Selvam & Selvam Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

Although the order drew a chuckle on social media due to the sheer absurdity of its background, it highlights the difficulty and struggles IP practitioners and IP Owners have to go through to safeguard their rights. These are merely a few examples of the countless times the IPO or TMO has issued unreasoned and/or arbitrary decisions.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 9, 2022

What is at the core of invention? All inventions boil down to applying some natural law , but where is the line between natural law and invention? ” The most recent Supreme Court case which granted certiorari with regard to an “inventive concept” is Alice Corp. .” By: Banks Griffin.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 22, 2021

i] This confusion has a direct impact on the willingness to invent, drug pricing, the recovery of research and development (R&D), and other basic purposes of the Act. [ii]. xviii] Innovation and Intellectual Property , World Intellectual Prop. Intellectual Property Law: Cases & Materials 124 (5th ed.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 29, 2021

South Africa’s patent office has granted the first patent for an invention conceived by an artificial intelligence (AI) inventor, DABUS. The patent is for “a food container based on fractal geometry,” and was accepted by South Africa’s Companies and Intellectual Property Commission on June 24.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 23, 2022

The Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Department (PRID) of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) invalidated the CN Invention Patent No. She presently assists on over 400 patent prosecution matters, including managing deadlines, serving as a liaison with U.S.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2023

important;}} The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) has recently introduced several new measures to improve and streamline the patent examination process, including accelerated patent examination, patent term extensions, recent court decisions, and updates in trademark, design, and utility model legislation.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 3, 2022

Thus, the newly added subject matter of the CIP must independently be patentable (inventive and non-obvious) over the base subject matter that it shares with the parent application. Technical Advisor patents@founderslegal.com. John is a patent and technology technical advisor at Founders Legal. John DeStefano.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 7, 2021

Here’s their announcement: The Elevate Your Prosecution 2021 conference on patent prosecution will be held in the Murano room of the Grand America in Salt Lake City on Friday, September 24 – Saturday, September 25. Mike Bohn (VLP Law Group LLP): Surviving, Pivoting, and Thriving in the Changing Global IP Marketplace.

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Patently-O

JULY 8, 2021

This includes patent prosecution, enforcement, R&D, employment, innovation, sales, competition, etc. How is eligibility jurisprudence impacting the following: quantum computing; AI; precision medicine; diagnostic methods; pharmaceutical treatments; and other computer-related inventions?

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 15, 2021

Step 2: If the claims are directed to an abstract idea, then the court determines whether the claims include elements showing an inventive concept that transforms the idea into a patent-eligible invention. Patent attorneys and inventors are often left to guess whether a particular invention is patent-eligible.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 7, 2024

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. She has been working in the field of access to medicines, patents and IP for more than a decade.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Some people may have anticipated that, in raising the standard of inventive step and introducing stricter requirements for enablement and support of claims, the RtB reforms would result in fewer applications being accepted. I was not one of those people, and I expect that neither were most other patent attorneys. in 2019/20.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2021

The new principals in the IP Group are Dr. Moritz Ammelburg (Munich); Kenneth Darby (Austin); Dr. Hyun Jin In (D.C.); The diverse group represents clients across a range of industries and brings deep expertise in litigation, patent prosecution, post-grant proceedings and copyright and trademark counseling to their new roles.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal today designated as precedential a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision from March of this year that held a precedential U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 15, 2021

Step 2: If the claims are directed to an abstract idea, then the court determines whether the claims include elements showing an inventive concept that transforms the idea into a patent-eligible invention. Patent attorneys and inventors are often left to guess whether a particular invention is patent-eligible.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Yet, an enigmatic question looms large: would the powers that be genuinely consider patenting such advanced technology, fully aware that patent applications might see the light of day? 4 of the ‘240 patent shows that this is the type of invention we’d like to keep secret. defense departments (e.g.,

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Yet, an enigmatic question looms large: would the powers that be genuinely consider patenting such advanced technology, fully aware that patent applications might see the light of day? 4 of the ‘240 patent shows that this is the type of invention we’d like to keep secret. defense departments (e.g.,

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 25, 2022

And Does it Apply to Stakeholders of a Patent Lifecycle. Patents are composed of several different parts, each of which serves a particular purpose in securing the rights of an invention. Each component can provide information to the various stakeholders in the life of a patent.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 9, 2022

But what happens when two inventions are similar, but the inventors were not physically collaborating on their efforts? 1960) (“it is not necessary that the inventive concept come to both [joint inventors] at the same time”). Vice Chair of Intellectual Property contact@founderslegal.com. ” 35 U.S.C. §

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Participants will have the opportunity to develop their patent prosecution skills by applying legal principles to a hypothetical invention scenario (“Invention Statement”) and appreciating the intricacies of drafting a patent specification and claims that are both patentable and valuable.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 2, 2020

As with any growing industry, cannabis stakeholders are eager to protect their valuable intellectual property (IP) rights, but their ability to obtain comprehensive IP protection and enforce their IP rights is sometimes in conflict with federal drug law. Patent Prosecution. FDA Regulation.

