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Overview of the S. 3 landscape on patenting biotechnology inventions in India

SpicyIP

Since living cells and products of nature are often involved in these inventions, clarity regarding patent eligibility is becoming more important. The discovery, development and patenting of biologics has been historically tied to the ‘product of nature’ question under patent law. 3(e), in La Renon Health Care Pvt.

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Supreme Court on Patent Law: November 2023

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch The Supreme Court is set to consider several significant patent law petitions addressing a range of issues from the application of obviousness standards, challenges to PTAB procedures, interpretation of joinder time limits IPR, to the proper scope patent eligibility doctrine. Mangrove Partners Master Fund (No.

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Guest Post by Prof. Hrdy & Dan Brean: The Patent Law Origins of Science Fiction

Patently-O

Hrdy, Professor of Intellectual Property Law at University of Akron School of Law, and Daniel H. Are inventions described in works of science fiction patentable? It may surprise you, then, to learn that the genre of science fiction is deeply indebted to patent law and patent theory. See [link].

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Capturing All the Dimensions: Intellectual Property Protection for 3-D Designs and 3-D Printing Methods

More Than Your Mark

At its core, 3-D printing uses computer code in a computer-aided design (CAD) file to instruct specially designed printers to print three-dimensional physical objects one layer at a time. If you have invented a 3-D printed product or have a new printing process, remember to consult an intellectual property lawyer before marketing it.

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Patent Law at the Supreme Court February 2022

Patently-O

20-891 (CVSG requested May 3, 2021); Res Judicata and the Patent-Specific Kessler Doctrine : PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC v. 20-1394 (CVSG requested October 4, 2021); Undermining Jury Decisions : Olaf Sööt Design, LLC v. The parties settled the litigation before the IPRs were complete, but agreed that the IPRs could continue.

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What is a Design Patent?

The IP Law Blog

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.

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Exporting Patents: Boiled, Broiled, Barbecued or Fried

Patently-O

The Deepsouth case was about patented equipment for deveining shrimp in order to render them “more pleasing to the fastidious as well as more palatable.” Deepsouth litigated its case to the Supreme Court, and the Court eventually allowed the company to escape some portion of its adjudged liability based upon the territorial limits of U.S.

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