The IPKat

JANUARY 9, 2022

Back in October, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law’s Center for Intellectual Property (“IP”), Information, and Privacy Law organized and virtually hosted its International IP Practice Seminar. Over to Adam : "Patents and Technology: Perspective, Truth, and Change WIPO’s Deputy Director-General of Patents & Technology, Ms.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2023

required firms to included microstamping once DOJ certified that there was no patent on it; challenged under Bruen and dct overturned the law b/c it prevented people from buying state of the art handguns/not consistent w/historical tradition which was light on microstamping. Argument: likely to fail both as cultural and industrial policy.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

They included stories of the Patent Agent examination, the Indian Innovation Act, the opening of the Trademark database, the presumption of patent validity, and the South Asian Basmati fights and more. Also, check Joff Wild on the Allegations Against Indian Patent Office. and Class 5.2 Corruption in IP Offices, Anything New?

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Understanding the extent of a company’s IP holdings usually starts with what’s known to the company, such as all registered copyrights, trademarks, or patents, domestic and foreign. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws. A special note about customer data.

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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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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2023

Highlights of the Week Examining Oppositions: Time for a Deeper Look Recently a monograph on patent oppositions was published by HNLU, Raipur and was presented to the DPIIT with suggestions on streamlining patent opposition process and enabling ease of doing business in India. Other Posts COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Infringement?

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SpicyIP

MAY 6, 2024

Controller of Patents. The MHC in Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC vs Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs clarified the role of the ‘person skilled in the art’ (PSITA) in determining non-obviousness. Case Summaries Rich Products Corporation vs The Controller Of Patents & Anr. Anything we are missing out on?

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 27, 2023

For step 3, using the reward model, OpenAI fine-tuned its model using its Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) , which is OpenAI’s reinforcement learning algorithm, over several iterations. ” Finally, OpenAI’s Content Policy includes terms to which users must “adhere.” ” OpenAI, ChatGPT General FAQ.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Ester van Zimmeren, University of Antwerp Exploring Trust Building Mechanisms for Specialized Intellectual Property Courts CJEU patent court hasn’t entered into force, but there are local and regional bodies. Reputation based on case-law national level—including education, expertise/experience with patent cases, career path (career judges v.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Oxford International Intellectual Property Law Moot & USPTO National Patent Application Drafting Competition. Following from the momentum of our second-place finish at last year’s Oxford Moot , we will soon host tryouts for this year’s competition, as well as the USPTO National Patent Application Drafting Competition.

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Patently-O

MARCH 30, 2022

patent law. 62 (1853), the famous inventor of the single-line telegraph (Morse) claimed patent rights to the use of electro-magnetism for transmitting a signal–without limit to any “specific machinery or parts.” An example of this is famously seen in the Wright Brothers early aircraft patents. by Dennis Crouch.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Might not look like TM is constantly struggling with tech, versus © and patent. That sounds like describing a standard, though, especially given litigation incentives, as Glynn Lunney has written.] Shift in what progressivism around economics is in policy. Very rapid shift in policy as well as intellectual approaches.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Doesn’t have a sense of the policy landscape. Gorsuch is interested in history of old Acts and TM Office doing public policy that’s a little broader than source/origin confusion. Standing makes him nervous b/c of privacy. Only when it’s really doing private law can it see a plaintiff’s overreach.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 4, 2022

The examining attorney at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) refused to register the proposed mark on the ground the phrase falsely suggests a connection with a person (here Donald Trump) in violation of Lanham Act Section 2(a), and also because this mark violates Section 2(c) of the Lanham Act. See Sections III-V.

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Patently-O

APRIL 27, 2024

Increase Innovation and Patent Reliance Among many other aspects, the FTC’s implementation documents assert that the non-compete ban will lead to increased innovation and a more robust patent system. One study cited in the rule, found that decreasing non-compete enforceability significantly increases the number of patents filed.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In contrast, Russell says the speakers/commenters opposing the ban were more policy-oriented and spoke to the rationales and interests that noncompetes may legitimately protect. An employer’s BYOD policy and program is an important safeguard for protecting trade secrets and confidential information.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Patent and Trademark Office interprets this to mean no, never, no matter what. The PTO’s asserted justification for this total ban on registration is “to protect the intellectual property right of privacy and publicity that a living person has in his/her identity.” [10] Ernst , Professor of Law, Golden Gate University School of Law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In 1996, Congress passed the Communications Decency Act (CDA) to restrict minors’ access to indecent and patently offensive content online. ACLU, saying that filtering solutions were less restrictive than server-side content controls (it took another 5 years of litigation before the challenges were fully resolved). Inconceivable.

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