Patently-O

JULY 21, 2022

The inventor Mark Holt is also owner of Symbiont. Holt was part of forming two additional companies, BJM and Matrix and Symbiont licensed the technology (including the patent) to those companies. The agreement included a number of provisions — primarily a license with royalties for feed sold using the process.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Government and Private Programs that Give to Founders by Jaime Chandra Government and Private Programs that Give to Founders Empowering Innovation: A Guide to Supportive Programs for Entrepreneurs Access to the right resources can significantly impact entrepreneurial success. Non-Provisional Utility Patent Space.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 13, 2024

While it’s appropriate to lament the lack of bipartisan cooperation in Washington, just because something’s bipartisan doesn't mean it’s a good idea. Exhibit A could be Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Senator J.D. Vance’s (R-OH) “Invent It Here, Make It Here” bill.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 5, 2024

Under certain circumstances, federal agencies have statutory authority to force inventors of patented technology developed with federal funding to grant licenses allowing others to practice the invention. This authority is known as “march-in.”

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Patently-O

JUNE 23, 2024

— (June 21, 2024), Justice Thomas complained that “At argument, the Government invented yet another position.” She wrote, “A patent is an inventor’s property, and royalties are the income she receives from licensing it. State Conf. of the NAACP , 144 S. 1221 (2024) (Thomas, J., concurring).

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Zolgensma and the Inadequacies of the Compulsory Licensing Regime. Compulsory Licensing: Chinks in the Armor. The TRIPS Agreement has incorporated certain fail-safes in the form of Compulsory Licenses for when patents are seen to be acting contrary to public need. Akhil is a final year B.A.L.L.B.(Hons.) Akhil Satheesh.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The USPTO has joined forces with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and National Institute of Standards (NIST) in creating a new draft policy statement on licensing of standards-essential patents (SEP) subject to voluntary F/RAND commitments. Are other challenges typically present in negotiating a SEP license? 2021 Draft Policy.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

JULY 26, 2024

Patent protection in India is governed by the Patents Act, 1970, which has undergone several amendments to align with international standards, most notably the TRIPS Agreement. Prevents Abuse of Monopoly: Helps in identifying patents that are not being utilized and may be subject to compulsory licensing.

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2024

Understanding Patents A patent is a legal protection granted by the government to an inventor, providing the exclusive right to make, use, and sell an invention for a specified period, typically 20 years from the filing date. As a result, inventors often seek patent protection in multiple countries to fully safeguard their innovations.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

Thus, a legal safeguard should be provided to inventors for their inventions to keep their interest in science alive. In modern biology research, inventors come from various disciplines such as pharmaceutical, environmental, agricultural, and dairy, and all of them are involved in improving the quality of life.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 30, 2023

For example, they can increase the value of a business, provide an advantage over competitors, and serve as a source of income through licensing. However, the cost of obtaining and maintaining patents may be a barrier for individual inventors and small businesses to benefit from the advantage or enter certain markets.

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Intepat

APRIL 2, 2022

It gives the inventor or patent owner exclusive rights and prevents others from manufacturing, selling, or marketing the invention. The foremost advantage of obtaining a patent is that it gives exclusive rights to the inventor. Patents give the inventor the security and confidence to share their invention in public domains.

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IIPRD

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Intellectual property rights serve as the protection tool for the inventors from infringers, the invention of any product is the result of the sweat and blood of the inventor. In the Outer Space Treaty, it is mentioned that no state can claim ownership of the Outer Space.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 3, 2022

In 1980, Congress passed the Bayh-Dole Act, promoting collaboration between the Federal Government and private intellectual capital. The Bayh-Dole Act also establishes the rights of the Federal Government to “march-in” and take any subject invention under certain circumstances. Patent rights under federally funded research.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Suppose you have an inventor or applicant who asks you to file a patent application in the U.S. In addition, the inventor or applicant must not have assigned, granted, conveyed, or licensed the invention, or be legally obligated to do so, to anyone who does not also qualify as a small entity. Under 37 C.F.R. §

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 18, 2023

The owner gets an exclusive right to use or sell for a specific time period as a legal right under the document which we refer throughout this paper as ‘patent’ The patent system is designed to encourage innovation by protecting the rights of inventors to their inventions. 3] In the case of V.B. Mohammaed Ibrahim v.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 9, 2024

In late June this year, I wrote ( here ) about how Bharat Biotech (BBIL) filed a patent application for Covaxin without listing the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) as a co-patentee or inventor, despite the Health Ministry asserting that the intellectual property rights over Covaxin are “jointly owned” by ICMR and BBIL.

