Patently-O

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Design Patent No. D450,839 looks like a set of clown feet (image below), but, in actuality it covers “the ornamental design for a handle for introducer sheath” and is used as part of a medical catheter kit. Junker designed the handle with “large, rounded Mickey-Mouse-shaped ears” to make it easier to handle.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This left me thinking about design protection. How can you protect fashion designs? Designers can use unregistered designs to protect their creations, since the design of the product can change quickly and there may not always be time to apply for a registered design.  Choppy waters?

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Intepat

MAY 4, 2023

When an inventor is granted exclusive rights over their inventions for a specific period of time, it provides a return on their investment in terms of time, resources and capital. The idea that a specific invention will allow the inventor to reap benefits has a direct effect on incentivising inventors to create and invent more.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Women & Patents Women have played a vital role in developing the Industry through their inventions. She had invented a Process for weaving straw with silk or thread. Her invention gave a head start to the hat industry in the US, and this gave rise to wearable fashion in the 19th century.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The heist in granting patents should not undermine the objective for allowing private parties state protection over their inventions. Concession on Advance Payment of Renewal Fees The Draft Rules have proposed a ten per cent reduction in fee paid in advance via e filing in respect of a period of at least 4 years in Rule 80 sub- rule (3).

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Patently-O

AUGUST 24, 2023

Obviousness analysis primarily focuses on comparing the claimed invention against the prior art and using that consideration to guess whether the gap would have been obvious to fill at the time of the invention. Even without a presumption, nexus can be shown by tying the evidence to the “unique characteristics of the claimed invention.”

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Patently-O

MAY 2, 2022

The “on sale bar” prohibits patenting an invention that was placed “on sale” prior to the application being filed. 126 (1877) (delay excused by “bona fide effort to bring his invention to perfection, or to ascertain whether it will answer the purpose intended”). ” Pfaff v. Wells Elecs., 55 (1998).

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

JANUARY 6, 2021

Some of the most valuable inventions are software implemented methods. Many software methods are business method patents designed to make business more efficient. As the patent office historically stated, if an invention did not have a physical existence or manifest a discernible physical effect or change, you could not patent it.

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IPilogue

JULY 9, 2021

I am working on the revised 3rd edition of my book on Intellectual Property Law (Irwin Law 2011, 2nd edition) , and with Professor Pina D’Agostino as co-author on the revision of the 2nd edition on Copyright Law (Irwin Law 2000). What if they got nothing extra from patenting or design registration?

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IIPRD

JUNE 14, 2021

The article attempts to conclude that the fashion business is an IP-intensive industry, constantly producing and industrially misusing inventive thoughts and advancement. Piracy and Fashion Design. Knock-offs: Knockoffs are intended to replicate the original design nearly line for line but with another designer’s name attached.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 29, 2022

“Intellectual Property” refers to mental creations such as inventions, literary and creative works, as well as symbols, names, and pictures utilised in business. The Indian Information Technology (IT) Act 2000 legalises electronic records and electronic signatures. Dr. Cluadio De Simone & Anr. v. & Ors.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

And, of course, the debate on computer-generated inventions rumbled on across the world.) 21, Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 ), New Zealand ( section 5(2)(a), Copyright Act 1994 ), South Africa (section 2(h), Copyright Act 1978 ) and the UK ( Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 9(3) ).

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IP Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Recently the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment of no invalidity of a design patent under the on-sale bar provision of 35 U.S.C. § 7, 1999, was a commercial offer for sale of a product embodying the claimed design. Junker filed a design patent application on Feb. Medical Components, Inc. ,

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Recently the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment of no invalidity of a design patent under the on-sale bar provision of 35 U.S.C. § 7, 1999, was a commercial offer for sale of a product embodying the claimed design. Junker filed a design patent application on Feb. § 102.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 30, 2022

That is, video games increasingly are designed to have interactive virtual worlds, which are a hallmark of the Metaverse. ” The below chart shows Metaverse-related filings by Technology (“Tech”) Center over time from 2000 to 2022, where we see a spike in activity in 2008. See Are Software Inventions Patentable?

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Specifically, the Board found MacNeil was entitled to a presumption that its evidence of commercial success, long-felt need, and industry praise related to its WeatherTech® product reflective of the inventiveness of the claims of the ’186 Patent. 4, 8 (2000); Pace v. 101 as claiming only abstract ideas and no inventive concept.

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Intepat

AUGUST 25, 2023

Further to this, the Draft Rules propose that an applicant can file a divisional application under section 16, including in respect of an invention disclosed in the provisional specification. Further, patent specifications refers to patent specifications and design specifications.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Granting patents registrations is generally based on a first-to-file (or first-to-invent, depending on the country) basis. The shape of a product, part of a product or of its packaging or container may be considered distinctive and registered as a trademark or as an industrial design. Image Source: iStock].

