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Patent Community Slams USPTO’s Rush to Retire Old Software Systems Despite Patent Center Problems

IP Watchdog

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in recent weeks regarding the Office’s decision to retire Private PAIR and EFS-Web, the two main software systems used by patent applicants, on November 8. The organizations are urging the agency to delay the transition due to numerous bugs and missing features.

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CAFC Says USPTO Arguments for Rejecting Google Patent Application Lack Support in Record

IP Watchdog

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in a precedential decision today vacated a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) finding that certain claims of Google, LLC’s U.S. Patent Application No. 14/628,093 were obvious. The CAFC opinion, authored by Chief Judge Moore, said the U.S.

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Tillis and Leahy Urge USPTO to Address Inconsistent Prior Art Statements by Patent Applicants at the FDA

IP Watchdog

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), discussing the issue of inconsistent statements made by patent applicants pursuant to their disclosure requirements at the USPTO and other federal agencies, especially the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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EFTA-India Free Trade Agreement and Patents Rules Amendment: Compromising Public Accountability and Transparency in the Indian Patent System

SpicyIP

Recently, India and a group of 4 European countries- Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland (EFTA) signed a Trade Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) on a variety of trade related issues, including intellectual property rights. Sreenath is an independent legal researcher and Adjunct Faculty of Law at Ramaiah Law College.

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USPTO’s Pilot Program for Deferring Subject Matter Eligibility Response

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program (the “DSMER Program”). Currently, the USPTO applies a “compact prosecution approach” in examining patent applications. An applicant is required to address all these objections and rejections in one response. .

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Principals Moritz Ammelburg and Peter Fasse Author Managing IP Article “Coordinating Patent Prosecution in the U.S. and Europe”

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

In today’s connected global economy, obtaining patent protection in multiple jurisdictions is the best way for companies to protect their intellectual property on a global scale. However, different countries have different patentability requirements and prosecution schemes, and these differences. Amendments.

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What I’m reading from academic journals

Patently-O

I’m always on the lookout for interesting new scholarship related to intellectual property and innovation policy. The following are a few of the articles that I’ve been delving into this past week: James Hicks, Do Patents Drive Investment in Software? , 1277 (2024). Christa Laser, Scientific Educations Among U.S.