Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

The article includes substantial critiques of how universities and government entities that funded early research and co-owned key patents failed to leverage that position to ensure affordable pricing and public access when licensing to these companies.

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SpicyIP

JULY 13, 2023

– Nearly 90% of all Board of Appeal of the EPO decisions either completely or partly revoke the patent in question. Most of the decisions being based on prior art that could and should have been found in first instance! In Societe Des Produits Nestle Sa vs The Controller Of Patents and Design and Anr. ,

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

Additionally, the court determined that this usage did not economically substitute the original use of the briefs in providing legal advice, nor did it impair any potential market for licensing these briefs, thereby reaffirming the defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissing the complaint with prejudice.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 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. As a patent attorney registered to practice before the U.S. She graduated from the University of Virginia, where she was an Echols Scholar, with a B.S. in economics.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 1, 2022

This is because many patents are granted upon products that improve other patented products. To the extent the improvements incorporate, in whole, a patented claim held by a third party, a license may be required to commercialize the improvement. to determine if any enforceable patents cover the components in question.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

selected address issues such as SPC protection for combination products, double patenting, prosecution history estoppel and the influence of declarations made by the patentee in parallel proceedings, the possibility for national courts to request technical opinions from the EPO under Art. 25 EPC has been used by a Belgian judge.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A first, conservative view holds that proportionality and the other obligations in Article 3 Enforcement Directive add nothing to existing safeguards for infringers, such as compulsory licensing- and abuse of rights provisions. This is also known as the “hold up” problem in the literature [e.g.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Natco was launching/ has launched its own version of EO (I think under the tradename “Trombopag”, see here ), without obtaining a license from Novartis. Consequently, Novartis instituted a suit of infringement against Natco and also filed an application seeking interlocutory or interim injunction on Natco’s use of EO patent. .

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Patent Prosecution. Patent protection is generally available for cannabis and cannabis-related innovations on the same basis as any other innovation, presenting relatively few obstacles for applicants. A patent applicant’s planned use of the claimed invention thus has no bearing on its patentability.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Delhi High Court Comes Down Heavily on the Patent Office for Delay in Passing the Order Image by Freepik DHC comes down on the Patent Office for a four-year delay in issuing an order. Read this post by SpicyIP intern Jyotpreet on what this means for the delays in patent prosecution timelines.

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IIPRD

MAY 10, 2020

Patent Facilitation Programme (TIFAC). TIFAC is an autonomous organization under the Department of Science & Technology mandated to access state-of-art technology and to formulate a technology vision for the development of technology in emerging technological areas in India. . IPFC was created to provide.

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