The IPKat

OCTOBER 31, 2021

has written about this in an article that was recently published in the UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law. At the end of the day, whether a particular conduct falls under a particular patent claim or not is a technical test. Katfriend Mattias Rättzén (Taylor Wessing and Harvard LL.M.)

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

This case began back in 2006 when Crocs sued Double Diamond and others for patent infringement of Crocs’s design patents. Under Dastar , false statements about the origin of physical goods are actionable, while mere failure to credit the original creator of intellectual property embodied in those goods is not.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 18, 2023

On June 1, 2021, the Fourth Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law became effective. An important part of the amendment is the introduction by Article 76 of the patent linkage system in China – a system for litigation of drug patents prior to market entry of generics, similar to that provided by the Hatch Waxman Act in the US.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 21, 2022

I am excited to announce the publication of the Intellectual Property Owner (IPO) ’s white paper on “ Protecting Inventions Relating to Artificial Intelligence: Best Practices. Whether an AI can be an “inventor” as defined by various patent laws. Patent Office (USPTO).

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Jump Rope Systems, the inventor of a novel jump rope system, is petitioning the Supreme Court to clarify “whether, as a matter of federal patent law, a determination of unpatentability by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in an inter partes review proceeding, affirmed by the Federal Circuit, has a collateral estoppel effect on patent validity in a (..)

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

Kronstadt), the Court granted the Defendant’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s indirect patent infringement claims for failure to sufficiently allege Defendant “made” the accused product. In Bell Semiconductor, LLC v. Omnivision Technologies, Inc. , 8-22-cv-01979 (CDCA Mar. 1, 2023)( John A.

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SpicyIP

JULY 25, 2023

While several intellectual property rights battles are being fought over the mRNA platform, a key question that remains unaddressed is whether and to what extent mRNA is patent eligible. Patent eligible subject matter refers to subject matter that is inherently suited for patent protection.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 21, 2022

Second, only certain inventions are patentable. Four types of inventions are patentable: articles of manufacture, machines, processes, and compositions of matter. These four types of inventions are referred to as patent-eligible subject matter. In Repifi Vendor Logistics v. Intellicentrics, 2022 U.S. LEXIS 6558 (Fed.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2023

Newly promoted principals for 2023 are: Ashley Bolt has experience handling complex patent and intellectual property litigation in U.S. From 2019 to 2020, Ashley served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Kimberly A. with honors from Emory University, where she was the articles editor of the Emory Law Journal.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

A design patent protects a new, original, ornamental design for an article of manufacture. Ornamental” means that the design is purely decorative; the patentability is based on its visual aspects. The design must be a design for a specific article; it cannot exist independently of the article. 35 USC section 171.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Design patents protect ornamental designs, such as the shape of a perfume bottle or the design on flatware. Utility patents protect four categories of functional inventions: machines, articles of manufacture, compositions of matter, and processes (methods). The patent covered a design for a vehicle front fender.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 21, 2022

Second, only certain inventions are patentable. Four types of inventions are patentable: articles of manufacture, machines, processes, and compositions of matter. These four types of inventions are referred to as patent-eligible subject matter. In Repifi Vendor Logistics v. Intellicentrics, 2022 U.S. LEXIS 6558 (Fed.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 21, 2021

So, even though it is believed Judge Koh can and will easily receive a favorable confirmation vote, the questions relating to the intersection of antitrust and patent law demonstrate a keen awareness and interest in these issues on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Patent and Trademark Office (the PTO) to review and potentially cancel claims in an already-issued patent that the PTO finds to be unpatentable in light of prior art. However, a party must first file a petition to institute an IPR of a patent. An IPR functions similar to a civil litigation once instituted.

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