Intellectual Property Law Blog

JULY 31, 2023

2015) (citing Titanium Metals Corp. 2015) (citing Atofina, 441 F.3d 2012)). Once a patent challenger has established, through overlapping ranges, its prima facie case of anticipation, the court must evaluate whether the patentee has established the claimed range is critical to the operability of the claimed invention.

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Garrigues Blog

JUNE 22, 2021

However, following the entry into force of Patents Law 24/2015 (PL), we need to reassess whether this is always the best strategy. Such authorization may not be given for inventions of interest to national defense, unless expressly authorized by the Ministry of Defense”. What is an invention made in Spain? of the LP).

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 2, 2022

Following a peak in 2015, inter partes decisions have been falling, while ex parte decisions have been generally on the rise since 2011. Almost all of these have related to computer-implemented inventions. Historically, the overwhelming majority of decisions have related to inter partes proceedings, such as patent oppositions.

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

A patent must teach one skilled in the relevant art how to make and use the claimed invention, as required by 35 U.S.C. p) explains that unless an invention is disclosed such that one skilled in the art will be able to practice it without undue experimentation, at least one operative example of the invention must be set forth.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2023

2015), do not apply for post-America Invents Act (AIA) patents. Rapidpulse, Inc., IPR2021-01466, Paper 34 (Mar. 10, 2023), a key issue in inter partes reviews: how to establish a reference patent as prior art based on the filing date of an earlier-filed application, such as a provisional. Nat’l Graphics, Inc., 3d 1375 (Fed.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 26, 2022

The Court found (at [105]) that: the law relating to the entitlement of a person to the grant of a patent is premised upon an invention for the purposes of the Patents Act arising from the mind of a natural person or persons. Those who contribute to, or supply, the inventive concept are entitled to the grant.

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Patently-O

APRIL 30, 2024

That claim requires too much follow-on research work and so does not sufficiently disclose the invention. Still, those will likely be unrecognized for their worth until some later date when a human truly invents but is blocked from patenting. Ben Hattenbach & Joshua Glucoft have an interesting 2015 article on point.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 15, 2023

In an effort to shed light on the practice of filing multiple petitions under the America Invents Act (AIA) at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently released a detailed study.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The challenged patents both teach a similar claimed invention that is “directed to a poll-based networking system that connects users based on similarities as determined through poll answering and provides real-time results to the users.” ’321 The challenged patents are related and both trace their priority date to U.S. 321 patent col.

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The IPKat

APRIL 2, 2024

The Board of Appeal held that the claimed invention was novel and involved an inventive step. Marcel Pemsel discussed the decisions on the validity of the trade mark applications, filed in 2015, that include the geographical name 'COMPTON'.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Alessandro Cerri discussed the recent CJEU decision on the scope of the referential use exception as amended by the 2015 Trade Mark Directive. The decision confirmed that the 2015 Directive had broadened the exception for referential use. We will have to wait and see whether the EBA finds the petition for review admissible.

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Patently-O

MARCH 12, 2022

patents and asks what percentage received a rejection prior to issuance (blue) and what percentage received a Section 101 rejection prior to issuance (issued patents 2015-2020). But, within the art units groups, there is typically no difference between US and Non-US inventions in terms of eligibility rejections.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

MPF claims are a particular type of claim in patent law that allows an inventor to claim an invention based on the function that it performs, rather than the specific structure or materials used. In its important 2015 decision in Williamson v. Functional claiming is a constant lure for patent drafters. Citrix Online , LLC, 792 F.3d

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Patently-O

APRIL 10, 2024

Dr. Robinson, a neurosurgeon, invented a type of spinal implant. In 2009, Dr. Robinson and Spectrum (collectively “Plaintiffs”) hired law firm FisherBroyles to file patent applications for his inventions. Background Facts and Procedural History The relevant facts are as follows. FisherBroyles filed a provisional U.S.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The EPC as it currently stands does not permit a grace period in which inventors may disclose their invention without prejudicing a future patent filing. If the inventor has disclosed their invention during the grace period, then further disclosures by third parties also don't constitute prior art ( AIA 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1)(A) ).

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Garrigues Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Under the European Patent Convention (EPC) and national patent regulations in the countries that adhere to the Convention, which include Spain, an invention is patentable if it fulfills, among other requirements, the inventive step requirement ( article 54(1), (2) EPC and article 4(1) of Patents Law 24/2015 ).

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

According to the original claim, Young had invented the word in 1921, though he did not compose their version of the song until 1949. Would-be plaintiffs feeling emboldened after the Blurred Lines verdict in 2015 and new technology that makes detecting both samples and similarities easier have been pointed at and likely have contributed.

