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New Developments in Korean Patent Law

LexBlog IP

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Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on IPR: Tipping the Scales of Patent Law? Part II

SpicyIP

Section 11 (b) read with Rule 24B of Patents Rules, 2003 concerning patent application exam stipulates a 48-month period from the date of priority or filing of patent application within which a request for examination of the application needs to be made. Easing such norms makes the process more accessible.

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A Court Can Only Enjoin Public Accusations of Patent Infringement if They Are Objectively Baseless

LexBlog IP

Nu Tsai Capital, LLC, [2023-1146] (February 17, 2023), the Federal Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction against Lite-Netics patent-related speech, holding that the district court abused its discretion. Patent Nos. 6 for filing the most patent applications on behalf of those companies. The firm also ranks No.

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[Audio] Estoppel Doctrine in China's Patent System

JD Supra Law

In China, we indeed have estoppel doctrine, but it is not provided in the Patent Law. However, in the Judicial Interpretations of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) about hearing the patent infringement litigation, the estoppel doctrine has been stipulated many times.

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I was already like this before you got here: prior use as an exception to patent infringement

Garrigues Blog

In addition, a third party’s use of an invention before its registration by another is also relevant to assess patent infringement. The right of prior use is set forth in article 63 of the current Patents Law of 2015, the wording of which is practically identical to that of article 54 of the earlier Patents Law of 1986.

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

SpicyIP

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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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.