LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The case arises out of a 2018 lawsuit, in which four self-described inventors of DNA Arrays brought suit against Illumina, a “multibillion-dollar, global player in genetic analysis,” alleging that Illumina and its associates conspired to steal Petitioner’s trade secrets and covertly conceal the information in patent applications.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 26, 2022

2:21-cv-00126-JRG-RSP) (not available on line for free from what I can see) addressed an accused infringer’s argument that the assignment of the patent-in-suit from the sole inventor (Afana) to the plaintiff, Mobile Equity, was ineffective, and so the patentee lacked standing. Walmart (Case No. Taylor Made Plastics, Inc.,

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2023

7,784,961 Before sledding into the patent’s technicalities, the inventor of this Christmas cheer utilized a lesser-known path under U.S. Vague language and all-encompassing quantifiers can leave inventors with nothing but a metaphorical lump of coal. patent law. Under 35 U.S.C.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 4, 2021

A world first – South Africa recently made headlines by granting a patent for ‘a food container based on fractal geometry’ to a non-human inventor, namely an artificial intelligence (AI) machine called DABUS. 3] Bertie Van Zyl (Pty) Ltd v Minister for Safety and Security 2010 (2) SA 181 (CC) para 21. [4]

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Patently-O

JULY 6, 2022

Even if there is no prior art, the USPTO still bars a patentee from obtaining a separate patent claiming an obvious variation of already-issued claims held by the patentee/inventor. 593 (2010). And, in any case, these exceptions have defined the reach of the statute as a matter of statutory stare decisis going back 150 years.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Moderna claimed that they had registered foundational mRNA patents between 2010 and 2016. On August 26, 2022, Moderna released a press statement that they will pursue a patent infringement lawsuit against Pfizer/BioNTech for their use of Moderna’s registered mRNA patents in creating the Pfizer COVID-19 mRNA vaccine.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

JANUARY 6, 2021

This changed in 2010 with the granting of the Amazon 1-click patent. A claim element is essential if: Modifying or substituting the claim element would change the way the invention works The inventor intended that the claim element be essential If a claim element is essential, the patent Examiner must consider it.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 18, 2021

Between 2010 and early 2020, there were typically between 100 and 200 innovation patent applications filed each month. I therefore suspect that being an inventor or applicant on a granted patent may have benefits for people pursuing academic or research careers in India.

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Patently-O

MARCH 26, 2024

Such inventors are worthy of all favor. 593, 654–55 (2010). This aspect of the ruling emphasizes the importance of original contribution in the inventive process and the need for inventors to demonstrate that they have not merely appropriated the ideas of others. Kappos , 561 U.S. & Trademark Off. 184, 201 (2014).

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Additionally, if you are a patent owner or inventor, please include the number of U.S. and foreign patents you hold; the number of patents you have licensed or sold; and the number of patent cases you have been involved in since the Supreme Court’s decision in Bilski in 2010.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The two-step analogous arts test for obviousness involves determining whether a reference is within the scope of the prior art by considering two separate tests: Same Field Test: This test asks whether the reference is in the same field as the inventor’s endeavor. Master Lock Co., 3d 1231 (Fed. Firepass Corp., 3d 1374 (Fed.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

This Kat is looking out for female inventors Gender balance in the European intellectual property profession is a topic of much comment, with the EPO's recent publication of a study on female representation among inventors adding some interesting figures to the discussion. share of female inventors. share of female inventors.

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IIPRD

APRIL 28, 2023

While the goal of IPR law is to preserve inventors’ rights over their creations, the goal of competition law is to maintain effective market competition by prohibiting anti-competitive acts and the misuse of dominant positions. IPR law’s goal has been changed from defending individual inventors to promoting new ideas. [2]

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Patently-O

MARCH 7, 2023

In 2010, a Gilead patent application published (“Sofia”) that discloses the claimed invention. In this setup, UMN’s can disregard Sofia so long as it properly claimed priority to at least one of those earlier applications.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

JUNE 2, 2021

Those changes would not have been possible without the amazing inventors behind them – women and men who inspire us all with their spirit of ingenuity and perseverance. From the personal computer to satellite technology, the last few decades of technological innovation have dramatically changed the way we live our lives.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2023

In 2010, Rae graduated from the University of Texas with a B.S. In 2010, he graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a B.S. in electrical engineering in 2010. Chris Wright prosecutes patent applications for individual inventors and helps companies of all sizes build and manage strategic global patent portfolios.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 31, 2022

2010/0128588 (Shuman) is directed to a Halloween greeting system for prompting young children to remember to say “trick or treat” and “thank you.” ” The inventor, who was also a patent attorney, must have been irked by rude trick-or-treaters. In the same field as Schilling’s invention, U.S.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

In a similar case, the Judge observed that “ If inventors, who seek to invent patents, are going to suffer such treatment, it would ultimately disincentivize persons from exercising their inventive faculties and coming with new and innovative technologies which would ultimately be deleterious to the national interest as well.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 29, 2024

