Patently-O

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

For several years we have been tossing around the question of whether no-IPR contracts are enforceable. Although the court did not enter into any serious policy analysis or consideration of Supreme Court precedent promoting patent challenges such as Lear, Inc. by Dennis Crouch. In Nippon Shinyaku v. Sarepta Therapeutics (Fed.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Therefore, translations should always be done by professionals who understand the technology and can translate a document in a manner that is accurate and representative of the invention and claimed subject matter in context. With the Patent Translation, it’s more than just a Google Translation. Requirements in Multiple Jurisdictions.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

MYLAN BV and SANDOZ BV One of the first patent cases decided in 2021 was an SPC case between MSD and Apotex, where the Brussels Enterprise Court had to decide whether an SPC could be granted for the combination of ezetimibe and simvastatin, even if a previous SPC had already been granted for ezetimibe alone based on the same patent.

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Patently-O

MAY 1, 2024

May 1, 2024) offers some interesting insight into leveraged patent transactions, and the effect of a lender’s ability to license or assign a patent on the patent owner’s standing to sue for infringement, especially after default.

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The IPKat

APRIL 5, 2023

Bacon J ruled that while the Patents Act is limited to the UK, this does not mean that the patentee should be unable in principle to recover damages in respect of losses arising from sales outside of the UK. This case dealt with infringement and as such, there was not a direct challenge to validity.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The USPTO is willing to issue patents on cannabis irrespective of its legality because patent rights are merely negative rights; a patent is the right to exclude others from the invention claimed therein rather than a license to make, use, or sell the invention. Pure Hemp Collective, Inc. ,

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It also comes at a salient time, as the Biden Administration weighs the idea of more aggressively exercising “march-in rights” under the Act to promote affordability of taxpayer-funded inventions. On appeal, USF argued the statute requires the funding agreement predate the inventive work. Read the Decision. The dispute centered on U.S.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 16, 2022

Ryan Selby: PODA Granted US Patent for Closed Bottom Vaporizer Pod (Source: Cision). Nike Sues Lululemon for Patent Infringement Over Mirror Home Gym (Source: Global News). Blake Brittain: SCOTUS Okays Medtronic’s $112 Million Loss in Patent Contract Case (Source: Reuters). Source: USPTO. Glicksman and Prof.

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The IPKat

JUNE 26, 2021

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. Facebook tried to dispute the inventive step over Atarius by starting from instant messaging ([269]). This would promote certainty.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

Patent infringement. Patent Infringement. Both patent infringement cases (-2258, -2899) remain ongoing. adalimumab). Alvotech USA et al. 1:21-cv-05645). adalimumab). Declaratory judgment. Alvotech hf. (1:21-cv-02899). 1:21-cv-02899). adalimumab). 58 (now 61). at 1338–39. 17-cv-04180 E.D.

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