IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 27, 2024

ABSTRACT The legal dispute between Bajaj and TVS Motors centers around the alleged unauthorized use of the DTSi patent. Introduction The main emphasis of the case pertains to accusations of patent infringement made by the defendant, as well as the subsequent pursuit of damages. In year 2007 the plaintiffs (Bajaj Auto Ltd.)

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Patently-O

MARCH 28, 2024

The court’s ruling emphasizes that the mere existence of prior art elements is not sufficient to render a claimed invention obvious; rather, there must be a clear reason or rationale for a person of ordinary skill in the art to combine those elements in the claimed manner. In KSR Int’l Co. Teleflex Inc. ,

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Intepat

MAY 28, 2024

This success is largely attributed to Apple’s effective trademarking of various designs and sounds related to its products and services. Notably, Apple trademarked its store design in the United States in 2011. Design Aesthetics: Apple is known for its minimalist and sleek product design. In 2007, Apple Inc.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

10, 2022), serves as a warning to prospective filers that making pre-filing offers for sale, or engaging in discussions for future sales, can be detrimental to one’s ability to obtain both design and utility patents. Design Patent No. D450,839 (the D‘839 Patent) for a catheter introducer sheath.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The Supreme Court has not yet granted writ of certiorari in any patent cases this term. And, absent an unusual shadow-docket patent case, it is now too late for any case to be granted and heard this term. Still, there are a number of important patent cases pending before the court. Neapco Holdings LLC, et al. , Patreon, Inc.,

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The following article focuses on the challenges of enforcing patent rights and Trade Secrets. “ Formula One can be perceived as an epicentre of inventions and innovations, making intellectual property indispensable in the sport. Hence, the traveling chaos of F1 is a world filled with patents, trademarks, copyrights, and Trade Secrets.

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Patently-O

APRIL 16, 2024

Pharmaceutical innovators are voicing concern that these disclosures are increasingly being used as prior art to invalidate patents arising out of, or otherwise relating to, these trials, in a manner that threatens to disincentivize investment in pharmaceutical innovation. A recent Federal Circuit decision, Salix Pharms.,

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Patently-O

MARCH 8, 2022

Broadcom petitioned the ITC to halt imports by Renesas Electronics (and others) because they infringe two Broadcom patents: US7512752, claims 1, 2, 5, 7, 8: memory access unit with improve access to shared memory. In particular, Broadcom was unable to show any licensed domestic use of the invention as claimed. 1337(a)(2). 1337(a)(3).

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

AUGUST 4, 2021

Introduced in 2019, founder Peggy Johns claims to have invented egglife egg white wraps, using a now patented method ( U.S. The Defendant, Crepini, LLC (“Crepini”), was apparently founded in 2007 with “the dream of bringing crepes into every North American household.” 10,194,669 ).

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 25, 2023

DivX has developed a number of inventions related to video streaming. Patent Nos. In 2019, DivX sued Netflix for infringing the patents, and Netflix responded with a pair of IPR petitions arguing that the claims should be cancelled. Prior to 2007 the Federal Circuit had a rule forbidding the citation of its unpublished opinions.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In Arthrex , the Supreme Court rewrote the Patent Act, charging the USPTO Director with authority to review final written decisions stemming from inter partes and post grant review proceedings (IPR/PGR). One open question is the Director’s role in mill run patent applications that have been rejected by the Board. 603, 607 (Fed.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Although the court did not enter into any serious policy analysis or consideration of Supreme Court precedent promoting patent challenges such as Lear, Inc. 118, 124 (2007). asserting breach of contract and also that Sarepta’s patents are invalid. Adkins , 395 U.S. 653 (1969); & MedImmune, Inc. Genentech, Inc. ,

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Patently-O

JUNE 30, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Design patents continue to rise in importance, but the underlying law full of eccentricities. The crux of the issue lies in the manner patent law decisions are typically written. 398 (2007), overrule or abrogate In re Rosen, 673 F.2d The case under scrutiny is LKQ Corp. GM Global Tech , 21-2348 (Fed.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

GM Global Technology to rule on the issue of whether the current test for determining obviousness of design patents, i.e., the Rosen/Durling Standard, is proper in view of the Supreme Court’s 2007 decision in KSR v. Under the current Standard, the range of applicable prior art combinations in design cases is limited.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Christine Farley, Authenticity and Design: Why sell a chair for 10x a visually identical chair? Sometimes the replication is exact; design claimants say they’re made with cheaper materials and practices, but midcentury modern design aimed for cheapness and access: the idea that more people can have it now would be a good not a bad.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 4, 2022

Fish Principals Craig Deutsch , Jennifer Huang , and Grace Kim , discuss challenging design patents at the PTAB in their Law360 Expert Analysis article. Challenging design patents at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is difficult — nearly two-thirds of petitions directed to design patents have been denied institution.

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Patently-O

MARCH 18, 2024

The patent at issue, originally naming a single inventor (Steve Campbell), claims a lightweight intermodal container system for transporting refrigerated gaseous fluids. 256 to correct inventorship on an issued patent. The district court agreed, finding their contributions were significant to the conception of the claimed invention.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” context to see how various other countries have responded to such challenges as well, not only in copyright but in trademark and patent too.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The first part has to do with motivation-to-combine, with the decision offering some good language for patent prosecutors attempting to overcome weakly worded office actions. 398 (2007). [I]f The invention particularly employs “link adaptation” and “incremental redundancy” to optimize channel coding. Sierra Wireless, Inc. ,

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Preliminary Exams for the Recruitment of Patent and Designs Examiners Cancelled! Just a day after conducting the Preliminary exams for the recruitment of the Patent and Design Examiners, the Quality Control Council of India (QCI) on September 4, announced that the same has been cancelled due to “some irregularities/ technical glitches.”

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Patentably Defined

JUNE 7, 2012

103 limit patent protection to claimed subject matter that would have been nonobvious to a “person of ordinary skill” in the claimed field of endeavor at the time of filing. 2007) (citing In re Clay , 966 F.2d Applicant respectfully submits that the Smith patent does not qualify as prior art under 35 U.S.C. § INTRODUCTION.

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