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IPilogue

APRIL 1, 2022

This article is part of a series covering the 5th Annual IP Data & Research Conference, hosted by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the Centre for International Governance Innovation. Blit puts forward several potential explanations.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Intellectual property rights (hereinafter referred to as ‘IPR’) are the legal rights granted to the inventor or creator to safeguard his or her invention or production for a certain period of time. These legal rights grant the inventor, creator, or assignee the only right to fully exploit his invention/creation for a given period.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 25, 2022

These stakeholders range from inventors, patent owners, licensees and patent examiners. 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. A lesser known stakeholder is the licensee.

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Patently-O

MAY 21, 2024

Therefore, the same obviousness principles should govern. If the reference is not within the field of the inventor’s endeavor, whether the reference is still reasonably pertinent to the particular problem with which the inventor is involved. Design Patent No.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

We’ve funneled IP protection for AI generated inventions/information to trade secrecy w/o patent or copyright for human authors/inventors. Disclosure to the government has risks for the trade secret owner; Elizabeth Rowe notes that the risk falls on the owner. But it’s narrow protection b/c there are no choices.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 13, 2022

Compulsory licensing is a highly debated question of the hour in the context of the pandemic. The present case deals with the compulsory license awarded to a domestic generic pharmaceutical private company, Natco, for the manufacture and sale of the kidney cancer drug Nexavar, patented by Bayer Corporation in India.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 23, 2023

In the absence of a specific legislation, probably, a way to ensure that the Government fulfills its responsibility under the Constitution towards its citizens is by amending the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 to include obligations for at least one of the rare diseases – Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

The National AI Strategy, published in September 2021, sets out the government’s plans to invest in the AI ecosystem, support AI innovation and govern AI effectively.?? . Licensing or exceptions to copyright for text and data mining. reject two UK patent applications that named the AI system, DABUS, as inventor.

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IIPRD

APRIL 2, 2024

vi] This is where governments use ‘compulsory licensing’ to ensure access to affordable drugs in public health emergencies and foster innovation, where patents and monopolies gained through it has prevailed. This move underscores the government’s commitment to supporting its robust generic drug industry.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 10, 2021

What effect could the recent Federal Court of Australia decision that an AI was eligible to be listed as an inventor have for the authorship concept? Copyright The Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice published an Author's Take piece considering what the way forward for the press publishers' right might be under EU copyright law.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

There is a fourth type of IP protection, trade secrets, that doesn’t involve registering the rights with a government office. If that information becomes known to others (outside a nondisclosure agreement or license, etc.), This is the tradeoff an inventor makes with the public. then it is no longer a trade secret.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In a 2020 consultation , the government sought to broadly understand the implications of AI for IP. The UK recognises that in order to guarantee that IP incentivises innovation, the government should focus on its domestic IP law and enhance the UK’s AI competitive edge through a potential legislative reform. Background.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

For larger companies, budget is also a concern, but often it is also the time required of inventors to adequately document an invention disclosure and to work with a patent professional. Often, a patent inventor is also a company executive such as the CEO or CTO and their time is limited. So, what happens if you decide not to patent?

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In both cases, the Government argued that the Court’s recent decisions have strayed from earlier precedent and have fostered uncertainty regarding the patent eligibility standards. In particular, the Government highlighted the then-pending certiorari petition in Athena Diagnostics, Inc. Berkheimer, No. 18-415, 139 S.

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Intepat

JUNE 9, 2023

National Intellectual Rights Property Policy, 2016 is the first policy which was drafted to lay down the intentions of the Central Government for this regime. The Indian Government has brought about several initiatives to aid and encourage small entities, startups and educational institutions to pursue IP filing as a rigorous practice.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2023

As a person involved in copyright on a daily basis, I’ve observed a number of events and requests for comment over the last few years on the issue of whether artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be “authors” in the copyright sense (or inventors of patents). 3:22-cv-06823 – Whither transformative? These cases are not against AI.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Continued Debates over AI as an Inventor. Around the world, patent registrars grappled with patent applications that credit artificial intelligence software as the inventor. The Supreme Court of Canada last considered the definition of “inventor” in 2002, but has yet to consider whether it would include non-human entities.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 10, 2023

For example, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is responsible for rules governing federal trademark registration for product and service identification and for issuing patents to inventors, regardless of where the business is located. Intellectual property attorneys can file these applications from anywhere.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

If you’re using an online logo generator, such as the one in Canva, a very popular online program for creating all kinds of visual projects, or Logo.com, you need to look at the license terms of the software. Canva and other logo generators are licensing the use of their product and the generated logos in it to you.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2022

When applying for a patent at the USPTO, the applicant must name all inventors of the invention claimed in the patent application. Absent an assignment, each joint inventor may exploit the invention without the permission of, and without accounting to, the other joint inventors. Practice tip. Right of priority.

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