The IPKat

JULY 19, 2022

The stated aim of the workshop, which took place at the end of June, was to provide users with "clarity" on description amendments in view of some recent conflicting decisions on the topic from the Boards of Appeal. The EPO is alone among the major patent offices in having such a requirement.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 15, 2023

the Patent Office implemented an interim process for the Director to review Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions in AIA trials. Until then, the Patent Office continues to offer new updates and information, most recently on July 24, 2023. After the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Oren Techs.,

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The IPKat

MAY 25, 2022

There has been a ream of recent decisions from the EPO Boards of Appeal on whether the requirements in the Guidelines for Examination on description amendments has legal basis in the EPC ( IPKat ). It has been particularly noted that the two Boards of Appeal in these cases (3.3.01

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The IPKat

MARCH 4, 2023

In the first post she discussed the Copyright Amendment Bill in relation to the fact that, recently, the South Africa’s National Council of Provinces had began the first set of public hearings on the same topic. As we reached the beginning of March , here is the first round-up post of the Spring month.

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CoCal IP Law Institute

JULY 27, 2023

For many years, the USPTO's Patent Trial and Appeals Board has been viewed as a Star Chamber which ritually invalidates patents. More recent experience suggests that the PTAB is no longer necessarily a place where patents go to die. Two cases from this summer are the topic of this post.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 27, 2022

The last day of PTAB Masters™ 2022 featured sessions on dealing with parallel litigation at the International Trade Commission (ITC) and district courts in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings; life sciences and inter partes review (IPR); and the future of the PTAB.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

A cat reflecting on "medical uses" Patents Rose Hughes discussed a recent decision ( T 0558/20 ) from the EPO Board of Appeal that considered the correct approach to the assessment of second medical use claims. The Board rejected the approach of requiring a "credible" technical effect of the claimed use for novelty.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 5, 2022

The EPO Guidelines for Examination require the description of a patent application to summarise the background art ( F-II-4.3 ). The patent as granted ( EP2657138 ) related to a food product handling system (e.g. D8 is a patent relating to a filing unit. a burger patty production line). Not a robot?

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The decision to grant EUIPO competences in non-agri GIs was met with criticism among certain stakeholders (it was later somehow eclipsed by the Proposal on standard essential patents which may also end up among the EUIPO competences). Its decision could be appealed to the EUIPO’s Boards of Appeal (art.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 15, 2023

In-depth knowledge of the unique characteristics of design patents is foundational for preparing a strong Patent Trial and Appeal Board petition. Topics may include: - A statistical comparison of. By: Fish & Richardson

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Amsterdam Kat The IPKat has learned that on, 22-24 January 2023, the Pharma and Biotech Patent Litigation Summit will return to the Anantara Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam (Netherlands). Form a global understanding of the patent litigation ecosphere with a panel of judges from the UK, EPO, USA and the UPC.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 19, 2023

Here’s the latest weekly summary of the different topics analysed by the Kats in last week’s posts. The review analysed the core topics of each Chapter, including the question linked to how intellectual property rights need to be treated in disputes that involve investor-state settlements. Particularly, she considered Decision no.37697

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The IPKat

APRIL 23, 2023

Team Netherlands get together to discuss key UPC issues It is a rainy morning in New York as the AmeriKat contemplates how limited sun the sunrise period of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has seen both here and in Europe. van Nispen (chairman of the editorial board of BIE) and speakers Prof. mr. C.J.J.C.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2022

For those seeking some quality CLE this month, consider the second annual Patent Litigation Masters™ 2022 program, presented by IPWatchdog® this coming May 23rd-24th. The two-day agenda offers a number of compelling topics, and as usual with the Watchdog Masters Programs, a stellar lineup of speakers.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Trade Marks GuestKat Nedim Malovic reported and commented on a couple of EU trade mark decisions:- · The first is the decision (Case T-251/21 Tigercat Inc v EUIPO) of the EU General Court on the appeal in relation to the opposition against “Tigercat” filed by Caterpillar Inc. The past week on the IPKat has been a mix of different IP issues.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Jordan is a third-year law student at the University of Missouri and a registered patent agent. Article III standing remains a hot topic at all levels of federal litigation and across many different areas of law. 10,149,820 (the ‘820 patent). Allgenesis petitioned for IPR of all eleven claims of the ’820 patent.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Draft version The requirement to amend the description of a European patent application in line with the scope of the claims is a peculiarity of European patent prosecution. In cases of contradictory or evolving Boards of Appeal case law, the EPO Guidelines are generally intransient to change. emphasis added).

