Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The Supreme Court’s 2021 decision retained assignor estoppel as a cognizable patent law doctrine that can bar a former patent owner from later challenging the patent’s validity. ” The patent document is clearly directed toward the permeable portion as a key aspect of the invention.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Utility patents protect four categories of functional inventions: machines, articles of manufacture, compositions of matter, and processes (methods). To be patentable, however, both designs and functional inventions must satisfy two requirements. The patent covered a design for a vehicle front fender. Telflex, Inc.,

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The IP Law Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

There are many requirements for obtaining a patent. 112(a), the patent must describe the invention in writing. If the written description requirement is not met, the patent won’t be granted. If the patent has already been issued, it can be invalidated for failure to satisfy the written description requirement.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) states, ” a trademark protects brand names and logos used on goods and services. A patent protects an invention. For example, if you invent a new kind of vacuum cleaner, you would apply for a patent to protect the invention itself.” Again, it depends. Under 35 U.S.C. §

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Chinese Utility models can provide an alternative to invention patents and supplement them too. Unlike invention patents, utility models are not examined. Most people incorrectly assume these “junk” patents are worthless because they are granted without any substantial examination.

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Intepat

MAY 22, 2023

The sine qua non of an invention is its conception. However, something more than conception is required for an invention to be ready for patenting. The first way, actual reduction to practice, is by actually building the invention so that it works and others can follow how it is built.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Its focus is on how open approaches to innovation may overcome market failures in situations where patent protection blocks subsequent improvements of an existing invention (also called “follow-on innovation”). In Chapter 6, Wernick considers compulsory licenses in patent law, with a focus on their regulation in Art.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A patent is an intellectual property right granted by a government to the inventor, to protect their invention and allow the fullest commercial exploitation of the patented invention. Importantly, only those who have developed new technologies and created a product can file for a patent on the new technology.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 18, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) states, ” a trademark protects brand names and logos used on goods and services. A patent protects an invention. For example, if you invent a new kind of vacuum cleaner, you would apply for a patent to protect the invention itself.”

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SpicyIP

MARCH 21, 2024

Pre-Grant Opposition The first proposal relates to amending the pre-grant opposition mechanism, which allows patent applications to be opposed before the Patent Office officially “grants” the patent. This commercial information is invaluable to the Patent Controller in compulsory licencing proceedings.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 30, 2021

This bifurcated system results in an odd dynamic in patent law — regularly seen with regard to infringement and claim construction: Patent infringement is an issue-of-fact tried by a jury under the Seventh Amendment. Patent Law at the Supreme Court December 2021.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

In general, a petition cannot be filed until at least nine months after the grant of the patent. If a defendant in a patent infringement suit wants to challenge the patent, the petition must be filed within one year of service of the complaint. The IPR procedure was established by the America Invents Act.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

2022) raises a number of important design patent law questions, including an issue of first-impression of the scope of “comparison prior art” available for the ordinary observer infringement analysis under Egyptian Goddess, Inc. The prior art is used to help measure the scope of the claims.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 11, 2022

The Supreme Court explained that a collection of known elements cannot be patented unless “the whole in some way exceeds the sum of its parts” — something that is usually not the case in mechanics. The defendant had been telling people that plaintiff was an infringer; plaintiff sued for defamation. The Fair v.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

The patent application consists of a set of detailed drawings of all views of the article showing the design. Unlike a utility patent application, a design patent application does not have a detailed written description of the invention but instead contains a sentence describing each drawing.

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More Than Your Mark

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Unlike in the case of trademarks, patentability of cannabis-related products and processes is much more clear-cut. The USPTO routinely grants utility patents to cannabis and cannabis-related inventions, and has done so for decades. Patents have issued with at least one claim containing the word “cannabis” or “cannabinoid.”

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 11, 2021

With all these various fast food restaurants entering the fray, why did Chick-fil-A or other early players in the chicken sandwich game not block these upstarts with copyright or patent infringement injunctions? A 2015 court case and trade secret law help shed some light on this question.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 3, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The following is my patent law exam from this past semester. Lisa did not otherwise significantly contribute to the conception of the invention. The patent examiner is attempting to decide whether to reject the claims. Question 4 : Based on these facts: Can EL make a case for patent infringement?

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 26, 2021

The only prior art that can be cited are patents and printed publications. Thus, an IPR cannot be used to invalidate a patent based on patentable subject matter, written description, best mode, enablement, indefiniteness, or ownership, and an IPR cannot be based on prior art other than patents and printed publications.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

District Court for the Northern District of California, the Court upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) practice of denying patent reviews due to looming trials in district court. Under the America Invents Act (AIA), 35 U.S.C. § However, a party must first file a petition to institute an IPR of a patent.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

Highlights of the Week Hot-Tubbing in Indian IP Litigation: Delhi High Court Issues Directives in High-Stakes Patent Infringement Case Image from [link] here Recently, the DHC issued directives regarding expert evidence in the Perjeta patent litigation. Justice Prathiba M Singh’s Commentary on patents law released.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Although somewhat slow thus far, there is some potential that 2023 will turn out to be a major year for Supreme Court patent law jurisprudence. 112, or whether it must instead enable those skilled in the art “to reach the full scope of claimed embodiments” without undue experimentation—i.e., by Dennis Crouch. Sanofi , No.

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IP Intelligence

JULY 25, 2022

In an attempt to broaden a patent’s disclosure and provide Section 112 support for features that are not explicitly disclosed within the patent’s specification (such as reagents, assays, techniques, etc.), But acknowledging that features of a claimed invention are conventional, well-known or routine can be detrimental to patentability.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2021

Persistently storing on the first communication device’ (1g) The Judge declined to accept that ‘persistent storage’ was a term of the art. In either scenario there is no infringement. On the first question, what was necessary for the invention was held to be that each server (‘hop’) was able to access the message if it so wanted.

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The IPKat

JULY 13, 2021

The Belgian cat is pricking her ears to catch up on last year's patent cases Still finding it difficult to keep up with an ever-changing world in the midst of a health, environmental, social and political crisis, while keeping up with patent law? This case shows once again that the CJEU’s case law sometimes (often?)

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SpicyIP

MAY 4, 2024

The Delhi High Court, on 24th April, passed an order that our patent law enthusiast readers will be very interested in! coverage Genus and species patents Coverage v. To say that the coverage in a patent might go much beyond the disclosure thus seem to negate the fundamental rule underlying the grant of patents.

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