Patently-O

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

by Dennis Crouch Earlier this week, the USPTO published updated examination guidelines regarding obviousness determinations under 35 U.S.C. This post breaks down the guidelines and walks through some potential strategies for patent applicants. ” Quoting KSR.

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Patently-O

MAY 19, 2023

by Dennis Crouch As a member and supporter of the National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP), I am looking forward to the NAPP Annual Meeting and Conference scheduled for July 19-21 in Alexandria, Virginia at the USPTO Headquarters. My patent law update is Thursday morning. I hope to see you there!

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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 ). Notably, the decisions also relate to patent applications from the same applicant (Roche).

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

This includes a national examination, as well as a national opposition procedure (arts. One of the Regulation’s main novelties is that the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) will be responsible for the Union phase of the examination. A two-phase registration The registration procedure will consist of two phases (art.

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Patently-O

MAY 5, 2022

ACUS is conducting a study on behalf of the USPTO to examine “issues associated with and options for designing a small claims patent court.” ” It recently published a request for public comments on the idea of a small claims patent court. patent litigation deters small- and medium-sized enterprises, including.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

I was tasked with creating business and marketing materials for the Engineering and Technology practice group, focusing mainly on topics pertaining to patent prosecution. One of the skills I sharpened over the course of my internship was effective and accessible legal writing.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) closed the public comment period on the contentious topic of patent eligibility. To understand these varying opinions, it is important to examine patent eligibility’s current state, recent changes, and what changes could be made to the patent eligibility laws.

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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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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Rob Fia: Therma Bright Receives Patent for a Device for Applying a Topical Treatment from USPTO (Source: Yahoo Finance). David Phelan: Apple AirPods To Gain Amazing Feature Update, Patent Hints (Source: Forbes). Seymore: Patent Forfeiture (Source: SSRN). Harrity & Harrity, LLP.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The White House Executive Order on AI (“EO”) is comprehensive and covers a wide range of topics. One of the topics which raises many legal issues, particularly with generative AI (“genAI”), is intellectual property. We look forward to seeing the USPTO guidance to examiners early next year.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 27, 2021

Like last year, we kept the topic selection open to participants – asking them to choose any topic they wanted so long as it related to IP. Nonetheless, we were glad to see entries across a range of interesting topics and are very happy to see relatively uncommon topics take the podium places.

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Patently-O

APRIL 28, 2022

The court in Ariad explained that a “a vague functional description” may be insufficient as it likely describes the unpatentable problem rather than a patentable solution. I suggest that patent examiners are primarily focusing on Number 1, New Matter Written Description. Ariad Pharmaceuticals et al. 3d 1336 (Fed.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Rob Merges on the topic. ” For folks fighting through eligibility cases these days, the biggest concern is no longer unpredictability, but that the law has pushed too far against patentability. When the Supreme Court decided Bilski back in 2010, I was quite concerned about predictability and co-authored a BTLJ article with Prof.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

The report examines the issues with determining where an alleged IPR infringement has been committed, especially given the developments during the transition from Web 2.0 Readers can respond to the consultation with their views on these topics, before 11:59am on 31 October 2023. to Web 3.0.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 8, 2021

As trainee patent attorneys across the country begin their final days of preparation for the UK qualifying examinations, CIPA today released the long-awaited Mercer Review. Meanwhile, a radical shake-up of the European Qualifying Examinations (EQEs) has been announced ( IPKat ), with the aim of making the EQEs more fit for purpose.

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Each time I go to a legal conference or a business conference, one of the biggest topics people are buzzing about is artificial intelligence, and how it might transform the way that a particular career or job or role or industry operates. I mean, the fact that I was trained as a USPTO Examiner by officials at the USPTO.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 24, 2023

Quarles & Brady partner and editor-in-chief of the firm’s Protecting the Product design rights blog, James Aquilina, and patent engineer Harrison Powell attended the 16 th Annual USPTO Design Day on May 4, 2023, in Alexandria, Virginia at the USPTO’s Headquarters. A few key takeaways from the programing include: U.S.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 10, 2024

Image from here Refuse: (1) to vacate an interim injunction, (2) to remand back to the patent office, and (3) to continue allowance of a patent grant! In the last few days, the Madras and Delhi High Courts have passed a few significant orders on these topics. Let’s take a look at these three orders in this quick tidbit.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 28, 2024

Copyright and maps is not a topic that I would have predicted as such, but what I found in this book, in this context, with Alexander’s style and delivery, was a new lens with which to view familiar concepts in a refreshing and fascinating way. A question as simple as “what is a map?” The introduction probes into questions of ‘what is a map?’

