Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2022

An applicant may also abandon a US provisional, which is never published, or a US utility application that has not yet been published. Lack of support issues are common in European patent prosecution but can be avoided through effective application drafting. Declarations and post-filing data.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 12, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register announcing that the agency would be revising its rules of practice to require that information disclosure statements related to patent term adjustments (PTAs) be submitted on Form PTO/SB/133. Today, the U.S.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Key takeaways from the meeting and published materials will be summarized in our Three-Part Blog Series.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Key takeaways from the meeting and published materials will be summarized in our Three-Part Blog Series. Part One – Helpful Tips for Prosecuting Patents in the Biotechnology Space.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today that it is seeking comment from the public on “proposed initiatives directed at bolstering the robustness and reliability of patents to incentivize and protect new and nonobvious inventions while facilitating the broader dissemination of public knowledge to promote innovation and (..)

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IP Watchdog

MAY 9, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will officially publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) tomorrow that would change terminal disclaimer practice related to “non-statutory double patenting.”

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The rules, if passed, are surely a strong attempt towards fighting the long-standing issue of pendency in the Indian Patent Office, but concurrently it can also led to dilution of material safeguards within the Patent Act, which are in place to ensure that applicants/ patentees stick to their end of the patent bargain.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 23, 2022

The Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Department (PRID) of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) invalidated the CN Invention Patent No. The novelty art is an article published within the grace period (i.e., 201310567987.0 (the Andry Dong is a paralegal in Perkins Coie’s Shanghai office.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Patents A Kat experiencing a Christmas hangover The Kluwer Patent Blog brought a summary of the recent UK and US calls for views regarding their SEP and FRAND policies, to understand the opinions of stakeholders, including inter alia patent owners, implementers, and consumers.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

On the heels of a report published Sunday by IPWatchdog, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today that they will be postponing the transition to Patent Center—the tool meant to replace legacy systems, EFS-Web and Private PAIR—until November 15.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 22, 2024

Do read our summaries of the post on the history of IP teaching in India, some pressing questions arising out of a recent patent prosecution proceeding, and Bombay High Court’s interpretation of Section 60, Copyright Act. International IP Development US PTO invalidates Seagen patent in a Daiichi Sankyo’s post grant review proceeding.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published guidelines for examiners today on the topic of enablement in light of the Supreme Court’s May 2023 decision in Amgen v.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Key takeaways from the meeting and published materials will be summarized in our Three-Part Blog Series. Part One – Helpful Tips for Prosecuting Patents in the Biotechnology Space.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This post was originally published to Seyfarth’s Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill Blog. In a recent post , we discussed whether patent applications could provide insight into the blueprints of extraterrestrial spacecraft. Additionally, the B1 kind code indicates that the application was not published. Finally, Fig.

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Trading Secrets

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This post was originally published to Seyfarth’s Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill Blog. In a recent post , we discussed whether patent applications could provide insight into the blueprints of extraterrestrial spacecraft. Additionally, the B1 kind code indicates that the application was not published. Finally, Fig.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

In Cannon, the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed disciplinary action against a lawyer who filed a brief using work that was largely plagiarized from a published article. He responded that he was responsible for the briefs but had relied heavily upon a published article. ” The court ordered Cannon to certify he was the author.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) published a report detailing patent application filing trends at the USPTO related to COVID-19 diagnostics technologies. On October 23, the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

On November 16, innovation intelligence firm Patsnap published the results of its 2023 Global Innovation Report, which measures a range of patent metrics to determine the most innovative companies in the world. This year’s Global Innovation 100 listing represents about a quarter of the globe’s entire patent filing activity.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2022

Apart from this, I will separately send out a drafting template for specification, and a complete patent prosecution file to the registrants on their email address. I have also recently published a book on Patent Law and Practice that is useful for exam takers.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

I was tasked with creating business and marketing materials for the Engineering and Technology practice group, focusing mainly on topics pertaining to patent prosecution. This past summer, I completed an internship with Bereskin & Parr LLP as part of the Mitacs Business Strategy program ’s collaboration with IP Osgoode.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 9, 2022

The ink was not even dry on the update regarding Russia-related IP issues that we published last week, when we learned of two more major developments. The USPTO recently issued the following statement on engagement with Russia, the Eurasian Patent Organization and Belarus: Per guidance issued by the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 16, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a Federal Register Notice today implementing the suggestions it received on expanding the patent bar following its October 18, 2022, request for public input on the topic.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Additionally, the B1 kind code indicates that the application was not published. 4 of the ‘240 patent shows that this is the type of invention we’d like to keep secret. For inventors in the midst of patent proceedings, a secrecy order can indeed feel like a formidable obstacle. Finally, Fig.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

in 2021, according to a report published November 21 by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The biggest increase in patent filings was in Asia, where 67.6% of worldwide patent applications were filed. Worldwide IP filings increased by 3.6%

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 10, 2024

patent space and the impacts of growing backlogs in patent examination were major takeaways from the Top 50 U.S. Patent Assignees and Global 250 Lists, published by IFI CLAIMS on January 9. The dominance of Asian tech companies in the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Several months after we published the article, and after several communications with the Office of Petitions, these granted decisions were finally published in the IFW. We also pointed out 84% of granted RFFL petition decisions could not be found in the Public PAIR’s Image File Wrapper (IFW).

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Our hard-working students and community members published more than twice as many articles than in 2020 and the most articles in a calendar year since 2011. This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021. Top 10 Most Read IPilogue Articles Published in 2021.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

According to a recent study published in UNSW Law Journal , feminized names are less likely to be granted a patent in Australia. The study investigated female patenting rates in Australia over a period of 15 years. Serena Nath is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 11, 2023

This week, patent data analytics firm IFI CLAIMS published its annual report of the top 50 U.S. patent recipients and the global 250 largest patent portfolios for 2022. The list provides a comprehensive snapshot of the patent landscape with insights into growing trends in the industry.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 11, 2023

AI inventor case catch-up: Formalities, not patentability It is worth remembering that a patent application may be filed for any subject matter, provided the appropriate forms are filled in and the necessary fees paid. Dec 2020) Artificial intelligence is not breaking patent law: EPO publishes DABUS decision (J 8/20) (July 2022)

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IP Watchdog

JULY 29, 2021

The patent is for “a food container based on fractal geometry,” and was accepted by South Africa’s Companies and Intellectual Property Commission on June 24. The notice of issuance was published in the July 2021 Patent Journal. .

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IP Watchdog

JULY 25, 2022

In a Director’s Forum blog post published earlier today, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal recounted the Office’s efforts over the last several years to make U.S.

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SpicyIP

JULY 13, 2023

While there are many allegations about the depleting patent quality of EPO patents, the EPO has steadfastly maintained that it is considered the gold standard for patent quality. While the equivalent EPO patent granted in Alfred Von Schukmann vs The Controller General Of Patents, Designs, Trademarks And Ors. ,

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Though one significant difference from US law is that rather than the generic being obligated to give the patent holder notice, instead, the generic drug application will be published on the Chinese regulatory authority’s website. Extensions of Patent term to compensate for delays that are not the fault of the patentee.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 16, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to the Federal Register that proposes a separate design patent practitioner bar. Design patent practitioners would only be able to participate in design patent proceedings.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

There were 188,600 European patent applications filed last year, an annual increase of 4.5%, according to figures published by the European Patent Office (EPO) on April 5. Despite the impact of the pandemic, applications increased to a record level following a slight decline in 2020.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Scott Stornetta published a paper describing a cryptographically secured chain of blocks. Blockchain’s history begins in 1991, when Stuart Haber and W.

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