Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

What is an intellectual property right? Intellectual property (IP) can seem abstract. At its core, intellectual property is a legal right. Unlike patents, the role of a trademark is not to signify something new, but rather to indicate the source of the product or service. So what is IP exactly?

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More Than Your Mark

AUGUST 20, 2021

the past decade, the use of 3-D printing has expanded rapidly, in part because the original intellectual property protections on the technology, first invented in the 1980s, expired, making it less expensive to produce the hardware and software involved in the 3-D printing process. Copyrights.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 10, 2023

Beyond Borders: Accessing Top-Quality Legal Services for Intellectual Property Protection @media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-6434ddeeda7ab5469{display: For most intellectual property questions, your attorney can be located anywhere in the United States.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The USPTO released inventorship guidance on February 12, 2024, for inventions assisted by artificial intelligence (AI). 2022), and this release provides guidance regarding the open question of human inventorship for inventions developed by a person working with the assistance of an AI system. Vidal , 43 F.4th 4th 1207 (Fed.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 3, 2023

But there’s another side to the Red Headed Stranger that few know about: his deeply impressive intellectual property. Armed with a trove of patents, trademarks, and copyrights, Willie has proven that he can not only strum the strings of our hearts but also create inventions that could very well change the world.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

Background In 2015, Ironburg Inventions Ltd. 8,641,525 (“the ’525 patent”). Both parties appealed on multiple grounds (not all of which are discussed here for brevity) – including whether Valve was properly estopped from litigating the Non-Petitioned Grounds. Ironburg”) sued Valve Corporation (“Valve”) for infringing U.S.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 19, 2023

A basic understanding of Intellectual Property (IP) law is essential to managing an Amazon storefront, as IP issues can be a minefield for the uninformed. Patents A patent permits the owner to exclude others from making, using, offering to sell, selling, or importing the invention of the patent.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 11, 2021

To take another example, AI has been generating creative and inventive output for years that, if that output had been made by a person, would be protected by intellectual property rights. Litigation is currently ongoing on these patents in the United States, United Kingdom, EPO (Europe), and Germany.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 4, 2021

A world first – South Africa recently made headlines by granting a patent for ‘a food container based on fractal geometry’ to a non-human inventor, namely an artificial intelligence (AI) machine called DABUS. Each of these three jurisdictions found sufficient reasons in these formalities to reject DABUS’ patent applications.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 7, 2024

This high-profile case revolves around allegations of patent infringement concerning two patents (“Suit Patents”), both relating to ‘Pertuzumab,’ a monoclonal antibody (Mab) biologic used in inhibiting tumor growth. Find it here.

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IP Close Up

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Members of the IP community – including inventors, content creators, bigtech managers, lawyers and educators – do not agree on some of the most basic Continue reading

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Trading Secrets

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The amendment adds a new Section 203-f to the Labor Law, which addresses the assignment of inventions made by employees. Instead, the language suggests that invention-assignment provisions in employment agreements executed on or after September 15, 2023, are unenforceable unless they comport with the new law.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 15, 2022

Clearing the air on labyrinthine subject-matter eligibility standards for computer-implemented inventions (CIIs), a Canadian Federal Court last month revisited the issue in Benjamin Moore & Co. Attorney General of Canada, 2022 FC 923.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 8, 2024

On January 5, 2024, in litigation between REGENXBIO and Sarepta Therapeutics, Judge Richard Andrews of the U.S. 10,526,617 (the ’617 Patent; licensed to REGENXBIO) is invalid as being directed to ineligible subject matter. A separate, related patent lawsuit filed by REGENXBIO and Penn against Sarepta and Catalent, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2023

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SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2024

So, we dive into the dispute over the role of scientific advisers versus expert evidence in IP litigation. In a recent c a se , the English Patent Court dealt with the distinction between scientific advisers and expert evidence offering an intriguing insight into the matter. Now Now, What did His Lordship say?

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The amendment adds a new Section 203-f to the Labor Law, which addresses the assignment of inventions made by employees. Instead, the language suggests that invention-assignment provisions in employment agreements executed on or after September 15, 2023, are unenforceable unless they comport with the new law.