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Whether it is South Asian Basmati Brawls, the much-to-tread trail of transparency, the Statements of Patent (Non-)Working, or the Indian “Bayh Dole” Bill, some stories never cease to beguile us. He wrote detailed posts on this topic later here and here. Here we go: 1. Both of these questions were answered in the negative.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The EPO has released the draft Guidelines for Examination 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. The new Guidelines will come into force on 1 March 2022. emphasis added). Section F-IV, 4.3

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

A new chapter in this legal battle has been examined in depth by Fashion Law. As part of the 21 for 2021 project , CREATe posted about the empirical evidence on copyright exceptions, from the oldest study on the topic to future research directions. Florian Mueller on Foss Patents provides commentary on the Epic Games v.

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The IPKat

JUNE 21, 2022

Harper continues with the topic of IP as complex phenomena in Chapter 2. The analysis is complemented by a case study of the MPEG-2 patent pool, as well as by suggestions for further avenues in economic research of IP. Cristof Augenstein follows with Chapter 3, where he discusses patent enforcement in Europe.

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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. Arthrex, Inc. ,

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The IPKat

JULY 23, 2023

Katfriend Alessandro Cerri covered the topic of whiskey and dog toys by delivering an article on the recent SCOTUS decision on First Amendment protection for expressive works. Other & Events Henry P Yang reported that the valedictory ceremony for Lord Kitchin of the UK Supreme Court will be held on Tuesday 25 July 2023.

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The IPKat

MARCH 6, 2022

In addition, potential and tangible intersections between intellectual property and these trending topics were recently discussed by The Trademark Lawyer Magazine. PATENTS The EPO's new guidelines for examination came into force at the beginning of March. Juve Patent reported on the case and the outcome of the EPO's decision.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2023

Combining Multiple Inventions in an Single Patent Application @media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-640f87a71087f6782{display: However, is combining multiple related inventions into a single patent application worth the cost savings? thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-640f87a71087f6782{display: block!important;}}@media

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Patently-O

MAY 31, 2023

Britta Glennon , a researcher exploring the interaction between diversity and corporate strategy, shed new light on the well-documented fact that women publish and patent less than men. In that sense, Britta’s work on attribution related to my own research with Colleen Chien , examining engineers’ views on patenting.

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The IPKat

MARCH 7, 2024

Then, Nicolas Binctin's piece, “La lutte contre l'écoblanchiment (greenwashing) - Défis et développements récents” stands as the sole contribution in French, yet it sets itself apart with an in-depth examination of the deceptive practice of greenwashing within the scope of unfair competition law. Despite having a solely U.S.-centred

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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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Erik K Pelton

JUNE 10, 2023

My comments touched on numerous topics, but focused in large part on the impact that USPTO trademark filing fee increases will have on small businesses, as well as the USPTO’s IT expenditures. Pelton & Associates, which I started after working as an examiner at the USPTO. Thank for you for the opportunity to speak today.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It also provides 2 links where ‘details of publications and patents emanating from DBT-funded research may be reported’ [link] [link] (Please note – the official notification has ‘publications’ at the end, but this does not lead to any page.

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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 ). This requirement usually manifests with a request from the Examiner for the description to be amended to identify the closest prior art. D8 is a patent relating to a filing unit. Not a robot?

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SpicyIP

MARCH 4, 2024

Malobika is a 2nd year PhD scholar and a full-time Teaching Assistant at WBNUJS, Kolkata, who is working on examining the need for, and contribution of “Experts” in IP dispute adjudication. Read on as she explains her motivation for her dissertation, her research problem, and her expectations from the fellowship! Arthrogen v.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MAY 20, 2021

Spotlight on Commerce: Hannah Wang, Primary Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Hannah Wang, Primary Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Guest blog post by Hannah Wang, Primary Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

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IPilogue

AUGUST 5, 2021

Although the Canadian legalization of psilocybin, similar to cannabis, is an interesting and contentious topic, this article intends to highlight the potential patentability of psilocybin and its derivatives, as well as the current trends in the field. Patenting Psychedelics: Novelty and Non-Obviousness.

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The IPKat

MARCH 28, 2022

On 14-16 March, this GuestKat had the opportunity to attend the "Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation" conference in Amsterdam, which, as many readers will know, not only hosts the Kattenkabinet museum (here below a sample of the oeuvres of the museum.), The IPKat reports on some of the trends and topics from the conference below.

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