The IPKat

JANUARY 24, 2023

This Kat is delighted to review “ A Practitioner’s Guide to European Patent Law: For National Practice and the Unified Patent Court ” (Hart Publishing, 2022, 664 pp.). non-infringement or that a patent is standard essential), and on FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) licensing.

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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

JANUARY 20, 2023

Applicants, for their part, are not required to disclose prior art that is not material to patentability or that is cumulative of other prior art they’ve already provided. It may surprise you, then, to learn that the genre of science fiction is deeply indebted to patent law and patent theory. See [link].

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Patently-O

AUGUST 11, 2022

Note that top ranked law schools rarely advertise for particular subject matter areas. For the most part, new tenure-track law professors will have already published law review articles and have some sort of teaching experience.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Candidates are published in the Canadian government’s Plant Varieties Journal and held to industry scrutiny. In order to be eligible for protection, potential plant candidates must be new, distinct compared to existing known varieties, uniform in character, and have traits that are consistently stable across successive generations.

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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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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

As outlined in our previous post, on June 1, 2021 the Fourth Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law came into effect, allowing partial claiming in design patent applications.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

On October 17, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) formally adopted a revised patent law that makes significant changes to that country’s legal framework for pharmaceutical patents. signed in January that aimed to incorporate aspects of American patent law into the Chinese legal system.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As with other rapidly-evolving technologies, the blockchain space is experiencing a frenzy of patent activity. The data shows that there are 3-4 times as many published applications as there are issued patents for these concepts.

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Patently-O

APRIL 30, 2024

Services like All Prior Art are using AI to churn out and ‘publish’ many millions of generated texts, hoping some will preempt future patent applications. Rather, my real concern is that the outflow of publications – many of which are senseless – will gum up the patent system in nefarious ways.

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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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Patently-O

MAY 10, 2024

by Dennis Crouch In a recent post , I discussed major proposed changes to terminal disclaimer practice that could significantly impact the landscape of patent law. utility patents bound by a terminal disclaimer. The USPTO’s regulatory proposal has now been published and can be reviewed here: [link].

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 30, 2024

We reported in 2020 on PRC’s fourth amendment to the Patent Law (link to our blog post here ). To most patent practitioners and applicants, the practical effect is that the deadline for responding to the patent office is “shortened” by 15 days.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 15, 2022

patent law. patent law. This week in Other Barks & Bites: Senators Thom Tillis and Patrick Leahy announce a forthcoming bill to limit petitioner challenges at the PTAB, preventing abuse; the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 4, 2023

Sanofi, a closely watched case concerning the appropriate legal standard for patent law's enablement requirement. Code, Section 112(a), which provides that a patent must describe the invention "in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains. to make and use the same."

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The IPKat

JANUARY 22, 2023

Here are the nominees and winners: Best Patent Law Book The nominations were: Intellectual Property Protection for Plant Related Innovation: Fit for Future? Please note: Some nominations do not appear in the list above, exclusions were made for example for not being a book about IP Law, or not being published in 2022.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2021

According to the opinion, the claimed method was directed to an application of Hooke’s law, and thus patent ineligible. 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.” 86 FR 36257.

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The IPKat

MARCH 29, 2023

Patents Rose Hugues commented on the decision in G 2/21 issued by the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) on 23 March 2023. The decision concerned the question of post-published evidence. Daria Bohatchuk reflected on the patent law revision currently underway in Switzerland.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Katfriend Léon Dijkman discussed the role of the proportionality test under European patent law in deciding whether to grant an injunction. Léon has recently published a book on the subject, which is being launched on 12 January 2024.

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CoCal IP Law Institute

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In unrelated opinions published one week apart, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has pushed out the boundaries of IPR estoppel. IPR estoppel, like many patent law issues, seems esoteric, but it can have tremendous economic impact.

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The IPKat

MARCH 2, 2022

He is the author of over 60 publications on intellectual property law and is co-editor of the Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and the Life Sciences. and international patent law to postgraduate law students and he is an expert on the patent provisions of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Publishers want repose and warn of copyright trolling, while artists and authors argue three years is insufficient to police infringement. Although this does not go as far as publishers would like to cut off claims, it does provide some protection by requiring authors to affirmatively provide evidence to support a discovery accrual claim.

