SpicyIP

APRIL 10, 2024

Further, the Court held that even assuming the Controller’s decision was on merits, since the Court had undertaken an independent assessment of the suit patent’s validity, the Controller’s decision (referred to here as decision of “hierarchically lower Court”) cannot be cited to reverse the same.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Yet, many Patent Owners still continue to shoot themselves in the foot when it comes to litigating at the PTAB. First, Patent Owners (NPE’s especially) increasingly rely on litigation trial counsel for PTAB representation. The level of skill is typically readily apparent from the prior art references.

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Patent Patent Prosecution Art Litigation 52

The IPKat

DECEMBER 7, 2021

First, for the sake of good order, Lederer means by the term patent trolls an abuse of the patent system, in which— low-quality patents that are asserted against innovative companies by entities that often don’t even make any products. The root source of this situation, according to Lederer, is the patent prosecution process.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Like the dissenting judge on the panel, several of the opinions denying rehearing en banc faulted the panel majority for establishing a new “nothing more” test—if the claimed invention “clearly invokes a natural law, and nothing more, to accomplish a desired result”—for patent ineligibility. patent system. dissenting); id.

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Patent Intellectual Property Invention Inventor 102

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]. Hopefully, with these suggestions, litigation surrounding this inherently ambiguous statute will diminish. Background. Policy considerations. products.” [xix]

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Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Litigation Law 98

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies are rapidly expanding throughout the world – and with that rapid expansion has come a growing interest in IP protection for blockchain and cryptocurrency inventions. USPTO statistics confirm blockchain’s ascendance. Below, we answer some introductory questions on blockchain to get started.

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Technology Copying Invention Patent Prosecution 76

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The debate at the crux of the dispute is, or rather was, the dichotomy between deference to the validity of a granted patent vis-a-vis the challenge to its validity and consequently disregarding the exclusivity granted to it, in litigation. The Drug and the patent. The Litigation. Background . See here and here ).

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Patent Art Patent Prosecution Litigation 105

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Under the new guidelines, “hemp” refers to cannabis and its derivatives containing no more than 0.3% Patent Prosecution. Patent protection is generally available for cannabis and cannabis-related innovations on the same basis as any other innovation, presenting relatively few obstacles for applicants. Patent Litigation.

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IP Registration Trademark Branding 52

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 13, 2021

With these technical advances comes an increase in legal activity, including intellectual property (IP) filings and litigation. Patent prosecution, portfolio, and strategic patenting considerations. Obtaining patent protection for battery innovations requires battery companies to file applications with the USPTO.

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Intellectual Property Litigation Patent Prosecution IP 52

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

and design patents were hard to get/not as valuable at the time. There’s not evidence of a litigation history of the few midcentury modern design patents, even though Herman Miller etc. Herman Miller litigated even against “Eames style.” When does it refer to the origin of the design v. Compco, etc.)

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Designs Design Design Patent Branding 59

SpicyIP

JANUARY 18, 2023

That is to say, ‘applicants’ are interested stakeholders here, and focusing on issues faced by applicants alone, just one of the many stakeholders, does not equate to understanding the patent oppositions mechanism as a whole. For instance, the Dhaval Diyora case which was litigated in Bombay High Court and Ms.

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Patent Application Reporting Public Domain Patent 141

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The decisions in the first category , i.e., Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact) reflect those that we thought were important from a topical point of view and were covered by the media in some way owing to the importance of parties litigating or the issue being considered or for impact on industry and innovation/creativity ecosystem etc.

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IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

With these technical advances comes an increase in legal activity, including intellectual property (“IP”) filings and litigation. Research and development in the battery industry have led to a notable increase in patent filings at the U.S. Patent Prosecution, Portfolio, and Strategic Patenting Considerations.

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Intellectual Property Technology Journalism IP 52