that a contracting party must provide is 15 years under the Hague System. 1] See [link]. [2] 2] See , [link].

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IPilogue

AUGUST 18, 2021

The IP Innovation Clinic, the first student-based clinic of its kind in Canada, is seeking law students from Osgoode Hall Law School to provide assistance to under-resourced inventors, entrepreneurs and start-up companies with their innovation and commercialization activities. IP Innovation Clinic Fellows (5-8 positions).

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2022

Membership includes companies, law firms, government personnel, and others who focus on related areas of law. Topics covered at this year’s event include the following: Patent prosecution. Law Practice management. Patent Law. Emerging technologies – the internet of things. Nominations.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Originally created in 2014 as a midwest competition, the Competition is today a national inter-law school competition designed to introduce law students to issues arising in United States patent law.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2022

Apart from this, I will separately send out a drafting template for specification, and a complete patent prosecution file to the registrants on their email address. I have also recently published a book on Patent Law and Practice that is useful for exam takers.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 14, 2024

S ubmissions made in US patent prosecution may be highly influential for claim interpretation post-grant. Under European patent law, therefore, K-fee submitted that the prior art did not directly and unambiguously disclose a barcode. In the US, the principle of file wrapper estoppel is well established. 22-2042, Fed.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Hunter, the patent group leader in Fish’s Southern California office, was selected, in part, for his 20+ years of experience across numerous industries including digital health, electrical and computer technology, hardware, computer networks, manufacturing, medical devices, nanotechnology, optics, software, and telecommunications.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Originally created in 2014 as a midwest competition, the Competition is today a national inter-law school competition designed to introduce law students to issues arising in United States patent law.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Meanwhile, the now-secret patent application remains a patent pariah: Neither the USPTO nor anyone else can cite it as prior art in a patent proceeding. The secret application can continue in patent prosecution until it is otherwise allowable, at which point it will remain a secret.

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Trading Secrets

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Meanwhile, the now-secret patent application remains a patent pariah: Neither the USPTO nor anyone else can cite it as prior art in a patent proceeding. The secret application can continue in patent prosecution until it is otherwise allowable, at which point it will remain a secret.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The rules, if passed, are surely a strong attempt towards fighting the long-standing issue of pendency in the Indian Patent Office, but concurrently it can also led to dilution of material safeguards within the Patent Act, which are in place to ensure that applicants/ patentees stick to their end of the patent bargain.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Meanwhile, the now-secret patent application remains a patent pariah: Neither the USPTO nor anyone else can cite it as prior art in a patent proceeding. The secret application can continue in patent prosecution until it is otherwise allowable, at which point it will remain a secret.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 7, 2021

Here’s their announcement: The Elevate Your Prosecution 2021 conference on patent prosecution will be held in the Murano room of the Grand America in Salt Lake City on Friday, September 24 – Saturday, September 25. 2.8. Dennis Crouch (University of Missouri School of Law): To Be Determined.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Originally created in 2014 as a midwest competition, the Competition is today a national inter-law school competition designed to introduce law students to issues arising in United States patent law.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

The article emphasizes the low percentage (7.6%) of federal judges with STEM backgrounds and argues that this lack is problematic for effectively handling cases with technical content, such as patent law, environmental cases, and forensic evidence in criminal cases.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 11, 2023

AI inventor case catch-up: Formalities, not patentability It is worth remembering that a patent application may be filed for any subject matter, provided the appropriate forms are filled in and the necessary fees paid. Dec 2020) Artificial intelligence is not breaking patent law: EPO publishes DABUS decision (J 8/20) (July 2022)

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

As a result, owners of Russian patents from the affected countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, and the European Union, should not expect to be able to enforce their patent rights in Russia in the near term.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 8, 2022

The August 2019 announcement that two patent applications had been filed naming an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm as an inventor in the United States and a dozen other countries was regarded as disruptive and profound at the time. It was one of the hot topics in patent law during those last few months before the pandemic.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 23, 2024

Although obviousness has long been the central feature of patent prosecution, it has seen a tremendous resurgence in US patent law over the past decade. If the Court grants review, this case offers an opportunity to resolve both new and longstanding divergence in Federal Circuit obviousness decisions.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2022

As a result, owners of Russian patents from the affected countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, and the European Union, should not expect to be able to enforce their patent rights in Russia in the near term.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Therefore, not only is it important to select the proper entity status when filing a patent application, but it is also critical to recognize if and when an entity status changes. A change in entity status changes the required fees that must be paid during patent prosecution and maintenance periods.

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More Than Your Mark

AUGUST 13, 2021

Utility patents provide exclusionary rights for 20 years from their earliest effective filing date; design patents last 15 years from the date they issue. The post Form versus Function – Protecting Products with Design and Utility Patents appeared first on Patent Law Blog. Protecting Your Products.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2023

With deep expertise in litigation and patent prosecution and counseling, the attorneys represent clients across a range of industries and in various legal venues. with a patent law concentration with intellectual property certificate, from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 2013. Joel received his J.D.,

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SpicyIP

JULY 25, 2021

Instead of such an approach, the committee could have asked the specific question of whether the current patent law or copyright law requires any amendments in the light of developments in AI and machine learning and to answer it, it could have asked a set of specific sub-questions. The discussions on Sec. When to study?

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Patent Trademark Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

What are warning signs that may warrant a change in your US patent agent or law firm? When it comes USPTO patent prosecution, many factors are out of the control of your US patent agent or attorney. So it makes sense to focus on what is within a patent attorney’s control.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 7, 2024

Some experts suggest that the 2014 ruling aligns Section 8 more closely with the ‘Inequitable conduct’ defence in US patent law, due to its similarities in jurisprudence. India-EFTA and Patent rules : How it hurts Section 8.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 22, 2021

In fact, over the centuries, patent law has developed a formal approach for evaluating a product’s “innovation.” The FDA can find comfort knowing that the law, particularly intellectual property (IP) law, has already defined “innovation.” products.” [xix]

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Crucially, a patent granted in the absence of compliance with the duty of disclosure is considered fraudulently obtained, and therefore unenforceable. Inequitable conduct has been called the "atomic bomb of patent law" ( Aventis v. The solution provided by the patent was a L-adrenaline formulation having a high pH (2.8-3.3).

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 15, 2021

Explain what impacts you have experienced as a result of the current state of patent eligibility jurisprudence in the United States, including concrete examples in the following areas: patent prosecution strategy and portfolio management, patent enforcement and litigation, patent counseling and opinions, research and development, employment, procurement, (..)

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Chinese Utility Model and Patent Prosecution. Unlike invention patent applications, there is no substantial examination of utility models. When Applicants are unsure whether to file a utility model or invention patent application, the best practice is always to consider dual filings.

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