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The court further directed the authorities to look whether these DNRs ought to be permitted to continue to offer their goods and services in India, if they are not giving effect to orders the courts and not complying with the provisions of IT Act 2000, and the 2021 Rules. Licensing Ip International S.AR.L Image from here.

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The IPKat

MARCH 7, 2023

by Giorgia Golzio and Daniele Golzio You might have come across The Simpsons’ episode “ Girls Just Want to Have Sums ”, in which Homer challenges the ability of women to invent. As Marge recalls, Bette Nesmith Graham (1929-1984) invented the first correction fluid in her kitchen in 1951: the so-called Liquid Paper.

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

It is a mechanism for the protection of rights granted to the creators of ideas, inventions products etc. It has about 850 species of bacteria, 6500 algae species, 14500 species of fungi, 2850 species of bryophytes, 64 species of gymnosperms, 2000 species of lichen, 1100 species of pteridophytes and 17500 species of angiosperms. [1]

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

It states that the current IP regime poses problems in the context of generic computer programs because of the way the algorithms are designed and trained using large data sets. They receive inputs at various stages of their development – be it designing the software, training the system and testing how it functions.

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IP Intelligence

APRIL 24, 2023

Computer-generated” is defined as “generated by computer in circumstances such that there is no human author of the work” (Section 178, Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (CDPA)). 2018) (citing Design Data Corp. Rearden and Design Data , together with Torah Soft Ltd. 16 Casa Duse, LLC v. Merkin , 791 F.3d 3d 247 (2d Cir.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 12, 2021

Several modern-day remedies were enacted to reduce the risk that IP owners would otherwise be able to recover only nominal damages—reasonable royalties for patents; statutory damages for © infringement; disgorgement of total profits for infringement of design patents. Aren’t they just the invention of an element of the claim?

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

He has 80 patents to his credit, among which his invention of the Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) has been phenomenal in the world of wireless networking systems. The necessity for such an Act arose because one could not protect Integrated Circuit (IC) layout design under the existing IP rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The issue of copyrightable material for modern art that is object-based or based on a design still exists, though. After using a fragment of the imagery from the advertising in his painting, Koons gave the image new significance in his 2000 piece Niagara. right to copyright will exist. This is done as an inducement to adopt the theory.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 24, 2023

“Computer-generated” is defined as “generated by computer in circumstances such that there is no human author of the work” (Section 178, Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (CDPA)). 2018) (citing Design Data Corp. Rearden and Design Data , together with Torah Soft Ltd. ” 16 Casa Duse, LLC v.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Moreover, IP rights are inherently territorial, creating problems for IP owners who use cloud computing, such as their patented inventions being used or infringed in multiple locations without their consent or knowledge. It is designed as an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform. 21, Acts of Parliament, 2000 (India). [1]

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 30, 2023

Image Sources : Shutterstock] The Sensorama Machine, invented by Morton Heilig in 1962, created a simulation of riding a motorcycle where the user could experience the vibrations of the bike, sounds, and scents associated with the ride while immersed in a 3D video environment. Entertainment 2000, Inc. The Design Act.

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SpicyIP

MAY 6, 2024

The MHC in Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC vs Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs clarified the role of the ‘person skilled in the art’ (PSITA) in determining non-obviousness. Highlights of the Week Problem Statement Precision: A Key Factor in TSM-Based Non-Obviousness Determination? Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC v.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The subsidised valuation is done by government bodies like the Korea Invention Promotion Centre. Masai is an international player in the footwear industry engaged in designing, marketing, and distributing shoes. As a result, Korea has been able to develop Asia’s first IP Investment and Monetization Company named Intellectual Discovery.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Highlights of the Week ‘Non’-Pharmaceutical Substance and Efficacy under Sec 3(d) Image from here Can Section 3(d) be applied to a non pharmaceutical invention? Controller of Patents and Designs made some interesting observations on this issue. The MHC in Novozymes v. Clover Centrum vs Clover Network Inc. Defendants agree to pay Rs.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 17, 2023

The inventor or individual may still assert small entity status when transferring rights in the invention to another if all parties having rights in the invention qualify for small entity status. Extension for response to Office Action– 1 st request. Information Disclosure Statement. Post Issuance Fees. receiving office.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 31, 2022

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) acknowledges that AI could be used to modernize the crucial steps of clinical trial conduct-study design, planning, and execution. Patenting Trends for inventions using AI in the Life Sciences and healthcare Fields. Clinical Trials. These include IBM, Nvidia, and LG Electronics.

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