LexBlog IP

MARCH 21, 2022

I am excited to announce the publication of the Intellectual Property Owner (IPO) ’s white paper on “ Protecting Inventions Relating to Artificial Intelligence: Best Practices. The paper may be found here and covers various best practices for protecting Artificial Intelligence (AI) inventions. Prosecution of AI inventions.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Qualcomm had previously sued Apple for patent infringement, and Apple responded with a set of inter partes review petitions. The invention in Yu was a multi-lens camera deemed abstract by the Federal Circuit. Basically, the patentee failed to disclose pre-filing sales of the invention. 2022)(forthcoming).

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The Supreme Court’s 2021 decision retained assignor estoppel as a cognizable patent law doctrine that can bar a former patent owner from later challenging the patent’s validity. ” The patent document is clearly directed toward the permeable portion as a key aspect of the invention.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Putting an end to a 24 year old patent infringement suit, the Delhi High Court has directed Maharaja Appliances Ltd. While this seems to have happened in trademark law disputes (eg: Starbucks Corporation vs Teaquila A Fashion Cafe & Anr ), this seems to be one of the rare (maybe our readers know other examples?)

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund and the Fair Inventing Fund filed briefs in support of the jump rope company while DivX filed in support of neither party.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 1, 2021

A significant portion of the suggested reforms to the Patents Act is dedicated to recommendations on loosening the procedural norms of patent filing and patent examination. It is also an aspect that figures mostly at the end of the innovation cycle and not at the beginning.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 21, 2022

Not everything is patentable. First, only inventions are patentable. Second, only certain inventions are patentable. Four types of inventions are patentable: articles of manufacture, machines, processes, and compositions of matter. Alice Corp. CLS Bank International , 573 U.S. 208, 216, 219 (2014).

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) states, ” a trademark protects brand names and logos used on goods and services. A patent protects an invention. For example, if you invent a new kind of vacuum cleaner, you would apply for a patent to protect the invention itself.” Again, it depends. Under 35 U.S.C. §

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The IP Law Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2021

There are many requirements for obtaining a patent. 112(a), the patent must describe the invention in writing. If the written description requirement is not met, the patent won’t be granted. If the patent has already been issued, it can be invalidated for failure to satisfy the written description requirement.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Many of these countries are members of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which excludes from patentability certain inventions that offend morality in that society. Patents in Islamic Law present religious considerations that are unique compared to U.S. patent law. patent law.

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SpicyIP

JULY 25, 2023

Patent eligible subject matter refers to subject matter that is inherently suited for patent protection. Section 3 of the Patents Act, 1970 is the key section on “patent eligibility” and lists out what are not “inventions”. Is Messenger RNA Patent-Eligible? Is Messenger RNA Patent-Eligible?

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 27, 2024

Introduction The main emphasis of the case pertains to accusations of patent infringement made by the defendant, as well as the subsequent pursuit of damages. of violating their patents related to the development of “enhanced internal combustion engine technology”. Motor Company Ltd.) In order to deter the defendants from: 1.Utilizing

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Patently-O

MARCH 4, 2024

In 2016, over a year after it began selling Ace-K, Celanese filed patent applications on its heretofore secret Ace-K process. Celanese sued Jinhe for patent infringement at the International Trade Commission (ITC). But, the problem is that the statute expressly asks whether the invention was “on sale.”

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Over Alleged LED, Mini LED Patent Infringement (Source: Apple Insider). Blake Brittain: What to Watch for in Patent Law in 2022 (Source: Reuters). Christopher Yasiejko, Perry Cooper, and Matthew Bultman: Moderna Drops After Losing Appeal Over Drug-Delivery Patents (Source: Bloomberg).

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SpicyIP

MARCH 21, 2024

Pre-Grant Opposition The first proposal relates to amending the pre-grant opposition mechanism, which allows patent applications to be opposed before the Patent Office officially “grants” the patent. This commercial information is invaluable to the Patent Controller in compulsory licencing proceedings.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Utility patents protect four categories of functional inventions: machines, articles of manufacture, compositions of matter, and processes (methods). To be patentable, however, both designs and functional inventions must satisfy two requirements. The patent covered a design for a vehicle front fender. Telflex, Inc.,

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 21, 2022

Not everything is patentable. First, only inventions are patentable. Second, only certain inventions are patentable. Four types of inventions are patentable: articles of manufacture, machines, processes, and compositions of matter. Alice Corp. CLS Bank International , 573 U.S. 208, 216, 219 (2014).

