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WIPIP, Concurrent Session #1, Design

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Christine Farley, Authenticity and Design: Why sell a chair for 10x a visually identical chair? Sometimes the replication is exact; design claimants say they’re made with cheaper materials and practices, but midcentury modern design aimed for cheapness and access: the idea that more people can have it now would be a good not a bad.

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Bad cases make bad law: Has DABUS "the AI inventor" actually invented anything?

The IPKat

AI inventor case catch-up: Formalities, not patentability It is worth remembering that a patent application may be filed for any subject matter, provided the appropriate forms are filled in and the necessary fees paid. The Supreme Court is merely considering whether an AI may be formally designated as an inventor on a UK patent.

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Russia Suspends Compulsory License Payments for Some Non-Russians

IP Tech Blog

As a result, owners of Russian patents from the affected countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, and the European Union, should not expect to be able to enforce their patent rights in Russia in the near term. underlining added).

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Russia Suspends Compulsory License Payments for Some Non-Russians

LexBlog IP

As a result, owners of Russian patents from the affected countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, and the European Union, should not expect to be able to enforce their patent rights in Russia in the near term. ” (underlining added).

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 1- November 7, 2022)

SpicyIP

The Controller of Patents where it rebuked the Plaintiff for not filing written submissions in time and thereby delaying the patent application process. She highlights how the decision reiterates the importance of adhering to procedural tenets during patent prosecutions. Defendant no. Sheo Prakash & Ors.

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Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

IIPRD

This may include novel inventions, an MSME’s brand name, or an industrial design. This included reducing the amount required to file a patent and a design by 60 percent and 50 percent respectively. The Government has also introduced the Bilateral Patent Prosecution Highway Programme that would expedite patent filing processes.

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Understanding the Contents of a Patent

LexBlog IP

Stakeholders of a Patent: A patent has several stakeholders, who are impacted in different ways by the existence of a patent. The most direct stakeholders are the inventors who conceptualized the invention that is now patented. The inventor’s rights to the patent vary depending on ownership, further explained below.

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