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JULY 23, 2023

We also came across interesting orders from different high courts, notably the Delhi High Court decision on RX Prime and Canva’s patent infringement dispute and two orders on visual similarity between the competing marks. Last week we published a literature review cum blog post on Artificial Intelligence and IP. Wine/Spirits.’

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JULY 5, 2021

Delhi High Court Clarifies Law on Arbitrability of Trademark Disputes. In this guest post , Rounak Doshi discusses the position of law on arbitrability of trademark disputes in light of the Delhi High Court’s recent decision in Golden Tobie Private Ltd. Golden Tobacco Ltd. Thematic Highlight. Image from here.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2022

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held oral argument on the issue of whether an invention generated by artificial intelligence (AI) is patentable. The Patent Applications. Thaler listed DABUS as the inventor on two patent applications, one for a light beacon and one for a beverage container, that he filed with the U.S.

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AUGUST 2, 2021

In Part II , I looked at the amendments suggested to the procedural aspects of the Patents Act, which captures the Committee’s intention to direct changes that would increase patent filing in the country. The various reforms concern the patent application exam and the creation of specialized ADR forums for IP cases.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 2, 2020

In November 2019, the agency sent warning letters to 15 companies, but it has taken little further action since then. Trademark protection is available for cannabis companies (canna-brands) through a combination of federal, state, and common law sources. Patent Prosecution. THC – even if such products are legal under state law.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

Need a new patent attorney? What are some excuses that do not justify changing your patent lawyer? The patent application process is inherently challenging. treats the procurement and enforcement of patents, so certain things may simply be out of your patent lawyer’s control.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This is due to our legal system being built on the judicial principle of stare decisis, which is intended to generally provide predictability and consistency in the application of the law. But how would the law of negligence apportion liability in collisions between AVs, where no human decision-making or action occurred? Regulatory.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 30, 2022

How to Review a Draft Office Action Response. Roughly 90% of utility patent applications will get rejected at least once. When it comes to utility patent applications, rejections come with the territory. Expect at least one Office Action in your nonprovisional patent application.

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Patent Trademark Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Rejected Trademark Application? Get a Design Patent Instead The path to registering a trademark can be strewn with landmines. When your trademark application faces difficult rejections, would a design patent make more sense? Having difficulty trademarking your brand?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 17, 2023

From conflicting positions on AI as a co-author of a work to the contours of information required u/s 39 about the patent applications filed abroad, we had some engaging posts on this blog this week. Read this post by SpicyIP intern Jyotpreet on what this means for the delays in patent prosecution timelines.

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JANUARY 23, 2023

Other Posts COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Infringement? The Battle Between Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Continues The litigation surrounding mRNA patent thickens in the USA as Pfizer/ BioNTech files defence and counterclaims against the patent infringement allegations made by Moderna.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

6 grants “unreviewable authority” within the executive branch to Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) “incompatible with their status as inferior officers” under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution. 16 and taking no further actions with respect to the wire transfer or petition filing after Dec. 42.103(a)?”

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Pharmaceutical Trademark Confusion: Poison Pill or Public Health? The Court opined that since the case is regarding a quia timet action with apprehension of the launch of infringing products in Delhi and also because the principal place of Plaintiff’s business is Delhi, it has the territorial jurisdiction.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

Research and development in the battery industry have led to a notable increase in patent filings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), climbing from 3,773 in 2010 to 5,319 in 2019 (see Figure 1). But avenues for groundbreaking innovation continue to open up, particularly in the solid-state battery space.

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