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The Design Law Treaty and the Struggle for International Harmonization of Industrial Design Protection

Patently-O

By Dennis crouch The international IP community is moving toward further harmonizing legal protection for industrial designs. In the US, these are design patent rights. ” Several years ago, the US implemented the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (Hague System).

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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 settlement also included a license to thousands of Qualcomm patents. Patreon, Inc.,

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Patent Law at the Supreme Court October 2021

Patently-O

Olaf Sööt Design, LLC v. 21-406 (reverse payment patent settlement). Sasso , No. 21-540 (on petition from the Indiana Supreme Court; arising under jurisdiction). Infinity Computer Products, Inc. Oki Data Americas, Inc. , 21-413 (indefiniteness); and. Daktronics, Inc. , Lotte International America Corp. , Sulzer Mixpac AG v.

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Competition Law: The Patent Pendulum

Intepat

Interface of Competition Law and Patents Patent law particularly bears more relevance to antitrust jurisprudence. Patent law operates on two principles i.e. to encourage innovation and to promote the progress of science and technology. The Supreme Court in Eldred v. An example of this is the case of FTC v.

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Navigating the USPTO’s Regulatory Wave: Key Comment Deadlines for Summer 2024

Patently-O

PTO-P-2023-0044, Comments Due: July 29, 2024) The USPTO seeks public comments on the effects of AI proliferation on prior art, PHOSITA, and patentability determinations. This inquiry is part of the AI and Emerging Technologies Partnership, aiming to understand AI implications in patent law. Comments by June 18, 2024.

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Delaware Judge Seeks to Expose Patent-Litigation Funders

The IP Law Blog

The party must identify the third-party funder and whether the third-party funder has the right to approve litigation or settlement decisions. The district court asserted that the document production was “manifestly relevant” to resolving the court’s questions and concerns.

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Parliamentary Standing Committee’s Recommendations Concerning AI and IP: A Little Late or Way too Early?

SpicyIP

In this post, I will be analysing the recommendations pertaining to the amendment of patent laws in order to facilitate inventorship and ownership by AI. I will be restricting the discussion to the evaluation of the Indian patent regime, as the implications of AI on Indian copyright law has been previously dealt with here.

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