Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 3, 2023

It could be copyright infringement to continue serving photos from servers after the license expired. August 5, 2022): “the Patent Act requires an ‘inventor’ to be a natural person…only a natural person can be an inventor, so AI cannot be.” . * Evox Productions, LLC v. Verizon Media, Inc., 2K Games, Inc. ,

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

of the Patent Act on June 24, 2016. Continued Debates over AI as an Inventor. Around the world, patent registrars grappled with patent applications that credit artificial intelligence software as the inventor. This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 23, 2023

In the absence of a specific legislation, probably, a way to ensure that the Government fulfills its responsibility under the Constitution towards its citizens is by amending the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 to include obligations for at least one of the rare diseases – Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

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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. 1776/2016 & 3556/2017 decided on 20 May, 2020. [7] Businesses can use this intangible right to gain a competitive edge in the market. UOI & Ors ,W.P.(C) CCI and Anr W.P.(C)

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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. CCI ) and then again in 2020 ( Monsanto v.

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The IPKat

JULY 30, 2021

Then, in 2016, the Federal Supreme Court opened the door to a limited proportionality test in its landmark Heat Exchanger decision. The patent "bargain", according to which an inventor receives a temporary monopoly to reward their disclosure of a useful invention [ here , at 2], always had limits: an excessive reward was never foreseen.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office, Lawrence has also assisted clients with patent due diligence, patent prosecution, and other non-litigation patent analysis, including IP licensing. Chris Wright prosecutes patent applications for individual inventors and helps companies of all sizes build and manage strategic global patent portfolios.

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SpicyIP

JULY 13, 2023

Data from IP India Annual Report 2021-22 Data from IP India Annual Report 2016-2017 This number is more than twice the number of patents in force in 2017 (48,765), where the number of Indian patentees was 7,660 (6.36%) (as on 31 st March 2017). the mandated way to keep a check on the working of patents is through the provision of Section 146.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Key takeaways encompassed the illumination of India’s thriving innovation ecosystem, the accentuation of dialogues within the WIPO Tech Access Platform on voluntary licensing arrangements, and the recognition of India’s ambitions to revamp its IP framework for more efficiency.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 30, 2022

As Erik Weibust and Dean Pelletier have observed , trade secret protection may be the only available option for AI-generated inventions where AI is the sole inventor ( see Thaler v Hirshfeld, 558 F. 2021), which held that an artificial intelligence machine cannot qualify as an inventor under the Patent Act).

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IIPRD

MAY 10, 2020

Some of these schemes and programs work with the assistance of professional IP practitioners who are empaneled in respective departments, programs, or schemes while others provide monetary assistance to start-ups, inventors, institutions, etc. IP commercialization, technology transfer & licensing. Startup Policy 2016-21.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 22, 2023

As to the viability of the PREVAIL ACT as a stand-alone bill, it is a re-packaged version of the so-called STRONGER Patents Act of 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Many universities bring in massive amounts of patent licensing revenue. available amendments to that 101 bill courtesy of the PREVAIL ACT). That’s it.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 5, 2022

Fashion companies should be aware that they may need to obtain a license to, or ownership of, the copyright from the photographer. Although the copyright process is fairly inexpensive and simple, fashion companies should take extra care as to not be copyright infringers themselves. Peters , 488 F.3d 3d 277 (4th Cir. 2] See 17 U.S.C. §§

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Above the Fold

JULY 5, 2022

Fashion companies should be aware that they may need to obtain a license to, or ownership of, the copyright from the photographer. Although the copyright process is fairly inexpensive and simple, fashion companies should take extra care as to not be copyright infringers themselves. 102(a)(5); see also Darden v. Peters , 488 F.3d GFI , 193 F.3d

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Recently, on September 15, the Delhi High Court set aside an order from the Indian Patent Office rejecting the patent application on the basis of the old CRI Guidelines, 2016. Licensing, LLC v. Licensing, LLC, therefore, in my opinion wrongly prefers the 2017 CRI guidelines to the 2016 guidelines.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 5, 2024

March-in rights are provisions that allow the government to require a license for inventions stemming from this investment, upon the fulfilment of certain conditions. The purpose of this right is to enable the government to fully realise the potential of the public-funded IPR in question if it is being underutilised by the inventor institute.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

2016; resubmitted May 2018). September 23, 2016. August 30, 2016. April 5, 2016. November 2016. What is the nature and type of information that a sponsor should provide to support a postapproval manufacturing change for a licensed biosimilar product? (first submission April 2017; resubmitted May 2018).

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