IPilogue

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and IP Osgoode are delighted to announce the 2023 edition of Canada’s IP Writing Challenge. More details on Canada’s IP Writing Challenge are available here. There are three categories for entrants this year: Law student category (LL.B, BCL, and LL.L BCL, and LL.L

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The USPTO recently released its FY 2021 Performance and Accountability Report, which contains detailed information about allowance rates, average pendency, and other statistics about its review of patent and trademark applications this year. To answer that question: By: Fox Rothschild LLP

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) tell the story of society’s innovative future. While the true value of a technological advance develops over time, the following selection of patents of 2023 represent meaningful advances in several emerging areas of technology.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 11, 2024

This latest edition features articles on biotech client Siolta Therapeutics, the use of safety and efficacy findings to extend drug exclusivity periods, life sciences venture financings for clients in 2023, and updated USPTO guidance for determining non-obviousness. By: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 18, 2024

A licence is an agreement between you as the IP right owner and another party. IP can be ‘licensed-out’ or ‘licensed-in’. You can ‘license-in’ if you want to use another company’s IP to develop your own business and products. We also have country guides to help you protect your IP abroad.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

We are pleased to announce that PatSeer is hosting its IP Symposium PatSight on December 9, 2022 in Bangalore. The symposium aims to highlight the best innovative method in IP research and analysis via case studies and panel discussions and is free to attend. PatSeer’s IP Symposium ‘PatSight’ [Bangalore, December 9].

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Each year, IP Spotlight updates our readers who often ask: how long does it take for a patent or trademark registration to grant? In previous years, we’ve done that by reviewing the USPTO’s annual Performance and Accountability Report. In 2022 the USPTO discontinued that report. By: Fox Rothschild LLP

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The IPKat

JANUARY 23, 2024

Here are the nominees and winners: Best Patent Law Book The nominations, in no particular order, were: • Der patentrechtliche Schutz von Daten und seine Grenzen; Landscheidt, by Fabian Landscheidt. Patent Portfolio Management, A Practical Guide, by Ho Frattasi. The Proportionality Test in European Patent Law, by Léon Dijkman. •

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) today revealed its 2022 International IP Index, “Compete for Tomorrow,” which is now in its tenth edition.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Merpel is delighted to announce that she has always been is now a cover model, featured on the front of an edited collection, curated to celebrate the 20th birthday of her best friend, The IPKat! The IPKat is now not only the “Most Popular Intellectual Property Law Blawg” but also has its own published collection! Find out more here.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This is a review of Intellectual Property Strategies for Start-ups: A Practical Guide , edited by Stefan Golkowsky, partner, PFENNING Patent Attorneys and Lawyers, Berlin, Germany. Chapters 1-3 are written by patent attorneys and address the characteristics and strategies of IP rights.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

New acquisition: Merpel and Girl with a Pearl Earring As The IPKat reported a while ago, on 22-24 January 2024, the Pharma and Biotech Patent Litigation Summit will return to Amsterdam (Netherlands). With the central case law and regulatory updates, this event focuses on the European market and those working within life science IP.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Another week, another review of the latest news from the surrounding IP blogs! Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for use on cosmetics. COPYRIGHT YouTube has released the first edition of its copyright transparency report. PATENTS Prof. Mike Mireles reports for IP Finance. IP Finance reports.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Chamber of Commerce issued its 11th annual International IP Index today, striking what seems like a more dismal tone than usual compared with past reports. Only two countries had a 0% change in the 10th edition of the Index. The Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) of the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 31, 2024

A trio of cases this past year illustrate a trend of increasing importance of the Patent Office’s rulemaking and enforcement. Parus Holdings, Inc. Google LLC, 70 F.4th 4th 1365 (Fed. 2023) The Federal Circuit’s decision in Parus addressed 37 C.F.R. a)(3), a PTO rule that prohibits incorporating by reference arguments from another document.

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The IPKat

JULY 31, 2023

Kat summit The IPKat is pleased to inform readers that this year’s Life Sciences Strategy Summit on IP & Exclusivity will be held on 9, 10, 11 October 2023 in Munich (Germany).

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IP Law 360

APRIL 26, 2024

EDITING -- A New Jersey federal court on Friday tossed a lawsuit claiming attorneys from Latham & Watkins LLP and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP manipulated patent litigation to steal a former Cornell University graduate student's DNA sequencing intellectual property, calling that graduate student's claims "conspiracy theories."

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 27, 2021

Following on from the success of last year’s inaugural edition of the Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law, on May 14 th , 2021 we announced the 2 nd edition of the Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on the occasion of Shamnad ‘s 45 th birth anniversary. A photograph of Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 22, 2023

Here are the nominees and winners: Best Patent Law Book The nominations were: Intellectual Property Protection for Plant Related Innovation: Fit for Future? We look forward to reading and reviewing more IP books in 2023! Thank you to readers who voted for the IPKat book of the year awards 2022!

