Patently-O

APRIL 30, 2024

Services like All Prior Art are using AI to churn out and ‘publish’ many millions of generated texts, hoping some will preempt future patent applications. ” Lidiya Mishchenko , Thank You for Not Publishing (Unexamined Patent Applications) , 47 B.Y.U. .” See my 2014 post. Amgen Inc.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 21, 2024

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under which the Patent Office functions, has published for consultation a set of proposed amendments to the Patent Rules, 2003. Two of the provisions slated to be amended have a direct impact on the quality of patents granted by the Patent Office.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 1, 2021

Section 11 (b) read with Rule 24B of Patents Rules, 2003 concerning patent application exam stipulates a 48-month period from the date of priority or filing of patent application within which a request for examination of the application needs to be made.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In the Dr. Reddy’s case, a revocation application was filed under Section 64 against a patent granted in favour of Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH. Patent Revocation Petitions Under Section 64. Court’s Reasoning.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Following the patent search, one should draft the patent application effectively. The application should include various parts such as claims, background, description, drawing, abstract and summary. Filing the patent application. A receipt is then generated with the patent application number.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

First thing first, let’s unfold the case: The case involves a writ petition challenging the abandonment of a patent application and praying for its restoration. Here, the background is that the Petitioner hired Mr. Naveen Chaklan of M/s Delhi Intellectual Property LLP to deal with his patent application.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 29, 2022

CFMT’s two asserted patents claimed improved apparatus/method for cleaning semiconductor wafers using a specific closed-environment setup. After filing for patent protection, the inventors were hired by Texas Instruments (TI) to implement a version of the system. CFMT, Inc. YieldUp Int’l Corp. , 3d 1339 (Fed.

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

The Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) 608.01(p) Failure to do so raises an inequitable conduct issue related to the applicant’s duty of disclosure, as discussed in our related posts here and here. In fact, a patent application does not need to provide a guarantee that a prophetic example actually works!

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 27, 2024

The share of “DTS-i Technology” had a notable surge from 2003 to 2008, suggesting that the product protected by the Applicant’s patent had gained considerable popularity in the market. The idea of presuming the validity of a patent. REFERENCES Under section 108 of the Patents Act, 1970.

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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Three pharmaceutical companies, including Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Micromet AG, and Cambridge Antibody Technology (now acquired by AstraZeneca), in September 2003 announced signing a non-exclusive cross-license agreement. However, in this case, it is imperative to note that determining the scope of a patent is not easy. Bottom Line.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has recently published a set of draft amendments (“Draft Rules”) to the Indian Patent Rules, 2003. The amendments are currently open for comments from the public.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The parties agree that the products described in the letter embody the design that was later patented. February 2000 : Junker filed his patent application that led to the D’839 patent. In 2003, Junker filed a reissue application seeking to claim that benefit. 102(b) (pre-AIA). Image below).

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SpicyIP

MARCH 29, 2024

Third, patentability of a method of agriculture- the issue of Section 3(h). The Factual Matrix Mitsui Chemicals (Appellant) filed a patent application in India through the PCT route in 2009. The application claimed priority from a Japanese application and the PCT claims was directed towards- “1. Let’s dive in.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

Winston Strawn Plagiarism Complaint Winston Strawn Plagiarism Attachments I recall being asked to draft my first patent infringement complaint back in early 2003 – a few months after graduating from law school. Similar issues also came up in the patent information disclosure statement cases a decade ago.

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Intepat

MARCH 16, 2021

This will be beneficial for the applicants filing PCT applications claiming priority from Indian Patent applications and the Examiners at the IPO and WIPO who are handling such applications. 49 in the First Schedule of the Patent Rules, 2003.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

If the patent claims are translated in a wrong manner, then there are chances that the claims might get narrowed or even get broadened. In any of the cases, it can be costly for the applicant in the case, any third party sues the applicant concerning the patent application. Also in 35 U.S.C.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Interestingly, the first patent for Sirturo was filed on 18/07/2003 ( PCT/EP2003/050322 ), meaning it is (more than) 20 years since their first filing. And earlier this year, the Indian patent office rejected their attempt to file a secondary patent on the drug.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

After the jury trial in March, 2021, the jury found unanimously that Apple infringed at least one of the claims 13, 14, 15, or 16 of the ’091 Patent. In its fact findings, the court noted that PMC and its inventors prosecuted their patent applications “serially.” However, the notice of abandonment was withdrawn by the PTO.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Image with text reading “Keep Calm and Expect Delays” Last week, the Delhi High Court pronounced a decision rebuking a patent applicant for causing unnecessary delays in the patent application process by seeking repeated adjournments and not filing written submissions on time. In the case of FMC Corporation v.

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Patently-O

MAY 2, 2022

The original patent application was filed Feb 9, 2021 –one year and two days later and outside the one year grace period. This case is one where savvy patent attorneys would have helped: (1) filing the patent application earlier; or (2) drafting the contract so that it is not a “sale.”

