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Capturing All the Dimensions: Intellectual Property Protection for 3-D Designs and 3-D Printing Methods

More Than Your Mark

the past decade, the use of 3-D printing has expanded rapidly, in part because the original intellectual property protections on the technology, first invented in the 1980s, expired, making it less expensive to produce the hardware and software involved in the 3-D printing process.

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The Quest for a Meaningful Threshold of Invention: Atlantic Works v. Brady (1883)

Patently-O

I thought I would write a more complete discussion of this important historic patent case. Atlantic Works has had a profound impact on the development of patent law, particularly in shaping the doctrine of obviousness, but more generally providing theoretical frameworks for attacking “bad patents.”

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Decoding The Scepticism Of Overlap Between Patents Law And Competition Law

IP and Legal Filings

In the fast growing economy, innovation is necessary for businesses and Patents as an intellectual property rights protects that innovation. Intellectual property rights provide a negative right in other words a monopoly right to the creator or Inventor over their creation or Invention. CCI and Anr W.P.(C)

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PTO Revisits What is Patentable

The IP Law Blog

Patent and Trademark Office announced that the PTO would be revisiting the test for patent subject matter eligibility. A patent protects an invention. These nonpatentable things are referred to as patent-ineligible subject matter. 208, 216, 219 (2014). Alice Corp. CLS Bank International , 573 U.S.

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The Chicken Sandwich Wars: A Sampling of Intellectual Property Law in the Fast Food Industry

LexBlog IP

A 2015 court case and trade secret law help shed some light on this question. In 1987, a man by the name of Norberto Colón Lorenzana claimed to have invented the chicken sandwich while employed for a Church’s Chicken franchise in Puerto Rico.

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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. 208, 216, 219 (2014). Alice Corp.

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EFTA-India Free Trade Agreement and Patents Rules Amendment: Compromising Public Accountability and Transparency in the Indian Patent System

SpicyIP

Recently, India and a group of 4 European countries- Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland (EFTA) signed a Trade Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) on a variety of trade related issues, including intellectual property rights. Sreenath is an independent legal researcher and Adjunct Faculty of Law at Ramaiah Law College.

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