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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]. Here, patent law can be very helpful in determining whether a generic manufacturer satisfies the novelty, usefulness, and non-obviousness standards. Background.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Do common law doctrines such as the doctrine of (un)clean hands apply in the consideration of a patentee's claim for patent infringement in South Africa? This was the key question before South Africa's apex court, the Constitutional Court in Villa Crop Protection (Pty) Ltd v Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH decided in December 2022.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 29, 2024

GlaxoSmithKline filed a four-count civil action for patent infringement in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware late last week seeking damages for Pfizer and BioNTech’s infringing manufacture, use, sale and marketing of both the original “monovalent” and “bivalent” Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccines.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Systemic-level studies and data regarding impact on investment and innovation, as detailed in Part II of this series, are not the only way to demonstrate the substantial harm that the current state of patent eligibility has inflicted on the U.S. innovation ecosystem.

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The IPKat

JUNE 25, 2021

His first book “Inside the Patent Factory” was published by Wiley & Sons in 2008, and second book “Harvesting External Innovation” was published by Gower Publishing in 2011. Here is what he has to say about Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer , edited by Jacob H.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2021

Commissioner of Patents , case number VID 108 of 2021, in the Federal Court of Australia, an Australian Federal Judge became the first known jurist to rule that inventions developed by artificial intelligence can qualify for patent protection. In Thaler v. And, nothing in the Act dictates the contrary conclusion.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

30, 2024) (R&R) Recommendation: Dastar should block Qingdao’s Lanham Act false advertising counterclaims based on Lashify’s claim to be the originator of lash technology, but false patent marking counterclaims should survive. 11, 2023 (claiming that various products were “patented”). patent, which it did not receive until” later.

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SpicyIP

JULY 25, 2023

While several intellectual property rights battles are being fought over the mRNA platform, a key question that remains unaddressed is whether and to what extent mRNA is patent eligible. Patent eligible subject matter refers to subject matter that is inherently suited for patent protection.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

A bipartisan pair of Senators have proposed the “ Pride in Patent Ownership Act.” ” The premise is that if you own a patent, you should be proud to own the patent — and actually record your ownership interest. Senator Tillis: “ The public has a right to know who is a patent’s true owner.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 17, 2023

And the similarly savory subject of who must be named inventor on a bacon patent was the issue in the recent case of HIP, Inc. HIP claimed that one of its employees materially contributed to the invention of Hormel’s patent on methods for precooking bacon. Hormel Foods Corp., 2022-1696 (Fed. May 2, 2023).

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CopyrightsWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The battle between these two tech giants began with a simple question: “Who invented the graphical user interface (GUI)?” When Apple sued Samsung in 2010, Google had to step in and help Samsung partly due to a ‘Mobile Application Distribution Agreement’ that gave “partial or full indemnity with regard to four patents.”.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

2023 FCA 168], a 3-0 decision, recently set aside the test on subject matter eligibility of computer-implemented inventions laid down by the Federal Court [2022 FC 923] last year. Benjamin Moore & Co.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The District of Delaware is renowned as a patent litigation hot spot, but the district sees its fair share of other IP litigation. Future litigants in the District of Delaware should be aware of potential arguments relating to non-infringing alternatives as they potentially relate to both patent and copyright damages.

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 15, 2021

CLS Bank Int’l , which involve the limits on patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § For example, in Alice, the court stated “[t]he ‘abstract ideas’ category embodies the longstanding rule that an idea of itself is not patentable.” Patent attorneys and inventors are often left to guess whether a particular invention is patent-eligible.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The USPTO is seeking comments on “the state of patent eligibility jurisprudence” and how eligibility law impacts both innovation and investment-in-innovation. and (2) Is patent eligibility a question of law for the court or a question of fact for the jury? The deadline for submissions is October 15, 2021. Berkheimer, No.

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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The agreement enabled the three parties involved to obtain Freedom to Operate (abbreviated as FTO) , thereby authorizing one another to use some of their respective patented technologies without worrying about Patent Infringement. Without any doubt, stepping into patent litigation can be uncertain, full of risks, and expensive.

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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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IP Close Up

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The news in much of the inventing community is often doom and gloom, but for Stephen Key, a successful creator and entrepreneur, the opportunities faced Continue reading.

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IP Close Up

JANUARY 3, 2024

IP CloseUp, weekly perspective on intellectual property trends and business, broke through 392,000 views and 272,000 visits in 2023, on its way to 400,000 plus Continue reading

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LexBlog IP

MAY 16, 2023

Whether you view him as a brilliant inventor or a misguided genius, there’s no denying that Midgley’s inventions offer a compelling case study for any intellectual property guru. The Inventions Born in 1889, Midgley was a mechanical engineer and chemist. serves as a fascinating case study.

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