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"patented" claim plausibly material to consumers

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15, 2022) Eyenavision sued EnChroma, the assignee of a patent (the ‘286 Patent) related to optical filters for lenses intended to assist individuals who suffer from color vision deficiency (CVD), aka colorblindness, to differentiate between colors. The parties compete in this market. False marking under 35 U.S.C. §

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Build a Consumer Base with Innovation; Protect Sales with Design Patents

IP Watchdog

In 2022 alone, the USPTO received more than 50,000 design patent applications. The Office has seen a 20% growth in design patent applications over the last five years. It is not hard to understand why inventors are seeking design patent protection at previously unseen levels.

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Plagiarism Police come for Winston & Strawn

Patently-O

Winston Strawn Plagiarism Complaint Winston Strawn Plagiarism Attachments I recall being asked to draft my first patent infringement complaint back in early 2003 – a few months after graduating from law school. Similar issues also came up in the patent information disclosure statement cases a decade ago.

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Freedom to Operate Opinions: What Are They, and Why Are They Important?

LexBlog IP

Although there is no legal requirement for a company to obtain an FTO opinion before taking a new product, process, or service to market, obtaining one can be very beneficial as a preemptive measure to aid in defending a company in patent litigation against assertions of willful infringement and exposure to treble damages.

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

The IP Law Blog

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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Patent Eligibility Jurisprudence

Patently-O

Additionally, if you are a patent owner or inventor, please include the number of U.S. and foreign patent applications you have filed; the number of U.S. Patent prosecution strategy and portfolio management; b. patent enforcement and litigation; c. patent counseling and opinions; d. marketing; h.

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Keeping up with Belgian patent litigation: Year case law review 2021

The IPKat

selected address issues such as SPC protection for combination products, double patenting, prosecution history estoppel and the influence of declarations made by the patentee in parallel proceedings, the possibility for national courts to request technical opinions from the EPO under Art. The decisions we (arbitrarily!)