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Kashishipr

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

One of such defenses is the doctrine of inequitable conduct, which is referred to as a breach of the duty of being honest or acting fraudulently in conduct while dealing with the Patent Office. It may so happen that the patent holder makes a misleading or misrepresenting or false disclosure of information, which is material to the invention.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Participants will have the opportunity to develop their patent prosecution skills by applying legal principles to a hypothetical invention scenario (“Invention Statement”) and appreciating the intricacies of drafting a patent specification and claims that are both patentable and valuable.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 1, 2022

Unlike a patentability report that looks at the invention as a whole, FTO searches take a component-based approach. Each product component is evaluated to ensure your product does not infringe on any other enforceable patents. to determine if any enforceable patents cover the components in question. important;}.thegem-template-wrapper.wpb_wrapper.thegem-custom-621e9d93ac85c9391{flex-direction:

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Further, anyone holding rights in the invention must also qualify as a small entity. Therefore, not only is it important to select the proper entity status when filing a patent application, but it is also critical to recognize if and when an entity status changes.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 14, 2023

During the supplemental examination, Malvern cited seven office action documents from the ’782 patent prosecution in an IDS and introduced two declarations by the co-inventor Rochalski. Specifically, the Federal Circuit considered the plain and ordinary meaning of the term to a skilled artisan at the time of the invention.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Part One – Helpful Tips for Prosecuting Patents in the Biotechnology Space. Telling a detailed story explaining the novelty of the invention instead of merely providing a high level description.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2021

The number of artificial intelligence (AI) patent applications received annually by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) grew from 30,000 in 2002 to more than 60,000 in 2018. Further, the USPTO has issued thousands of inventions that utilize AI.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 29, 2022

•Add additional claims to trigger unity of invention. Starting July 1, 2022 the Canadian Intellectual Property Office will comply with WIPO standard ST.26 John DeStefano is a patent and technology technical advisor at Founders Legal. John performs patent prosecution assistance for the Intellectual Property practice.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 16, 2023

In the case of Stephen Thaler’s attempt to obtain patent protection for a food container and light stick he says were independently invented by his AI machine, DABUS, the inventor-in-fact will be either Thaler or his machine. The procedural posture of Thaler v.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 24, 2022

The demographic data were collected voluntarily in 2021from the 21 regional programs that administer the PPBP as part of the broader goal of diversifying the patent system. patents are women, while a Harvard study said that white individuals are three times more likely to invent than Black individuals.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

This obligates the employee to transfer their rights to any IP they develop during their employment. The employer then decides which of the contributions will be encompassed in patent filings. Having transferred the rights before the patent filing, the inventor does not know what patent claims will eventually become granted.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

An unorganized capacity to respond to such rejection challenges often leaves the practitioner with very little alternative but to amend claims in a manner that narrows protection to less than what the applicant’s invention should have received.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2022

On April 13, 2022, the Federal Court of Australia, on appeal, reversed its 2021 decision that DABUS, an artificial intelligence (AI) machine, qualified as an inventor for a patent application under Australian law. Thaler has filed patent applications in several countries around the world for inventions created by DABUS.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 23, 2022

Micro entity status is a newer status, introduced under the America Invents Act Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”) in 2011 as an effort to reduce the cost of patenting for small businesses and individual inventors. Reduce your patent fees. Patent prosecution can be a substantial investment to some.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2022

It is effectively not possible at this time for attorneys in the United States to exchange documents or payments, on behalf of their clients, in any manner sufficient to permit normal patent prosecution practice inside Russia by non-Russian patent applicants. ” (underlining added).

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 30, 2023

Further, anyone holding rights in the invention must also qualify as a small entity. Therefore, not only is it important to select the proper entity status when filing a patent application, but it is also critical to recognize if and when an entity status changes. had a gross income.

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