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The IPKat

APRIL 17, 2022

Brussels time) presented by our very own SpecialKat Hayleigh Bosher on the topic of AI and copyright in the creative industries. There will be discussions on topics such as how AI technologies will impact creative industries and how legislators are addressing these changes in copyright.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

On October 18, 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) posted two notices on Regulations.gov seeking public input on the requirements to practice before the USPTO and Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). ” [1]. ” [1]. Request 3 : Other Considerations Regarding Non-Registered Practitioners.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) decision in G 2/21 arose from a case seeking guidance on the evidence requirement for a purported technical effect relied on for inventive step ( IPKat ). The Board of Appeal in T 2465/19 , for example, cited G 2/21 in a case related to the inventive step of a semiconductor.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

As recently reported here on IPKat , we are imminently expecting a referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) on the issue of using post-filed data to support plausibility for inventive step. Case background: Insecticides and synergy Not one of her favourite patent cases.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 25, 2021

As expected, the Board of Appeal in T 116/18 has now referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) questions on the use of post-filed evidence to establish plausibility for an invention. Case Background The opposition case from which the referral stems relates to the validity of patent EP2484209 for an insecticide.

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The IPKat

MARCH 9, 2023

The case deals with the topic of whether the registration of slogans is allowed by EU trade mark law. Kat friends Gillian Tan and Mark Teng discussed a recent decision issued by the Court of Appeal of Singapore clarifying the meaning and application of Singapore's judicial understanding of “distinctiveness”.

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The IPKat

APRIL 20, 2022

A Kat in desperate need of a coffee GuestKat Gabriele Girardello shared with us the trends and topics covered at the “Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation” conference in Amsterdam, which he attended on 14-16 March 2022. The decision was reported and commented on by our GuestKat Rose Hughes.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 28, 2021

2021 has been year brimmed full with juicy case law from the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA). This year also saw release of the EBA decision on double-patenting and a new referral on the thorny issue of plausibility and post-published evidence. However, this reasoning could not be said to apply to all cases of double-patenting.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 19, 2021

PATENTS Permakat Prof. Wilkof discussed patent trolling and the long debate about it and whenever this topic might still be relevant and deserving of attention. Following the decision of the EBA in G 1/21 on the legality of mandatory ViCo oral proceedings, the EPO has continued with ViCo proceedings before the Boards of Appeal.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 19, 2023

LIOC’s Networking Drinks A networking event for patent attorneys is to be held on Thursday 2 November at the Philips Museum in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. LIOC’s Networking Drinks A networking event for patent attorneys is to be held on Thursday 2 November at the Philips Museum in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Register here.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

7,110,444 (the “’444 Patent”), which was directed to frequency translation technology as utilized in wireless local area networks (WLANs). ParkerVision sued Intel for infringement of the ’444 Patent and Intel filed a request for an IPR. ParkerVision filed a patent owner response citing, for the first time, U.S.

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The IPKat

JULY 23, 2023

Trademarks Anna Maria Stein analyzed the decision of the Board of Appeal (BoA) of the EUIPO stating that the emoji communicating “I love you” cannot constitute a trade mark. IPKat understands your busy schedule and brings you a brief summary of what recently happened in the IP news in its weekly Never Too Late post.

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The IPKat

JULY 25, 2021

The Tiroler Adler may fly, but the Tiroler Katze prefers to snooze The IPKat served as a platform for reporting and debate on a range of topics last week, not least through the range of guest posts published. Katfriend Henry Yang summarised the reasoning of the Court of Appeal thereto in the recent case of Autostore v Ocado.

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The IPKat

APRIL 27, 2023

Patents Annsley Merelle Ward reported on the Berichten Industriële Eigendom Symposium 2023, which featured a panel comprising Dutch UPC judges and a member of the drafting committee of the Rules of Procedure which addressed topics such as the Rules of Procedure and the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2022

The event is designed to encourage interactive discussions among participants through panel debates, with each of them covering 4 or 5 key topics related to each specific sector. Summer is at its height and so are the temperatures in most of Europe. Registration is open and more details can be found here. closing dinner), IP Lunches (incl.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 27, 2023

As explained by ERA: After the successful start of a first course in December 2022, ERA, as a renowned provider of professional training in EU law, and Maastricht University, as an international university of excellence, will offer a second high-standard course giving patent attorneys the best tools to litigate before the UPC.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the International Trade Commission (ITC), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). A well-known thought leader, Degnan speaks frequently on the topics of patent litigation and PTAB appeals. The managing principal of Fish’s Washington, D.C.,

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The IPKat

MARCH 27, 2022

Topics included the territorial scope of existing marks, the potential need to expand the specifications of trade marks used in the Metaverse, the importance of clearance searches before entering this environment, and the consideration of co-existence agreements to avoid conflicts. April is just around the corner! Returning to U.S.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 16, 2022

Patents The IPWatchdog posted an article about the changing risks – in the economic and legal sense – over time and the implications of these changes for patent licensing dynamics. Since the pandemic started, 5,070 global patent applications have been published. Jamaica is the 110th Member State to join the Madrid Protocol.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The conference is hosted by the The Boards of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual property Office (EUIPO), in cooperation with the EUIPO’s Academy. The lecture will consider the topic of Generative AI and Author Remuneration. The annual award is given to the writer of the best essay relating to authors’ right.

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