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[Guest post]: The proportionality test in European patent law

The IPKat

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Injunctions are all the rage in contemporary patent law. This week marks the publication of a book by the IPKat’s Dutch friend and former GuestKat Léon Dijkman on the hotly contested notion of the proportionality test in European patent law, accessible for free here. Oh, how times have changed.

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Russia Suspends Compulsory License Payments for Some Non-Russians

IP Tech Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

In the latest example of the escalation of tensions between Russia and the West, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin last week issued a decree that owners of Russian patents from countries that Russia considers to be unfriendly are no longer entitled to any compensation for compulsory licensing of their patents.

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Russia Suspends Compulsory License Payments for Some Non-Russians

LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2022

In the latest example of the escalation of tensions between Russia and the West, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin last week issued a decree that owners of Russian patents from countries that Russia considers to be unfriendly are no longer entitled to any compensation for compulsory licensing of their patents.

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: IP Innovation Clinic Fellows (2021/22 academic year)

IPilogue

AUGUST 18, 2021

The IP Innovation Clinic, the first student-based clinic of its kind in Canada, is seeking law students from Osgoode Hall Law School to provide assistance to under-resourced inventors, entrepreneurs and start-up companies with their innovation and commercialization activities. Reviewing IP Agreements and licensing assistance.

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Principals Moritz Ammelburg and Peter Fasse Author Managing IP Article “Coordinating Patent Prosecution in the U.S. and Europe”

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2022

Because each inventor owns a complete and undivided interest in the entire patent application and resulting patent, the applicant (such as an employer) should obtain an assignment from each inventor to perfect the applicant’s rights in the application, such as the right of priority and the rights to license and enforce the granted patent.

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USPTO Requests Input on Patent Eligibility from Critical Sectors Impacted by Current Law

The IP Law Blog

JULY 15, 2021

For example, in Alice, the court stated “[t]he ‘abstract ideas’ category embodies the longstanding rule that an idea of itself is not patentable.” The Supreme Court further recognized that “laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas” are not patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C.

Law

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USPTO Patent Fees Reduced for Small Businesses

The IP Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Patents offer many advantages to individuals and companies. For example, they can increase the value of a business, provide an advantage over competitors, and serve as a source of income through licensing. In some industries, patents may even be essentially required to enter the market and compete successfully.

Business

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Draft Patent Amendment Rules: Big Impact but Limited Commentary

SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The rules, if passed, are surely a strong attempt towards fighting the long-standing issue of pendency in the Indian Patent Office, but concurrently it can also led to dilution of material safeguards within the Patent Act, which are in place to ensure that applicants/ patentees stick to their end of the patent bargain.

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What I’m reading from academic journals

Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

Ana Santos Rutschman, From Myriad to Moderna: The Modern Pharmaceutical Company , Texas A&M University Journal of Property Law (2024) (forthcoming). John Howells, Ron D Katznelson, Freedom to Operate analysis as competitive necessity—the Selden automobile patent case revisited , Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (2024).

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A Parliamentary Standing Committee Report that Challenges the Fine Balances Within the IP System

SpicyIP

JULY 25, 2021

Though the report gives some word space to ‘public interest’ and similar concepts, the overall approach seems to be a very pro-industry one, with academia and civil society stakeholders not even being consulted, even though corporate trade groups’ and law firms’ views were heard (see para 2, introduction).

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EFTA-India Free Trade Agreement and Patents Rules Amendment: Compromising Public Accountability and Transparency in the Indian Patent System

SpicyIP

APRIL 7, 2024

Prathibha Sivasubramanian is a law researcher working with TWN. She has been working in the field of access to medicines, patents and IP for more than a decade. She has been working on patent oppositions and was involved in patent challenges on key drugs including the Gleevec-Novartis case.

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Fish & Richardson Elevates 15 Attorneys to Principal in Class Distinguished by Diversity of Background and Experience

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2023

With deep expertise in litigation and patent prosecution and counseling, the attorneys represent clients across a range of industries and in various legal venues. In addition, five attorneys served as judicial law clerks or interns. From 2019 to 2020, Ashley served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Kimberly A.

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Micro Entity Status: Qualifying to Reduce Patent Fees

LexBlog IP

MARCH 23, 2022

Applicants that fall under small entity status are generally applicable for a 50% discount on USPTO patent fees. and patent law as a: Person/Individual Inventor, Small business concern, University or wholly owned subsidiary of such, or. Current Entity Fees for Patent Applications. Reduce your patent fees.

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Artificial Intelligence and IP: A Literature Review

SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

Yashna is a fifth-year law student at UILS, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Her area of interest lies in IP and corporate law. However, he also stated that the government was not considering bringing a law or regulating the growth of artificial intelligence in the country. Basheer and here for a post by Prof. Arul Scaria).

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[Guest post]: The proportionality test in European patent law

Russia Suspends Compulsory License Payments for Some Non-Russians

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Russia Suspends Compulsory License Payments for Some Non-Russians

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: IP Innovation Clinic Fellows (2021/22 academic year)

Principals Moritz Ammelburg and Peter Fasse Author Managing IP Article “Coordinating Patent Prosecution in the U.S. and Europe”

USPTO Requests Input on Patent Eligibility from Critical Sectors Impacted by Current Law

USPTO Patent Fees Reduced for Small Businesses

Draft Patent Amendment Rules: Big Impact but Limited Commentary

What I’m reading from academic journals

A Parliamentary Standing Committee Report that Challenges the Fine Balances Within the IP System

EFTA-India Free Trade Agreement and Patents Rules Amendment: Compromising Public Accountability and Transparency in the Indian Patent System

Fish & Richardson Elevates 15 Attorneys to Principal in Class Distinguished by Diversity of Background and Experience

Micro Entity Status: Qualifying to Reduce Patent Fees

Artificial Intelligence and IP: A Literature Review

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