The IP Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

This fee reduction is part of an effort to reduce financial burdens and resulting barriers that discourage or prevent these entities from participating in the patent system. Most of these fee reductions have an effective date of March 22, 2023, with the remaining ones effective as of April 1, 2023.

Business 98

Business Inventor Patent Licensing 98

IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued its one millionth design patent on September 26, 2023. This milestone comes during a particularly prolific period for design patents. In 2022 alone, the USPTO received more than 50,000 design patent applications.

Design Patent 58

Design Patent Designs Design Patent 58

IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

On Friday, November 19, the USPTO announced that it will be delaying the $400 fee for patent applications filed in non-DOCX formats until January 1, 2023.

Patent Application 68

Patent Application Publishing Technology Patent 68

LexBlog IP

MARCH 30, 2023

This fee reduction is part of an effort to reduce financial burdens and resulting barriers that discourage or prevent these entities from participating in the patent system. Most of these fee reductions have an effective date of March 22, 2023, with the remaining ones effective as of April 1, 2023. had a gross income.

Business 52

Business Inventor Patent Licensing 52

SpicyIP

APRIL 3, 2024

Where the impugned order from the patent office (dated March 18, 2021) ran for 12 pages, the grant order (dated March 05. 2023) resolves the controversy merely in 5 lines. see the relevant para from the order below) Excerpt from the Controller’s decision Brevity Thy Name is Indian Patent Prosecution?

Patent 45

Patent Art Invention Patent Prosecution 45

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2023

Fish & Richardson is proud to announce the elevation of 15 attorneys to principals at the firm, effective January 1, 2023. With deep expertise in litigation and patent prosecution and counseling, the attorneys represent clients across a range of industries and in various legal venues. Joel Henry (Washington, D.C.),

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property Journalism Intellectual Property Law Litigation 52

SpicyIP

APRIL 10, 2024

DHC Rejects Natco’s Request to Vacate Ceritinib Interim Injunction In a detailed order passed on January 9, 2023, the Delhi High Court had granted an interim injunction to Novartis against Natco, restricting the latter from manufacturing and selling its generic version of Ceritinib, a drug used in treating lung cancer.

Patent 45

Patent Cease and Desist Invention Art 45

SpicyIP

JULY 31, 2023

Image from here In a significant development, the Delhi High Court on July 24, 2023 passed a detailed order on ‘product-by-process’ patent claims in Vifor International Ltd. MSN Laboratories Pvt. Ltd and an r. While the IPO guidelines do explain these claims in para 7.9,

Patent 98

Patent Invention Patent Prosecution Inventor 98

Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

HLG filed a motion to dismiss addressing UTL’s pre-suit willfulness allegations on August 23, 2023. Similar issues also came up in the patent information disclosure statement cases a decade ago. The two cases were consolidated before the district court, though no joint defense agreement existed between the co-defendants.

Plagiarism 122

Plagiarism Fair Use Copying Copyright Infringement 122

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Draft version The requirement to amend the description of a European patent application in line with the scope of the claims is a peculiarity of European patent prosecution. Perhaps this will persuade the EPO to rethink their approach in time for 2023? emphasis added). T 0471/20) (5 Jan 2022).

Invention 98

Invention Patent Application Patent Prosecution Patent 98

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Therefore, by granting the interim injunction in the present matter on the above rationale, the court has raised the bar for the defendants planning to resort to the plea of invalidity to oppose application of interim injunction, in future litigations. . The Drug and the patent. The EO patent bears the number IN 233161 (IN 161).

Patent 105

Patent Art Patent Prosecution Litigation 105

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Patent Prosecution refers to the process whereby an applicant files an application before the Patent Office for the grant of a patent. This process necessarily consists of several steps to ensure that only ‘patentable’ inventions are granted protection.

Patent Prosecution 69

Patent Prosecution Patent Patent Application Intellectual Property 69

SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) The recent joint statement (June 2023) from India and the United States mentions that both countries have committed to develop joint as well as international collaboration on AI. The GPAI Summit 2023 is scheduled to be held in December in New Delhi.

IP 98

IP Intellectual Property Reporting Government 98

Patently-O

JULY 16, 2023

2023 ) Just in time for my early August floating trip down in the Ozarks, the Federal Circuit has affirmed the USPTO’s rejections of Float’N’Grill’s proposed reissue claims. by Dennis Crouch In re Float’N’Grill LLC , 2022-1438 ( Fed. ” This is a Shark Tank innovation that got investment (video below).

Patent 98

Patent Invention Patent Prosecution Patent Application 98

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 17, 2023

From conflicting positions on AI as a co-author of a work to the contours of information required u/s 39 about the patent applications filed abroad, we had some engaging posts on this blog this week. Read this post by SpicyIP intern Jyotpreet on what this means for the delays in patent prosecution timelines.

IP 59

IP Trademark Advertising Advertising 59

SpicyIP

JANUARY 18, 2023

That is to say, ‘applicants’ are interested stakeholders here, and focusing on issues faced by applicants alone, just one of the many stakeholders, does not equate to understanding the patent oppositions mechanism as a whole. of the total published applications. ’. of patent applications)?

Patent Application 141

Patent Application Reporting Public Domain Patent 141

Patently-O

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

6, 2023) [ decision ] The Federal Circuit’s bread-and-butter over the years has been claim constructions that often surprise or confuse district court judges. But the prosecution history did not compare pH 13 with values in between 12 and 13. by Dennis Crouch Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.,

Patent Application 67

Patent Application Patent Prosecution Patent Inventor 67

Patently-O

MAY 24, 2023

Longhorn Vaccines & Diagnostics LLC, IPR2021-00847 (Patent 8,084,443 B2), IPR2021-00850 (Patent 8,293,467 B2), IPR2021-00854 (Patent 8,669,240 B2), IPR2021-00857 (Patent 9,212,399 B2), IPR2021-00860 (Patent 9,683,256 B2) (May 3, 2023). Why does this matter? Citing Rule 56 is wrong.

Inventor 40

Inventor Patent Prosecution Patent Patent Application 40

LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Federal Circuit recently upheld the Patent Office’s decision to reject claims in four separate reexamination cases due to obviousness-type double patenting (ODP). This post explains some of the decision’s consequences and explores potential patent prosecution strategies. In re Cellect, LLC , Appeal Nos.

Patent 52

Patent Patent Application Inventor Intellectual Property 52