Intellectual Property Law Blog
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
200, passed in 1980, streamlined and relaxed federal government policy regarding patent rights to inventions developed with federal grant money. The funding agency obtains a license to “subject inventions,” which is defined as “any invention. . . The invention of the patent at issue in the case ( U.S. 35 U.S.C. §
The IPKat
JANUARY 27, 2023
In this 650-paragraph judgement , the court ruled that students can in certain situations be “consumers” vis a vis the university under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulation 1999/2083) (UTCCR). In Oct 2013, Mr. Jing commenced his DPhil studies (PhD equivalent), signing a contract which included the University’s IP Provisions.
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The IPKat
JULY 11, 2022
The EPO Board of Appeal has published its full decision on the question of whether a machine can be an inventor ( J 8/20 ). The Board of Appeal had previously announced its decision to refuse two European patent applications naming an algorithm ("DABUS") as the sole inventor at the end of last year ( IPKat ).
LexBlog IP
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Federal Contracting; Contractor Disclosure Requirements to Funding Agencies and Funding Agency March-in Rights. The act also establishes the rights for businesses and nonprofits to patent and commercialize inventions developed within the scope of the funding agreement.
Patently-O
MARCH 26, 2024
The Supreme Court ultimately reversed the lower court’s decision upholding the patent and found instead that Brady’s claimed invention lacked novelty and did not constitute a patentable advance over the prior art. Such inventors are worthy of all favor. Brady for an improved dredge boat design. 63, 67 (2020).
LexBlog IP
DECEMBER 1, 2022
The European Patent Office (EPO) has recently released the outcomes of its new study named “ Women’s participation in inventive activity ”, which aims at better understanding the presence of women inventors across different countries, time periods, technology fields and applicant types. 2017; Koning et al.,
JD Supra Law
AUGUST 30, 2021
Is your employee handbook sufficient to automatically capture patent rights in your employee’s inventions? It is common practice to include a transfer of any future inventions in an employee handbook. Typically, the employee is required to review and sign the handbook and, as a result, a binding contract is created.
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