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Supreme Court on Patent Law: November 2023

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch The Supreme Court is set to consider several significant patent law petitions addressing a range of issues from the application of obviousness standards, challenges to PTAB procedures, interpretation of joinder time limits IPR, to the proper scope patent eligibility doctrine.

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Patent – a shield for modern biotechnology

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Thus, a legal safeguard should be provided to inventors for their inventions to keep their interest in science alive. What are the biotechnological inventions? This leads them to think about protecting their inventions from unauthorized use. What is patent? Who can file a patent application?

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Competition Law: The Patent Pendulum

Intepat

Interface of Competition Law and Patents Patent law particularly bears more relevance to antitrust jurisprudence. Patent law operates on two principles i.e. to encourage innovation and to promote the progress of science and technology. The Supreme Court in Eldred v. An example of this is the case of FTC v.

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Eligibility of Computer-Implemented Inventions Behind Unprecedented Numbers of Patent Office Rulings

LexBlog IP

Once upon a time – not so very long ago, in fact – it was rare for the Australian Patent Office to issue a formal published ruling on the patent-eligibility of claims submitted for examination. Historically, the overwhelming majority of decisions have related to inter partes proceedings, such as patent oppositions.

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[Guest post] Expected introduction of a full patent examination in Switzerland: Opportunity or burden?

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host a guest contribution by Daria Bohatchuk (University of Basel) on the upcoming Swiss patent reform. Here’s what Daria writes: Expected introduction of a full patent examination in Switzerland: Opportunity or burden? 59 (4) of the Patents Act, Botschaft , 11, 12).

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Alice is Alive and Well!

The IP Law Blog

Not everything is patentable. First, only inventions are patentable. Second, only certain inventions are patentable. Four types of inventions are patentable: articles of manufacture, machines, processes, and compositions of matter. Alice Corp. CLS Bank International , 573 U.S. 208, 216, 219 (2014).

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New PatentlyO L.J. Article: The AIA at Ten – How Much Do the Pre-AIA Prior Art Rules Still Matter?

Patently-O

New Patently-O Law Journal article by Colleen V. Chien, Professor of Law and Co-Director, High Tech Law Institute, and Janelle Barbier and Obie Reynolds, both second-year JD students; all at Santa Clara University School of Law. Figure 2: 2021 Pending Patent Applications Pre- vs. Post-AIA (Point Estimate).

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