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IPilogue
DECEMBER 20, 2022
In Rovi Guides Inc v Videotron Ltd , the Federal Court of Canada invalided patents for interactive program guide (“IPG”) technology and clarified a reasonable royalty as the appropriate remedy had the patents been found valid and infringed. Therefore, Rovi’s patents were natural developments or obvious extensions.
IP.com
JANUARY 29, 2024
Over the last decade, the total annual patent applications submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) each year is over 600,000 applications. The fastest patent review process time is 6-12 months if fast-tracked via Track One , with the average taking up to 22 months.
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The IPKat
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Over to our Belgian Katfriends : " While 2022 is in full swing with high levels of business in the Belgian courts, 2021 was a quieter year for patent litigators in Belgium. 25 EPC, and the disappearance of the cautio iudicatum solvi that was sometimes required from foreign plaintiffs launching (patent) proceedings in Belgium.
IP and Legal Filings
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
A patent is an intellectual property right granted by a government to the inventor, to protect their invention and allow the fullest commercial exploitation of the patented invention. Importantly, only those who have developed new technologies and created a product can file for a patent on the new technology.
Canadian Intellectual Property Blog
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Unfortunately, what is good for the sharing of information is often not good for the patenting of inventions that arise from the research and products presented at these conferences. The poster, together with information found in other sources of prior art, were enough to find the patent claims in question obvious and invalid.
Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts
MARCH 8, 2022
One of the most significant breakthroughs on this front was the Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984, which established a regulatory framework whereby generic versions of brand-name drugs could enter the market immediately upon the expiration of brand-name drugs’ patents. Patents covering the listed drugs, as well as their expiration dates.
43(B)log
JULY 15, 2022
When Max Rack’s last patent expired, however, Core Health decided to compete against Max Rack by selling an identical machine under a new name—the ‘Freedom Rack.’” So a lot of interesting discussion of what suffices for a profits and damages award. Max Rack invented a piece of gym equipment, the Max Rack.
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