Patently-O

MARCH 11, 2022

.” This holding is simply inconsistent with the Patent Act’s plain language, Congressional intent, and the Constitution. The District Court improperly endorsed an interpretation of the Patent Act that, for the first time, excludes an entire category of innovation from patent law protection. Thaler Brief.

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Patently-O

JUNE 5, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Washington Post has published a long article titled, “ Colleagues want a 95-year-old judge to retire. She’s suing them instead ,” by Rachel Weiner. Judge Pauline Newman, the oldest active federal judge in the country, has been embroiled in controversy as she resists her colleagues attempts to urge/force her to retire.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

16, 2023) , the case addresses the Board’s anticipation and obviousness determinations in two IPRs (IPR2020-00002 and IPR2020-00004), where the Board held the claims in the challenged patents unpatentable as anticipated by, or obvious in view of, the asserted prior art. In Incept v. Palette Life Sciences 21-2063, 21-2065 (Fed.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 20, 2025

While Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, such as predictive AI, have been around for decades, generative AI systems are recent innovations with far reaching implications for patent law.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

The Spring 2023 Quarterly Report provides summaries of most key patent law-related decisions from January 1, 2023 to March 31, 2023. We are excited to share Sheppard Mullin’s inaugural quarterly report on key Federal Circuit decisions. Click here to read more.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 18, 2024

The world of intellectual property law is always changing, and it can be difficult to keep up. Here are 13 developments in patent law so far in 2024 to help you stay in the know. By: Baker Donelson

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Patent enthusiasts will be excited to know that a comprehensive commentary on Patent Law, authored by Adarsh Ramanujan (incidentally, a former blogger with SpicyIP), is set to be released on December 4, 2024! The book is published collaboratively by Oakbridge Publishing Pvt. The panel will feature Justice Prathiba M.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 18, 2024

In our annual review of developments in Canadian patent law, we considered over 60 patent decisions reported last year. This article highlights statutory changes and a selection of interesting points addressed in the reported decisions. By: Smart & Biggar

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Patently-O

MAY 18, 2023

Sanofi case, while significant, may not come as a surprise to those familiar with the evolution of patent law. In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on promoting innovation and competition by limiting the scope of patent monopolies. ” The outcome of the Amgen v.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 1, 2021

In the first part of this post, I had covered the Parliamentary Standing Committee’s Report recommendations on amendments to Section 3 of the Patents Act. Image with the text ‘open the gate’ (Image from here ).

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IP Watchdog

JULY 14, 2022

The idea of patented inventions brings to mind machines fully realized - flying contraptions and engines with gears and pistons operating in coherent symphony. When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), there are no contraptions, no gears, no pistons, and in a lot of cases, no machines.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 14, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) finding that AI cannot be considered a named inventor to a patent application remains the law of the land. The issue of AI inventorship in the United States remains at large following the Supreme Court’s denial of cert in Thaler v. Vidal, meaning that the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 21, 2023

A new surge in business innovation has arrived as companies take advantage of the unique efficiencies and benefits of artificial intelligence (AI). Recent news headlines about chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard highlight the explosive growth in this space.

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Patently-O

MARCH 25, 2024

By David Hricik, Mercer Law School I realize most readers aren’t law professors, so you can stop now… I have taught IP courses for years and often the books seek to teach the subject through cases, which is a very difficult way to learn it.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 30, 2024

At the same time, AI and its capabilities are evolving more quickly than the laws and regulations governing its use. In the 1950’s, Alan Turing famously asked, “Can machines think?” Decades later, artificial intelligence—a term coined after Turing’s death—has become a facet of our everyday lives.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2023

With its recent revisions to its patent enforcement and damages laws, China took a decisive step towards a more rigorous patent system that favors patentees, both domestic and foreign.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 15, 2023

The Supreme Court's decision to grant certiorari in Amgen v. Sanofi is the first time in almost a hundred years that the Court has deigned to consider sufficiency of disclosure decisions, in this case enablement under 35 U.S.C. §

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Intepat

JANUARY 15, 2024

The Present appeal involved three issues Issues 1 – The Scope and meaning of the term “inventor” in the 1977 Act The interpretation of Sections 7 and 13 in patent law leads to a clear conclusion: an inventor must be an individual, specifically a human. Mr.Thaler has explicitly disclaimed being the inventor in this context.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 20, 2024

