The IPKat

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Moreover, this agreement plays a role in ensuring the successful fulfilment of commitments outlined in the Association Agreement between the European Union and Georgia , also serving as a driver for the gradual integration of Georgia's economy into the European market.

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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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The IPKat

JULY 4, 2021

The event will cover topics such as the European Patent Convention, computer-implemented inventions, and artificial intelligence. The UK IPO has launched a public consultation on the post-implementation review of Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, regarding whether the 2016 amendments achieved their objectives.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

In 2016, Dawgs added new asserted counterclaims against Crocs, including a claim for false advertising under the Lanham Act. Dawgs maintains that it consistently alleged that Crocs used these terms to convey false messages about the nature, characteristics and qualities of its footwear, not just who invented the Croslite material.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Why is it even in the market? . 1) Patenting an invention used in a drug, and (2) getting regulatory approval to sell a drug in the market. To get patent protection, an invention (which is usually a part of the drug) needs to satisfy the legal criteria of novelty, inventiveness, and utility. Akira: I read this too.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The first signature of the letter is none other than Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), one of the two lead sponsors of the America Invents Act. Since Fintiv, the number of IPR petitions denied for reasons not based on the merit have risen dramatically – from 5% in 2016 to an estimated 19% in 2020. Fintiv, Inc.

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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

It noted that “ despite relevant University Ordinances stipulating access …, the prerogative lies with the University to withhold one such thesis in absolute confidentiality on the grounds of commercial viability and market competition. ”. Degrees), Regulations, 2016 and the UGC Act, 1956 which have mandatory application on the Universities.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Intellectual property rights provide a negative right in other words a monopoly right to the creator or Inventor over their creation or Invention. Businesses can use this intangible right to gain a competitive edge in the market. The goal of competition law is to ensure fair functioning of the market. [1]

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Among other products, CeramTec markets a pink-coloured hip-replacement implant. It also argued that the pink colour was not part of a marketing strategy, but rather the result of the chromium oxide, present in the implants and covered by the now-expired patent. The case concerns issues of bad faith and functionality in trade mark law.

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Intepat

MAY 18, 2023

While one confers rights on inventors to encourage innovation, the other aims to eradicate monopolistic practices and encourages healthy competition in the market. These standards are established due to the level of effectiveness that the invention might have achieved. An example of a standard is ‘Bluetooth’ or ‘mobile phone chargers’.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 18, 2021

In a similar way, courts review patents directed to software-based medical devices across several categories, which include inventions having “particular machines” (e.g., SiMD) and inventions purely involving software only (e.g., courts treat these categories of inventions as defined by the FDA. May 13, 2016).

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Patently-O

AUGUST 3, 2023

Moderna asserts that it pioneered these innovations years before the COVID-19 pandemic and patented them between 2011-2016. In the lawsuit, Moderna is seeking monetary damages for patent infringement but not injunctive relief taht would remove the Pfizer vaccine from the market. See Phillips v. 3d 1303 (Fed. 2005) (en banc).

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

It is conducted to commemorate the ‘Prometheus gift’, an ancient Greek mythology wherein the flame is depicted as a symbol for life, freedom, rationalism and inventiveness. The marketing partners for the Olympic games are granted exclusive rights to use the mascots as well as the slogans related to it for marketing purposes.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Formula One can be perceived as an epicentre of inventions and innovations, making intellectual property indispensable in the sport. A patent is an exclusive right granted to an individual for an invention, a product, or a process, which essentially is a new procedure of something or gives a novel solution to a problem.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 13, 2023

Controller of Patents and Designs: Revisting the CRI Guidelines and Ferid Allani Patentability of Computer Related Inventions (CRI) in India has popped up again! SpicyIP intern Sukarm Sharma discusses this ongoing dispute, in light of the CRI 2016 guidelines and the Ferid Allani order. Microsoft v.

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SpicyIP

JULY 25, 2023

In both disputes, Justice Vibhu Bakhru of the Delhi High Court (DHC) had ordered that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) can intervene in patent licensing disputes under Sections 3 and 4 of the Competition Act – first in 2016 ( Ericsson v. Taking guidance from earlier case law ( Ashoka Marketing Ltd.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MARCH 14, 2022

In 2012, the America Invents Act (AIA) created a mechanism for challenging patents outside of the district court through post-grant review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), primarily inter partes reviews (IPRs). 11, 2016) (consolidated with IPR2015-00484); IPR2015-00485, Paper No. PDF copy available.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 7, 2021

T]he smallest salable unit approach was intended to produce a royalty base much more closely tied to the claimed invention than the entire market value of the accused products.” 2:14-CV-911-JRG-RSP, 2016 WL 4596108, at *1 (E.D. 16, 2016) (citing Kolakowski Decl. ¶ Avanci, L.L.C., 19-cv-02933-M (N.D. 30, 2019), ECF 162-2.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

The adoption of AI technologies is best reflected in market size estimates. In 2016, the size of the AI market was estimated at $8 billion. In 2021, the market’s estimated size grew to $35.92 billion market in 2028. The IP market for AI technologies seemingly embodied an inconsistent dichotomy.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 22, 2021

