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I was already like this before you got here: prior use as an exception to patent infringement

Garrigues Blog

In addition, a third party’s use of an invention before its registration by another is also relevant to assess patent infringement. The right of prior use is set forth in article 63 of the current Patents Law of 2015, the wording of which is practically identical to that of article 54 of the earlier Patents Law of 1986.

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Alice is Alive and Well!

The IP Law Blog

Some things, referred to as patent-ineligible subject matter, are not patentable: laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas. In 2014, the Supreme Court established a two-part test to determine whether an invention is patent-eligible. 208, 216, 219 (2014). Alice Corp. In Repifi Vendor Logistics v.