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Defending Design Patents

Patently-O

In our new paper, The Truth About Design Patents , we debunk three widely held—but incorrect—views about U.S. design patents. Taken together, these myths paint a grim picture of design patents: Half of all design patent applications are rejected. Most asserted design patents are invalidated in litigation.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

SpicyIP

The Court noted that the Patents Act is specifically designed to deal with matters concerning allegations of unreasonable conditions in licence agreements, abuse of one’s status as a patentee, the necessary inquiry into these allegations, and eventually the relief that can be granted. Controller of Patents & Designs Patent Office Mumbai.

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[Guest post] Could your beliefs about copyright be protected under the Equality Act?

The IPKat

Can and should those beliefs be protected under the Equality Act 2010, protecting copyright believers against discrimination in employment law and in the exercise by public authorities in their functions? As IP aficionados, many readers of this blog will have strong views about the proper scope of copyright law.

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The Non-Compete Ban: Impact on Patenting and Challenging Implementation

Patently-O

1023, 1023-1035 (2010) (increases the number of patents, number of firm starts, and employment). This is quite an expedited schedule, but is designed to resolve the case in a way that even allows some time for appellate review before the 120 day implementation deadline of the FTC’s non-compete ban.

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Legislation Would Bolster ITC Power Against Foreign Government-Sponsored Trade Secret Misappropriation

LexBlog IP

Then the ITC has 30 days to conduct a preliminary, confidential ex parte review to determine if there is a reasonable indication that the article more likely than not is a covered article. ” Additionally, we wrote early this year about the Senate’s passage of a bill designed to punish foreign actors for IP theft.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 4-March 10)

SpicyIP

Calm Water Therapeutics Llc vs The Assistant Controller Of Patents And Designs on 28 February, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The appeal challenged the rejection of a patent application for a “Bi-Functional Co-Polymer” by the Assistant Controller of Patents. Third, the evidence of the plaintiff’s use of the mark from 1989 are fabricated.

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Section 230 Helps Craigslist Defeat Sex Trafficking Case–LH v. Marriott

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

I’m still incredulous that we’re litigating Craigslist’s activity from 2010 or before. The plaintiff’s. As I’ve previously explained, the whole point of the SESTA Manager’s Amendment was to link a 1595 claim to 1591, so it’s been frustrating watching some courts misassess that essential point.

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