Patently-O

MARCH 12, 2023

by Dennis Crouch In October 2022, Canada’s largest intellectual property firm became a publicly traded entity. Smart & Biggar , a firm that includes 100+ Canadian patent attorneys and agents (most of whom are also registered with the USPTO) was purchased by the Australian company IPH Limited.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 13, 2023

EPO soften priority rules in G1/22 and G2/22 This week, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office softened its rules on priority with the effect that it is now more likely that a priority claim will be valid even if there is a different applicant for the EPO application than for the priority application.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

November 4, 2022: The Madras High Court allowed the two writ petitions filed by the applicant with respect to two patent applications that were deemed abandoned by the Indian Patent Office on account of delay in filing the Request for Examination. In Chandra Sekar Vs. The Controller of Patents and Designs & Anr.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 26, 2023

This federally funded program encourages innovation and technological advancement in areas that align with national interests. The SBIR program provides funding in three phases. Phase I provides funding to explore the feasibility of a new technology or idea.

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