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Patently-O

APRIL 3, 2022

In an important 2018 decision, the Federal Circuit sided partially with Berkheimer on a procedural eligibility grounds — finding disputed questions of material fact as to whether aspects of the claimed invention were “well-understood, routine, and conventional to a skilled artisan.” 2015 WL 4999954 (N.D. 3d 1360 (Fed.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

” The patent regulations indicate that any “improvement” invention should be drafted in Jepson format. I previously wrote: Jespon claims are so nice to read because they actually spell out what has been improved by the invention. 2015) (concurring opinion by Judge Lourie); See also Ex parte Jepson , 1917 C.D.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

2015) in finding that manufacture and delivery of a product in a foreign country can infringe a US patent if sufficient sales-activity occurred within the US. by Dennis Crouch. The recent Federal Circuit decision in Caltech v. Broadcom includes an important discussion of extraterritorial damages further extending Carnegie Mellon (Fed.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 4, 2022

We begin with the appropriately named Fourth of July Echinacea, the subject of PP26075, issued November 10, 2015: U.S. invented a Time-Lock for Savings-Banks, which received U.S. It’s the Fourth of July, 2022, and time to celebrate the holiday, as this blog always does, with patents. PP2605, Fig. Edward Driscoll, Jr.

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SpicyIP

JULY 14, 2022

It appears that pleadings – notice of opposition, patentee’s reply/evidence and opponents’ response/evidence, were completed largely within prescribed timelines, around March 2015. Despite this, the patentee continued to file further evidence (of two more experts) up to the end of August 2015.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 25, 2021

As expected, the Board of Appeal in T 116/18 has now referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) questions on the use of post-filed evidence to establish plausibility for an invention. The post-published data submitted by the patentee were considered fundamental to deciding the question of inventive step. litura and P. xylostella ).

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Patently-O

MARCH 7, 2024

Celanese began selling the product on the competitive market in 2011, and eventually decided to file for patent protection on its manufacturing process in 2015. A key rationale was that allowing the inventor to obtain a patent monopoly after already commercially exploiting the secret invention would improperly extend the exclusivity period.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 31, 2023

2015) (citing Titanium Metals Corp. 2015) (citing Atofina, 441 F.3d Once a patent challenger has established, through overlapping ranges, its prima facie case of anticipation, the court must evaluate whether the patentee has established the claimed range is critical to the operability of the claimed invention. Ineos USA LLC v.

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Garrigues Blog

JANUARY 12, 2022

The owner of a patent cannot enforce their rights against those who used the invention covered by the patent or made serious preparations for such use before the priority date. In addition, a third party’s use of an invention before its registration by another is also relevant to assess patent infringement.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2024

In another post in 2015, Tufty’s analysis suggested that, 15 out of the 23 claims that had been examined, are false. The applicant emphasizes that the prior art documents do not disclose this specific ratio and, therefore, do not render the invention obvious.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2023

In 2015, Mr. Jing co-founded Oxford Nanoimaging Ltd (ONI). On whether it was “reasonable” to expect invention to be made by Mr. Jing as part of his duties, the Court rejected as irrelevant ONI’s submissions that Mr. Jing was young, inexperienced, had a small salary, and had low status in the University as a research intern.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

” The invention was not yet “ready for patenting” and therefore its public use was not disqualifying. Public Accessibility equals Public Use : Although the statutory language of “public use” suggests that the bar is triggered only if the invention is actually used. ” See, Delano Farms Co.

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Patently-O

MAY 6, 2024

In particular, the court explained that the printed matter doctrine is intended to exclude limitations directed to communicative content of information, rather than the functional aspects of an invention. ” In re Distefano , 808 F.3d 3d 845 (Fed. In re Distefano , 808 F.3d 3d 845 (Fed.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

Having started back in 2015 , Delhi High Court judge Justice Prathiba M. In the chapter titled “Patentable Invention,” J Singh offers insights into India’s “nuanced approach, balancing innovation with legal, moral, social, and ethical considerations”, contrasting with practices elsewhere.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

May 18, 2015, now abandoned; The ‘462 Application is a continuation of application No. ” [The patentee] failed to provide persuasive evidence demonstrating that a person of ordinary skill would have understood from reading the ’571 application that it disclosed an invention with a range of 48.2 Patent 9,687,454 via IPR.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 4, 2021

It exempts companies from certain acts of patent infringement by creating the so-called safe harbor that allows them to use a “patented invention” “solely for uses reasonably related to the development and submission of information [to the FDA].” [7] Section 271(e)(1) was enacted to address this situation. Elan Pharms., Sandoz Inc.

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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. Assembly Guidance Systems, Inc. In KSR Int’l Co.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The challenged patents both teach a similar claimed invention that is “directed to a poll-based networking system that connects users based on similarities as determined through poll answering and provides real-time results to the users.” The challenged patents are related and both trace their priority date to U.S.

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IPilogue

APRIL 25, 2022

Following the scientists’ publications, the United States transitioned from a first to invent patent system to a first inventor to file system, which became effective in March 2013. There were two interferences at the PTAB, in 2015 and 2019, both triggered by the UCB through request and application. Conclusion.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

JUNE 9, 2022

You can see and feel the evolution of automotive design and technology from behind the wheel of a car that merges Ford Mustang models from 1965 and 2015. As we enter the summer season, Camp Invention is kicking off. To be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, an inventor must hold a U.S. Sponsored by Ford Motor Co.,

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