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Intepat

APRIL 5, 2022

Upon notification, the applicant is expected to reply to the objections within six months, or the applicant can take an extension of another 3 months for filing of the reply. If the applicant fails to file a reply to the objections, the application is deemed to be abandoned. Author: Mansi Tiwari, Interns @IntepatIP.

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Patently-O

APRIL 10, 2022

The normal rule of claim construction is that claim terms should be given “the meaning that the term[s] would have to a person of ordinary skill in the art in question at the time of the invention, i.e., as of the effective filing date of the patent application.” ” Phillips v. 3d 1303 (Fed. 2005)(en banc).

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More Than Your Mark

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Patents have issued with at least one claim containing the word “cannabis” or “cannabinoid.” The USPTO applies the same legal standard when reviewing utility patent applications related to cannabis, as it does to all other inventions. In short, a substance’s Schedule I classification is irrelevant to its patentability.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 17, 2022

There are no precedents through which trademark issues could be discussed, but an online platform named Second life appeared in 2003 was a pioneer of metaverse technology and its fast development brought numerous intellectual property issues. With the growing number of patent applications, the risk is also increasing.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MAY 27, 2021

Designed to enable users to surf the Internet and navigate Web pages through a computer’s numeric keypad instead of a mouse, HPR debuted in 1997; by 2003, it was widely used around the world. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Achievement Award from the Society of Women Engineers, and holds more than 20 patents.

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SpicyIP

JULY 23, 2021

While there is a high prevalence of generic alternatives, the agrochemicals industry in India is observing an increase in the number of patent applications filed. It, thus, makes it important to look at the disclosures that are required to be made by patentees regarding the working of their patents.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Therefore, by granting the interim injunction in the present matter on the above rationale, the court has raised the bar for the defendants planning to resort to the plea of invalidity to oppose application of interim injunction, in future litigations. . The Drug and the patent. Background .

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The IPKat

AUGUST 16, 2021

The subject matter of the patented invention must be new at the time of filing a patent application. G-taxi filed its application in 2015, although such platforms have already been widely known since the 2000s around the world. Zingo automatically searched for the nearest taxi driver for the passenger.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Almost two years after the 2021 amendments to the Patent Rules 2003, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has proposed a fresh set of amendments which, if accepted, can change the Indian Patent landscape substantially. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. Varsha is a 5th year law student pursuing B.

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Kashishipr

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Interestingly, in these cases, the trademark owner itself/himself misused the trademark as the generic name of the product in advertising and Patent Applications. In 2003, the photocopier firm Xerox came up with an advertisement that read, “When you use ‘Xerox’ the way you use ‘aspirin,’ we get a headache.”

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Patently-O

AUGUST 30, 2021

.” Full Scope Written Description : The Patent Act requires that the specification include “a written description of the invention.” The specification needs to convey that the inventor had “possession” of the claimed invention as of the patent application’s filing date. 35 U.S.C. §

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 3, 2023

In July 2007, Aysha Shaukat’s post first discussed how Pakistan was planning to take legal action against India for patenting ‘Super Basmati’. However, it later turned out that there was no patent application for the Super Basmati, but rather, as Aysha said, it was a “proverbial case of the media conflating IP terms”.

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Intepat

JANUARY 17, 2023

It is a crucial techno-legal document constituted by scientific and technical disclosures which designate the basis of the rights of a patent. Section 7(4) of the Patents Act, 1970 ( the Act) directs that every patent application shall be accompanied by a provisional or a complete specification.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 14, 2023

Other Posts Timelines under Rule 138 of Patent Rules are to be interpreted strictly and there cannot be any leeway under Rule 49.6 of PCT Regulations, says Delhi High Court The DHC ruled that timelines for filing national phase applications cannot be extended, in light of India’s reservation to the PCT Regulations on this.

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Patently-O

MAY 3, 2023

See David Hricik, Wrong about Everything: The Application by the District Courts of Rule 9(b) to Inequitable Conduct, 86 Marquette Law Review 895 (2003) ( here ).) hold[s] that the pleader ‘need only allege facts from which the Court could reasonably infer that the patent applicant made a deliberate decision to deceive the [US]PTO.’.

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SpicyIP

MAY 15, 2023

1 applied for the registration of “MGalin” in 2018 with false user data of 7th January 2003, to which the respondent failed to adduce any evidence to rebut the assertion. 2 filed for a stay of impugned judgement and decree, which restrains them from using a registered Patent and copyright of Plaintiff/Respondent No.1.

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Barry Sookman

MAY 4, 2020

”‘ The petitioner also advanced policy considerations to support the position that a patent application can name a machine as an inventor. SODRAC 2003 Inc., The Court also applies other malleable principles in construing the Act including the principle of technological neutrality. See, Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

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