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[Audio] Third Party Observation in Patent Prosecution in China

JD Supra Law

In practice, companies regularly search the competitors's related published patent applications to determine whether they pose a threat to their own market activities.

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The USPTO Claims it Wants to Ensure ‘Robust and Reliable’ Patents – But Its Questions Imply Another Assault on Patent Owners

IP Watchdog

We use many different strategies during patent prosecution. Many of our strategies reflect the startup-nature of our inventions, where we are constantly working on the product-market-fit. The Request for Comments suggests several different changes to patent prosecution, none of which address small companies’ needs.

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Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality Patent Prosecution Update: 2021 Q1 Prosecution Statistics

LexBlog IP

No longer are AR and VR restricted to entertainment and science fiction; they have now expanded into online shopping, workplace training and collaboration, healthcare delivery, and the real estate market, just to name a few. We highlight trends in patenting AR/VR technologies—who is obtaining AR/VR patent protection, and where.

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Paws, Patents, and Proceedings: The case of Kennels & Kats v. Delomo

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

The complaint contended that the Defendant deliberately failed to disclose this information to the USPTO during the patent’s prosecution. The legal action c laimed that the Defendant’s failure to disclose prior art during the patent prosecution process was intentional. Continue reading

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Patent Continuation Strategies Face Major Threat

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch Impact of Sonos on Patent Prosecution : The recent Sonos v. Google decision threatens to grind to a halt, or at least significantly restrict, a once-common patent prosecution strategy – keeping continuation applications pending for years to obtain new claims that cover marketplace developments.

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A Look at the Comments on USPTO-FDA Collaboration Initiatives: How Bad Data Could Chill Critical Drug Innovation

IP Watchdog

Some comments cited data pointing to supposed issues with artificially extended market exclusivity for branded drugs, while at least one pharmaceutical firm called out a well-known data source as improperly inflating that company’s patent data.

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Founders Legal promotes Attorney Kevin Bastuba to Vice Chair of the Intellectual Property Team

LexBlog IP

Marketing Administrator. Founders Legal® promotes Senior Patent Attorney Kevin Bastuba to Vice Chair. Bastuba, Senior Patent Associate. Since joining the firm as a Senior Patent Attorney in 2021, Kevin has been a key member of some of the firm’s most complex intellectual property and patent prosecution client matters.