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SpicyIP
FEBRUARY 10, 2024
Deputy Controller , Madras High court rejected the contention that the subject invention was excluded for being business method. The findings of this short judgement have possible significant implications on the jurisprudence regarding 3(k) and business methods in the Patent Act. 3(k) of the Patent Act and thereby excluded.
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 5, 2021
In Part I of this series, we discussed how patent portfolio managers should be careful when generating company-owned prior art or reviewing competitor prior art, and how a patent litigation or licensing campaign can be significantly hamstrung based on how the United States and Europe consider intervening prior art.
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The IPKat
DECEMBER 24, 2022
As a busy year comes, take the time to settle down with your favourite feline friend, a mince pie and the annual IPKat EPO Boards of Appeal roundup. IPKat has also sifted through the 100s of Boards of Appeal decisions published in 2022, to bring you the most eye-catching and relevant to ongoing EPO practice.
LexBlog IP
JULY 26, 2022
Over the past two decades or so, the number of major jurisdictions offering some form of general ‘grace period’ for filing of patent applications has grown significantly. This has largely been driven by bilateral agreements (e.g. and European universities at 12.1%.
The IPKat
DECEMBER 28, 2021
Following on from our IPKat EBA 2021 Year in Review , here is some more festive holiday reading on some of the important decisions to come out of the EPO Boards of Appeal this year. As the year draws to the close, the EPO has announced the Legal Boards of Appeal decision on whether an AI can be named as an inventor (J 8/20 and J 9/20).
IPilogue
AUGUST 11, 2021
To illustrate, consider how the law taxes activity by a person and a machine differently. As a result, if the person and the AI cost about the same and generate a similar level of productivity (often a complex, or at least not a 1:1, comparison), businesses will be incentivized to automate to save on taxes.
The IPKat
SEPTEMBER 12, 2021
The second of these decisions, Abbott v Dexcom [2021] EWHC 2246 , concerned Abbott's latest application to expedite a patent trial revoking four of Dexcom's patents. Mr Justice Mellor dismissed the application " with some regret ". The injunction gap arises in Germany because infringement is decided before and separately to validity.
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