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IP Close Up

JUNE 15, 2021

IBM and IPwe, believe that NFTs, Non-Fungible Tokens – one-of-a-kind limited digital editions – can transform stagnant patent monetization into a trillion dollar market. Two IP icons Continue reading.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We decided to have patents in as many markets as possible. You can view the patent for the Binningtons' flexible brush through this link. Despite multiple enticing offers, the Binningtons declined, leaving with their innovative hairbrush and a testament to the power of strategic IP planning. Dental Wand: the cat's whiskers?

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IP Law 360

JULY 6, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office has urged the Federal Circuit to uphold an interference decision invalidating five SNIPR Technologies Ltd. patents related to gene-editing technology, saying SNIPR's argument that the America Invents Act prevents that outcome reads the law too narrowly.

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IP Spotlight

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The USPTO recently released its FY 2021 Performance and Accountability Report , which contains detailed information about allowance rates, average pendency, and other statistics about its review of patent and trademark applications this year. The number of provisional patent applications dropped by 9.2% months in FY 2020).

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Unified Patents is again growing its legal department, and seeks to add an experienced, registered patent attorney. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), in particular working on ex parte reexamination proceedings, post-grant petitions (IPR, PGR, and CBM), or other administrative drafting and litigation experience.

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Managing IP

JUNE 29, 2021

Find out which firms were ranked for patent protection and litigation work in the 2021 edition of IP STARS

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 25, 2024

Cellect owned four patents with claims that were found unpatentable by the PTAB in ex parte reexaminations for obviousness-type double patenting. The patents were granted Patent Term Adjustment (“PTA”) for the Office’s delay during prosecution pursuant to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. §

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Supreme Court’s lone patent case from last term does not break new ground on enablement law.

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IP Law 360

MAY 24, 2022

has told the Federal Circuit that a Patent Trial and Appeal Board interference decision invalidating its patents on using gene-editing technology to kill bacteria while ruling that The Rockefeller University invented it first "contradicts Congress's express purpose" in passing the America Invents Act. Snipr Technologies Ltd.

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IP Spotlight

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Each year, IP Spotlight updates our readers who often ask: how long does it take for a patent or trademark registration to grant? The Data Visualization Center includes several dashboards with detailed information about allowance rates, average pendency, and other statistics about patent and trademark proceedings.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Amsterdam Kat The IPKat has learned that on, 22-24 January 2023, the Pharma and Biotech Patent Litigation Summit will return to the Anantara Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam (Netherlands). With the central case law and regulatory updates, this event focuses on the European market and those working within life science IP.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 30, 2022

In my previous article I presented some data on Australian standard patent application prosecution events between 2017 and 2021. It appears, therefore, that despite an overall increase in examination response time for a ‘typical’ case, IP Australia is (just about) maintaining its targeted performance overall.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The pitches on offer this week cover a wide range of products, from dog treats to post-exercise recovery items and surprisingly, IP was not mentioned, but there was a wide range of products that could most certainly be protected. You may be wondering how dog treats can be protected by IP as they are not a unique or creative item?

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Axonics petitioned for IPR of two patents owned by Medtronic. The patents’ “Field of the Invention” section states that “invention relates generally to a method and apparatus that allows for stimulation of body tissue, particularly sacral nerves.”.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 25, 2024

PersonalWeb—the third appeal from a multidistrict litigation involving alleged infringement of PersonalWeb’s patents—addressed two issues: (1) whether the district court abused its discretion in finding the case exceptional under 35 U.S.C. § 285 and (2) whether the district court erred in calculating an award of attorneys’ fees.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Bonnie Hassanzadeh is an IP Intensive student and 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. As part of the IP Innovation Clinic’s involvement in the inaugural year of Mitacs’ Business Strategy Internship program, Bonnie completed an internship at Bereskin & Parr LLP under the direct supervision of Reshika Dhir.

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IP Spotlight

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The USPTO recently released its FY2020 Performance and Accountability Report , with contains helpful information about allowance rates, average pendency, and other statistics about its review of patent and trademark applications this year. The total number of nonprovisional patent applications filed dropped by about 2%, to 653,311 in 2020.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Janhavi Mohite: Stealth BioTherapeutics Strengthens IP Portfolio with Issuance of U.S. Patents Covering Elamipretide for Barth Syndrome (Source: Yahoo Finance). Jonathan M Block: Arbutus rises 15% on Apparent Patent Fight Win with Moderna (Source: Seeking Alpha). MWE – Patent Agent.

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