IPilogue
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
We invite you to participate in the tryouts for the 2022-2023 National Patent Application Drafting Competition ! Students interested in trying out for Osgoode’s PADC team must submit answers to our patent drafting skills exercise by 3 pm on Friday, September 23, 2022.
Patently-O
APRIL 21, 2024
2024), gives me pause to consider more general eligibility issues of AI Inventions. When does the design or creation of AI system elements qualify as an eligible invention? Datzov, The Role of Patent (In)Eligibility in Promoting Artificial Intelligence Innovation , 92 UMKC L. 1, 4 (2023). Nuance , __ F.4th 4th __ (Fed.
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Patently-O
APRIL 26, 2023
Today, on World IP Day, this post shares the often-overlooked personal journeys of invention that patent professionals play a crucial role in, by encouraging idea submission, collaborating with engineers and innovators, managing outside counsel, and in patent drafting, prosecuting claims, patent examining, and studying and teaching patenting.
Patently-O
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s sided with the patentee, holding that a key prior art reference was not analogous art. This case also raises questions about the value of explicitly stating the problem solved within the patent document, and perhaps directly in the patent claims. 22-1138, — F.4th 4th — (Fed.
The IPKat
OCTOBER 30, 2023
In the recent UK case of Philip Morris v BAT [2023] EWHC 2616 (Pat) , His Honour Justice Hacon (Hacon HHJ) considered the standard for invalidity due to added matter. Invalidity in view of added matter is a common patent pitfall in Europe ( IPKat ). Final thoughts: Added matter versus patent profanity?
The IPKat
DECEMBER 20, 2023
US patent attorneys wishing to understand certain peculiarities of European patent drafting need look no further than the recent Board of Appeal decision in T 2171/21. The case law relating to pointers and selection inventions is well established CLBA, II-E-1.6.2c) ).
Patently-O
MARCH 13, 2024
8,671,132 (‘132 patent) unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 2023-1313, slip op. The law of analogous art is a critical concept in determining the obviousness of an invention under 35 U.S.C. § by Dennis Crouch In a short nonprecedential decision, the Federal Circuit affirmed a PTAB IPR decision finding claims 15-25 of U.S.
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