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The IPKat

MARCH 13, 2022

Our beloved Merpel reminds you of the launch of an initiative to establish a " Repository of Non-English IP Titles " for titles published since 2000. The Repository will collect, on a country-by-country basis, information on IP books (including book series and collections with multiple editors) published in a language other than English.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 21, 2023

By Jason Rantanen I’m getting ready to teach my Fall 2023 Patent Law class, and that means updating the granted utility patents graph that I do every few years. utility patents granted per year from 1840-2022: Data for 2023 isn’t included in the table, but as of July 25, 2023, the authority file contains just 171,556 patents.

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The IPKat

MARCH 16, 2024

EPO case law book survey The Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (‘EPO’) publish the ‘Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO’ (‘Case Law Book’) every three years with a view to helping practitioners and other stakeholders keep abreast of its jurisprudence.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 31, 2022

George Washington University Law School Professor Dmitry Karshtedt has passed. We often had different ways of thinking about patent law, and I always hoped that some day we might have time to write something together. His legal scholarship was deep and contemplative, and includes two articles published in the Iowa Law Review.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 29, 2023

I am a co-author of this paper with my fellow AIPLA committee colleagues, who each provided perspectives on AR/VR as it relates to the Metaverse and in view of current utility and design patent law. The article can be found here and was published as part of the AIPLA’s INNOVATE Magazine.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Sabeeh published a post on the proposed changes to the timelines here , and later Swaraj and Praharsh published an in-depth assessment of these proposed amendments here. Outside of the blog, BananaIP published their comments to the DPIIT, on the draft rules. On the blog, Md.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 31, 2023

This time, this Kat had the opportunity to review Pierre Heuzé's published PhD thesis, written in French, titled " L'épuisement des droits de propriété intellectuelle sur un matériel biologique en droit suisse " [ Exhaustion of intellectual property rights in biological material under Swiss law ], published earlier this year.

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The IPKat

JULY 22, 2022

In 2006, work on simplifying procedures for the protection of industrial designs started in the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) , which has evolved into the draft for the proposed DLT. Review here the press release published by WIPO. Copyright: WIPO.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2022

I have a new draft article on the Kessler Doctrine co-authored with my former student Homayoon Rafatijo and welcome comments and suggestions before it is formally published later this month. Download it here: Resorbing Patent Law’s Kessler Cat into the General Law of Preclusion.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 31, 2023

In this episode, Yuri delved into the transformative potential of AI in IP Law, offering a glimpse into the future of this exciting field. Let’s dive into the key points discussed: AI in Patent Law : Yuri discusses the potential of AI in the field of patent law.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

As outlined in our previous post , on June 1, 2021 the Fourth Amendment to the Chinese Patent Law came into effect, allowing partial claiming in design patent applications.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

A patent is an exclusive right granted to the owner of an invention, that allows him to prevent others from making, using, or selling the invention without the consent of the owner. The patent law in India is governed by The Patent Act, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as the Act).

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SpicyIP

MARCH 21, 2024

Please note: in the finally published Rules (last week), the proposed change to pre-grant oppositions has been modified in the finally published version. For readers interested, Swaraj and Praharsh have also just put out a 2 part post on the finally published version of these same Rules (see here and here ). Prashant Reddy T.

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Barry Sookman

AUGUST 29, 2021

The Federal Government Combats Hate Speech And Other Content Published On Social Media [link] 2021-08-24. Australia and South Africa find Artificial Intelligence “Inventor” compatible with Patent Law [link] 2021-08-24. SUBWAY FRANCHISEE ADVERTISING FUND, 999 F. 3d 828 – Court of Appea… [link] 2021-08-24.

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Garrigues Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Under the European Patent Convention (EPC) and national patent regulations in the countries that adhere to the Convention, which include Spain, an invention is patentable if it fulfills, among other requirements, the inventive step requirement ( article 54(1), (2) EPC and article 4(1) of Patents Law 24/2015 ).

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