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EPO Decisions – The Not So Holy Grail?

SpicyIP

These concerns were raised in a meeting with the IPQC, and Kluwer Patent Blog subsequently highlighted the critical letter sent by Beat Weibel, the chief IP counsel of Siemens, to the EPO. – The patent system needs complete searches and substantive examination for functioning well. The Court in Microsoft Technology Licensing v.

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Patent – a shield for modern biotechnology

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

A patent is a legal document that provides exclusive rights to inventors over others in making, using, and selling their inventions for usually 20 years from the date of filling the patent application. Who can file a patent application?

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Micro Entity Status: Qualifying to Reduce Patent Fees

LexBlog IP

Patent applicants fall under a variety of statuses that are determined by their relationship to other entities, the number of patents they own, and the type of patents they own. The fee schedule for patent applications and maintenance is based on the size of the entity filing the application.

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Adding matter by cherry-picking from separate embodiments: Philip Morris v BAT ([2023] EWHC 2616 (Pat))

The IPKat

The case thus reaffirms the need for careful drafting of international patent applications in order to circumvent, as much as possible, the potential for invalidity due to the strict added matter standard in Europe and the UK. A successful international patent strategy requires a cross-jurisdictional approach to patent drafting.

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White House Directs Copyright Office and USPTO to Provide Guidance on AI-Related Issues

Trading Secrets

See our prior post discussing some of the patentability issues for AI. Support for Patent Practitioners: It’s unclear whether the guidance under AI Inventorship or the Additional Guidance will address the use of AI in the patent application drafting process.

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Schemes, Policies And Programmes For Patent Facilitation

IIPRD

Department of Biotechnology established Biotechnology Patent Facilitation Cell (BPFC) with an aim to provide awareness cum facilitation mechanism to create awareness about IPRs among scientists and researchers. The application form for a patent is given on the official website [6]. Patent searches. Registration of GI.

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White House Directs Copyright Office and USPTO to Provide Guidance on AI-Related Issues

LexBlog IP

See our prior post discussing some of the patentability issues for AI. Support for Patent Practitioners: It’s unclear whether the guidance under AI Inventorship or the Additional Guidance will address the use of AI in the patent application drafting process.