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The Battle Over the COVID-19 Vaccine Continues

The IP Law Blog

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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Some Concerns about the Amendment Process to Key Patent Levers: A “Captured” Patent Office?

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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. From a policy perspective, pre-grant oppositions are excellent policy.

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Obviousness Test for Design Patents Unchanged

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To be patentable, however, both designs and functional inventions must satisfy two requirements. Second, they must be nonobvious over the prior art (similar inventions that existed before the patent application was filed and are known to the public). The patent covered a design for a vehicle front fender.

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Huawei and Verizon Settle Their Battle

IP and Legal Filings

Also, Huawei wants to have a strong patent portfolio in the Chinese market where all such measures are more or less beneficial for it. The contention of Samsung was to set a global license rate for Ericsson’s SEP. Verizon then filed counterclaims against Huawei, accusing Huawei of patent infringement. Chinese market.

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

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Explain whether you have changed your behavior with regard to filing, purchasing, licensing, selling, or maintaining patent applications and patents in the United States as a result of the current state of patent eligibility jurisprudence in the United States.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 4-March 10)

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Highlights of the Week Hot-Tubbing in Indian IP Litigation: Delhi High Court Issues Directives in High-Stakes Patent Infringement Case Image from [link] here Recently, the DHC issued directives regarding expert evidence in the Perjeta patent litigation. Anything we are missing out on? Please let us know in the comments below.

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Patentability Search of Software in India

IP and Legal Filings

Hence, the software has to be a new invention to be patentable. Should you go for Patents or Copyrights? However, software enjoys dual protection under copyright and patent law, but which law prevails will depend on the strategic advantage sought by the applicant.

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