As 2024 draws to a close, significant rulings and policies aimed at modernizing long-standing legal practices or addressing emerging challenges have reached patent law, says Michael Ellenberger atRothwell Figg.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 22, 2024

GM Global Technology Operations LLC, overturning the long-standing obviousness test for design patents. On May 21, 2024, the Federal Circuit issued an en banc decision (full court, instead of the typical three-judge panel) in LKQ Corp. By: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

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Plagiarism Today

JULY 3, 2024

But how has copyright, trademark and patent law changed the field? The post Copyright, Trademark and Patent in Fireworks appeared first on Plagiarism Today. Fireworks displays are a common theme of Fourth of July celebrations.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

This post delves into these cases and what I call the ‘glove doesn’t fit’ fallacy in patent law obviousness doctrine; it also provides a discussion of how written description continues to be a risk, even in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The doctrine of equivalents is a staple patent law principle, addressing the tension between providing fair protection to innovative ideas and ensuring legal certainty for third parties. However, like most patent laws, the Unified Patent Court Agreement ("UPCA") contains no provision on the doctrine of equivalents.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

But the inverse is true of patents currently being prosecuted: ~94+ of applications currently pending before the USPTO, we estimate, are governed by the AIA. 2021 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 34. Prior Patently-O Patent L.J. Our data can be found at: [link]. Pre-AIAPatents ). COVID-19Impact).

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

American patent law is evolving to allow damages for foreign sales of infringing products. patent laws may no longer be useful. Both American companies making sales abroad and foreign companies with exposure to American supply chains should take note. Previous strategies to potentially escape the reach of the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 8, 2024

For many product manufacturers, post-sale repair and maintenance of their products is a significant source of revenue, and manufacturers use various incentives to entice their customers to return to them for post-sale repairs, rather than going to a less expensive independent repair company. Originally published in Law360 on April 5, 2024.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 23, 2024

Here are the nominees and winners: Best Patent Law Book The nominations, in no particular order, were: • Der patentrechtliche Schutz von Daten und seine Grenzen; Landscheidt, by Fabian Landscheidt. Patent Portfolio Management, A Practical Guide, by Ho Frattasi. The Proportionality Test in European Patent Law, by Léon Dijkman. •

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The IPKat

AUGUST 24, 2022

This Alicante-based Kat has been enjoying her sea view with a good book in paws: “ Once upon a time, the patent ” by Pascal Attali (2022, 304 p.). The first part of the book is devoted to the history of patent law. In pre-revolutionary France, similar royal privileges were granted under the name “patente”.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The utility of such appeal is questionable, however, as the District Court aptly stated “it will be up to Congress to decide how, if at all, it wants to expand the scope of patent law.” patent law to accommodate and encourage technologies that will drive the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 3, 2025

Attorneys at Ropes & Gray discuss the similarities and differences between the Unified Patent Court and the International Trade Commission, as well as recent matters litigated in both venues and why parties choose to file at these forums.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In an effort to spice up my patent law life, I have become especially interested in patent analytics over the past few years—that’s right, I just used “patent analytics” and “spice up” in the same sentence. Lawyers should always be trying to look at things from new and different angles to gain an edge.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

This case addresses the application of issue preclusion in scenarios where two closely related cases allege patent infringement against different versions of the same technology.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 15, 2024

While obviousness-type double patenting (ODP) has a long history, Supreme Court precedent and common sense make it clear that the time has come to put ODP to rest. The original rationale for it has long passed, and it is a judicially-created exception to the patent statute that cannot stand.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Nine months in, and we are still awaiting the Biden administration’s decision as to whether the law of patent eligibility should be clarified. On May 3, 2021, the Supreme Court invited the Solicitor General to recommend whether certiorari should be granted in American Axle v.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 9, 2024

Among the most established standards in patent law is that obviousness requires a motivation to combine the prior art with “a reasonable expectation of success.” The Federal Circuit alone has employed the “reasonable expectation” formulation in hundreds of opinions spanning the past four decades.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 13, 2024

Supreme Court, who died in December 2023, this article examines women's representation in the legal industry and in patent law. While an increasing number of women earn law degrees, women continue to be underrepresented as practicing attorneys and in leadership positions.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 17, 2023

The evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) machines has resulted in a number of interesting issues in both copyright and patent law. See, for example, our prior articles involving attempts to qualify machine-made works for patent and copyright registration.

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