The IPKat

AUGUST 29, 2021

Over on FOSS Patents, Florian Mueller commented on the new German patent law, questioning its ability to make a real difference to issues such as the so-called injunction gap, and reported on the newest patent division of the Munich I Regional Court starting operations. Picture from Pexels on Pixabay.

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The IPKat

MAY 20, 2024

The Board of Appeal decision in T 0420/19 was one of the first to interpret Pepper ( G 3/19 ), which related to the exclusion of plants produced by "essentially biological processes" from patentability. natural breeding methods as opposed to genetic modification) should be excluded from patentability.

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Patently-O

APRIL 10, 2024

” In the context of patent applications, the notice provides specific examples of how the duty of disclosure may be implicated when using AI tools. ” Preparing evidence of patentability or unpatentability : “AI systems could also be used in the submission of evidence of patentability or unpatentability (e.g.,

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

This is a book review of The Future of Intellectual Property , edited by Daniel J. Underwood Chair in Law at Vanderbilt University Law School, US. In the introduction, Gervais explains that the approach to discussing IP law reform taken in this edited collection is considering both primary and secondary level reform.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 27, 2022

India- To register a patent and thereby enjoy protection against infringement in India, a product or a process must have an ‘inventive step’, should be capable of industrial application and should not fall within the categories that are explicitly defined as ‘not inventions’.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

The same is also detailed in the Greek Patent Law (1733/1987), Article 5(1) of which provides that: to accept that the functionality of the computer program can be protected by copyright, would amount to making it possible to monopolise ideas, to the detriment of technological progress and industrial development.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 14, 2022

The 1952 Patent Act edited the law to allow for reissue for “error[s]” where the patentee claimed either “more or less than he had a right to claim.” Likewise, the MPEP finds impermissible recapture only when the original surrender relied on by the patent applicant to overcome the prior art.

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