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 18, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) states, ” a trademark protects brand names and logos used on goods and services. A patent protects an invention. For example, if you invent a new kind of vacuum cleaner, you would apply for a patent to protect the invention itself.”

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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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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Chinese Utility models can provide an alternative to invention patents and supplement them too. Unlike invention patents, utility models are not examined. Most people incorrectly assume these “junk” patents are worthless because they are granted without any substantial examination.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

Kronstadt), the Court granted the Defendant’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s indirect patent infringement claims for failure to sufficiently allege Defendant “made” the accused product. In Bell Semiconductor, LLC v. Omnivision Technologies, Inc. , 8-22-cv-01979 (CDCA Mar. 1, 2023)( John A.

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Intepat

MAY 22, 2023

The sine qua non of an invention is its conception. However, something more than conception is required for an invention to be ready for patenting. The first way, actual reduction to practice, is by actually building the invention so that it works and others can follow how it is built.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A patent is an intellectual property right granted by a government to the inventor, to protect their invention and allow the fullest commercial exploitation of the patented invention. Importantly, only those who have developed new technologies and created a product can file for a patent on the new technology.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

This case began back in 2006 when Crocs sued Double Diamond and others for patent infringement of Crocs’s design patents. “The falsity of Crocs’ advertising is that Croslite is simply not patented—neither to Crocs nor to anyone else. ” Dawgs brief. .”

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

I recently wrote about the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Moderna against Pfizer/BioNTech over the COVID-19 vaccine. In its complaint filed in federal district court in Boston last August, Moderna alleged that Pfizer/BioNTech infringed three of Moderna’s patents in developing the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 30, 2021

This bifurcated system results in an odd dynamic in patent law — regularly seen with regard to infringement and claim construction: Patent infringement is an issue-of-fact tried by a jury under the Seventh Amendment. Patent Law at the Supreme Court December 2021.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 11, 2022

The Supreme Court explained that a collection of known elements cannot be patented unless “the whole in some way exceeds the sum of its parts” — something that is usually not the case in mechanics. The defendant had been telling people that plaintiff was an infringer; plaintiff sued for defamation. The Fair v.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

Any person other than the patent owner may file a petition for an IPR, challenging the patentability of any claim of an issued patent. In general, a petition cannot be filed until at least nine months after the grant of the patent. The IPR procedure was established by the America Invents Act.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Its focus is on how open approaches to innovation may overcome market failures in situations where patent protection blocks subsequent improvements of an existing invention (also called “follow-on innovation”). In Chapter 6, Wernick considers compulsory licenses in patent law, with a focus on their regulation in Art.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Breadth of the Covenant : The Federal Circuit held that the plain language of the covenant not to sue in the License Agreement between AlexSam and MasterCard was extremely broad, covering not just potential patent infringement suits but also AlexSam’s breach of contract suit to recover unpaid royalties under the Agreement.

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More Than Your Mark

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Unlike in the case of trademarks, patentability of cannabis-related products and processes is much more clear-cut. The USPTO routinely grants utility patents to cannabis and cannabis-related inventions, and has done so for decades. Patents have issued with at least one claim containing the word “cannabis” or “cannabinoid.”

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Intepat

MAY 18, 2023

INTRODUCTION Oftentimes, it is observed how intellectual property laws, specifically; patent laws are contradictory to competition and antitrust laws. Patent laws acknowledge that patents play a crucial role in facilitating the exchange of goods and services.

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More Than Your Mark

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Despite the widely diverging needs of the different industries that make use of the US patent system, US patent law applies essentially the same rules to innovations from all technology fields. This means that drug and biotechnology-based inventions are treated no differently by the U.S. Biosimilars.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 3, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The following is my patent law exam from this past semester. Lisa did not otherwise significantly contribute to the conception of the invention. The patent examiner is attempting to decide whether to reject the claims. EL’s patent eventually issued in October 2023, with the claim as listed above.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Judge Andrews’s Javo opinion is a guidepost for parties that are either pleading infringement or trying to dismiss infringement claims early. Next is a copyright case at the dispositive motion stage. The plaintiffs (all indirect subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.) at 1212 (Thomas, J., dissenting)).

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 11, 2021

With all these various fast food restaurants entering the fray, why did Chick-fil-A or other early players in the chicken sandwich game not block these upstarts with copyright or patent infringement injunctions? A 2015 court case and trade secret law help shed some light on this question.

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Delaware Intellectual Property Litigation Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

But that time has not yet arrived, and, if it does, it will be up to Congress to decide how, if at all, it wants to expand the scope of patent law.” at *17-18. A copy of the Memorandum Opinion is attached.

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