The amended opinion adds several qualifications to Section 230’s scope, including: “Changes in the use of internet platforms now far outpace a law enacted before the invention of the smartphone.” 2016); Nat’l Numismatic Certification, LLC v. Vimeo appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Before 2016, appeared to be that these multipliers were impermissible punitive damages. Since 2016, shift either in practice or characterizations—quite a few different kinds of multipliers for exclusivity/scarcity/quality being applied to actual damages before final judgment separate from statutory damages. In 2016, Leonard v.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 23, 2023

It further expanded its domain as a manufacturer by establishing a market for its self-made products such as kindle for e-book services, audiobook and ‘cloud computing’ web storage services. LEXIS 111933 & 2016 U.S. It aimed to provide a huge choice selection, at low prices via ensuring fast delivery satisfying the consumer base.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Yet 2020 saw a slowdown in biosimilar activity with the lowest number of annual biosimilar approvals since 2016 and fewer product launches than 2019—as well as a decrease in district court litigation and post-grant proceedings. 2016; resubmitted May 2018). September 23, 2016. August 30, 2016. April 5, 2016.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

One of the primary arguments for enacting the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) in 2016 was the perceived need for the protection of the trade secrets of U.S. 2090, 2101 (2016), to determine whether the DTSA can be applied extraterritorially. companies abroad. Hytera America, Inc. and Hytera Communications America (West), Inc.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The risks include unauthorised use and infringement, technological obsolescence, and the marketable nature of IP as collateral. The Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade (Formerly, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion) which is the nodal department of IPR, introduced a National IPR Policy in 2016.

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IIPRD

MARCH 21, 2024

Introduction Competition law and intellectual property rights (IPR) are like two different sides of the same coin, as they both work to ensure vibrancy in the market and promote consumer welfare. CCI, 2016, and Monsanto v. IP promotes innovation, which in turn promotes competition in the market.

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43(B)log

JULY 15, 2022

Max Rack invented a piece of gym equipment, the Max Rack. For example, there was evidence that “Core Health waited until over a month after the agreement’s expiration to update its website and other marketing materials.” Core Health & Fitness, LLC, 2022 WL 2751685, F.4th 4th -, 2022 WL 2751685 (6 th Circuit Jul.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 1, 2023

Typically, they give the creator the only, time-limited right to use his or her invention and creation. [i] On May 12, 2016, the Indian Cabinet gave its approval on the “National Intellectual Property Rights Policy” to ensure adherence to the “TRIPS Agreement” and “Doha Development Round.”

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The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2023

Novartis kept Mylan out of the Belgian market for a year before the Technical Board of Appeal (TBA) definitively revoked its patent in September 2011. PI refused because of a prima facie lack of inventive step President of the Dutch-speaking Enterprise Court of Brussels, 14 October 2022, Biogen v.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 25, 2023

They transform real people and events into something invented, because what is the great subject of art — the only subject, really — if not life itself? This was part of why Larson seemed so unmoved by Dorland’s complaints. .”

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The extensive spectrum of discussions included diverse facets, from intellectual property filings to inventions, and ventured into the complex realms of legality, ethics, and geopolitics. He underlined that intellectual property is about more than simply production; it is also about solving social concerns with inventive solutions.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

” That is because religion is big business, as the Washington Post noted in detailing a 2016 empirical study on the socio-economic contribution of religion to American society. provid[es] an estimate of the fair market value of goods and services provided by religious organizations, and. society at over $1 trillion annually.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 9, 2021

12(b)(6) motion practice than the nature of the patented invention. Yu also asserted that the claimed “improved digital camera [was] not limited to performing any particular type of image enhancement” and that “virtually all dual-lens cameras on the market today use the techniques claimed in the ‘289 Patent.”. DIRECTV, LLC , 838 F.3d

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LexBlog IP

JULY 9, 2021

12(b)(6) motion practice than the nature of the patented invention. Yu also asserted that the claimed “improved digital camera [was] not limited to performing any particular type of image enhancement” and that “virtually all dual-lens cameras on the market today use the techniques claimed in the ‘289 Patent.”

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Controller of Patents and referred the following 2 two questions to the division bench- 1) Does the requirement of parent application to contain plurality of inventions without any objections by the Controller, necessary?; Read Yogesh’s assessment of the order. M/S Bikaji Foods Int.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 30, 2022

As a recent article by Quinn Emanuel’s Jordan Jaffe, Jared Newton, Patrick Curran and Anil Makhijani predicts, the importance of trade secret protection for AI will likely grow due to the fact that many AI-related inventions are implemented through software processes running on computer hardware.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

In April 2016, the Second Circuit certified the question of New York law to the New York Court of Appeals (the highest court in New York). A trial was scheduled for November 2016. See Jessica Litman, The Invention of Common Law Play Right , 25 Berkeley Tech. The Tide Turns. For the specifics of that ruling, see my commentary.)

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