article thumbnail

Public use == “accessible to the public.”

Patently-O

” The invention was not yet “ready for patenting” and therefore its public use was not disqualifying. .” ” The invention was not yet “ready for patenting” and therefore its public use was not disqualifying. It was also pitched to a potential acquirer. 3d 1243 (Fed. 3d 1376 (Fed.

article thumbnail

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

Garrigues Blog

In an earlier blog, we discussed “prior public use” as grounds for opposing the grant of European patents (see here ). In addition, a third party’s use of an invention before its registration by another is also relevant to assess patent infringement.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Lawfare in the orphan drug space

43(B)log

Neurelis received orphan drug designation from the FDA for its Valtoco for management of ARS in 2015. But Aquestive’s petitioning activity was protected conduct under the anti-SLAPP statute, and Neurelis didn’t show a likelihood of prevailing on the merits on that, including the malicious prosecution claim in its entirety.

Designs 56
article thumbnail

Biosimilars 2020 Year in Review

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

For the first time since FDA licensed the first biosimilar, Sandoz’s Zarxio ® (filgrastim-sndz), in 2015, the United States saw a decrease in annual biosimilar approvals in 2020. Figure 1, below, provides a snapshot of FDA approval and biosimilar product launch trends from 2015 through 2020. 2015; resubmitted Feb. March 6, 2015.

article thumbnail

Intellectual Property Tools for Protecting Fashion Goods

LexBlog IP

A novel design is entitled to a patent unless it is has been (1) described in a printed publication; (2) in public use; or (3) on sale more than one year prior to the date of the application of the patent. [9]. The essential elements of a design patent are that the new creation be “new, original and ornamental.”

article thumbnail

“What’s Mine Is Not Yours To Give Me”—Nor To Take Without Just Compensation: A New Jersey’s Reaction To Sovereign Immunity, Intellectual Property, & Takings

LexBlog IP

973,] 980 [(2015) ]; [Pascal] Chapdelaine, [The Property Attributes of Copyright,] 10 Buff. See, e.g., Mazzone, Jason, Copyright Easements, 50 Akron Law Review 725 (2015) ; Karl Kowallis, Treating Fair Use as an Easement on Intellectual Property, 2018 BYU L. Nation Enters., 539, 546, 105 S.Ct. 2218, 85 L.Ed.2d at 1011, 104 S.Ct.

article thumbnail

Intellectual Property Tools for Protecting Fashion Goods

Above the Fold

A novel design is entitled to a patent unless it is has been (1) described in a printed publication; (2) in public use; or (3) on sale more than one year prior to the date of the application of the patent. [9]. The essential elements of a design patent are that the new creation be “new, original and ornamental.” [8].