By introducing concepts like ‘innovation’ ‘technical’ ‘solution’ and ‘scientific foundation’, the order expands the scope of Section 3(h) and puts the bar for the inventor higher than was originally envisaged.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Samsung argued that there were potential witnesses from non-party Samsung Research America (“SRA”), three of the five named inventors, prosecution counsel for the patents, and third-party AliphCom in the NDCA. 1] Jawbone Innovations, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., 2:21-cv-00186, Dkt. 164 at 1. [2] at 6, 12. [13] at 10–11. [20]

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

While the antitrust laws prescribe unreasonably restraints of competition, the IPR laws reward the inventor with a temporary monopoly that insulates him from competitive exploitation of his protected art ”. Nguyen, „The CFI Microsoft Judgment and TRIPS Competition Flexibility‟.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 6, 2023

61/309,038, filed on March 1, 2010. The specifications of the challenged patents frame the inventor’s problem in terms of how to improve existing polling systems by performing progressive polling and focuses on details of receiving and comparing answers to generate matches, and not on how to improve computer technology.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Recent research has, for example, shown that women and people of color are underrepresented among patent-seeking inventors and among lawyers and agents at the PTO. Yet scholarship on racial and gender inequality in the patent system is growing.

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Patently-O

JULY 7, 2021

Bio-Rad now argues that it has partial ownership rights to the inventions based upon the inventor’s contributions while employees. Precedent does not impose a temporal restriction on when a person can become a co-inventor. Vanderbilt Univ. ICOS Corp. , 3d 1297 (Fed.

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Patently-O

MARCH 13, 2024

To be considered analogous art, a reference must either be (1) from the same field of endeavor as the claimed invention or (2) reasonably pertinent to the particular problem addressed by the inventor, regardless of the field in which that reference was working. In re Bigio , 381 F.3d 3d 1320 (Fed. In re Clay , 966 F.2d 2d 656 (Fed.

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Patently-O

MAY 26, 2023

The approach of Amgen echoes that of the Supreme Court’s 2010 Bilski decision, which advised a simple adherence to established precedents. Morse , 15 How. 62 (1854), as an enablement decision, even though in both Alice and Mayo , the court had labeled O’Reilly as an eligibility decision. Cutter , 29 F. 1120 (C.C.D.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A specification is said to provide adequate written description when it “reasonably conveys to those skilled in the art that the inventor had possession of the claimed subject matter as of the filing date.” 2010) ( en banc ). ” Ariad Pharms., Eli Lilly & Co. , 3d 1336, 1351 (Fed. In Juno Therapeutics, Inc.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 5, 2022

Inventors are granted patent protection in exchange for a societal benefit. Inventors agree to expose their findings to the public via the patent specification in exchange for the public granting them an exclusive right to utilize those discoveries for a set period of time.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Some studies have shown that juries favour independent inventors / start-ups over bigger corporate defendants (e.g. Moderna was set up in 2010 with its sole focus being mRNA technology. Goliath narrative is probably drawn up since Moderna has requested a jury trial. Judge Kimberly Moore, Populism and Patents, NYU L.Rev ).

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IP Intelligence

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The test for adequate written description “is whether the disclosure of the application relied upon reasonably conveys to those skilled in the art that the inventor had possession of the claimed subject matter as of the filing date.” [8] 2010) (en banc). 1] 35 U.S.C. § 2] Indivior UK Ltd. 2020-1933, 2021 WL 5571708 (Fed. 30, 2021). [6]

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IP Intelligence

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A specification is said to provide adequate written description when it “reasonably conveys to those skilled in the art that the inventor had possession of the claimed subject matter as of the filing date.” 2010) ( en banc ). Ariad Pharms., Eli Lilly & Co. , 3d 1336, 1351 (Fed. In Juno Therapeutics, Inc. Kite Pharma, Inc. ,

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 5, 2022

Inventors are granted patent protection in exchange for a societal benefit. Inventors agree to expose their findings to the public via the patent specification in exchange for the public granting them an exclusive right to utilize those discoveries for a set period of time.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The test for adequate written description “is whether the disclosure of the application relied upon reasonably conveys to those skilled in the art that the inventor had possession of the claimed subject matter as of the filing date.” 2010) (en banc). 1] 35 U.S.C. § § 112(a). [2] 2] Indivior UK Ltd. 30, 2021). [6]

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

. § 112(a) and requires a patent specification to demonstrate the inventor actually possessed the full scope of the claimed invention at the time of filing. As the Federal Circuit re-established in Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Eli Lilly & Co. , 3d 1336 (Fed.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 3, 2023

In 2010, the amended version of the bill was presented by the Parliamentary committee (see generally, Indian “Bayh Dole” Amendments: A Historic Moment in Indian IP Policy Making ). I conclude this Julys’ sift here only to begin a new sift – in the SpicyIP’s Pages of “Augusts”.

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Patentably Defined

JUNE 7, 2012

Art is analogous when it is: (1) from the same field of endeavor as the claimed invention; or (2) reasonably pertinent to the particular problem faced by the inventor, if the art is not from the same field of endeavor. 2010-1290, slip op. 2010-1290, slip op. 2010-1290, slip op. BRIEF SUMMARY OF RELEVANT LAW. at 12 (Fed.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

2010) (en banc) (original claims can still fail). The inventor also provided testimony that those ranges in the specification could not be extrapolated to a clinical dose. But see , Ariad Pharm., Eli Lilly & Co., 3d 1336 (Fed.

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