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Can You Patent Something by Mailing it to Yourself?

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Navigating the Patent Application Process to Secure Protection and Privacy for Innovative Products As an innovator, you may find yourself in the delicate situation of trying to balance the protection of your trade secrets and obtaining patent protection. This effectively provides retroactive patent protection.

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Mishandled Disclosures: A Greek Tragedy in IP Law

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According to the complaint [ SDNY-1-24-cv-04156-1 ], in 2020 Neuropublic retained Ladas & Parry to assess the patentability of its innovative “telemeter station” technology for the agriculture industry. So in theory, Neuropublic would have been able to exclude the Australian application as prior art and obtain patents.

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A Relook at Business Methods in light of Madras High Court’s Decision in Priya Randolph v. Deputy Controller 

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The findings of this short judgement have possible significant implications on the jurisprudence regarding 3(k) and business methods in the Patent Act. The Controller of Patents and Designs in July which had rejected a patent application for being primarily a claim to business method. extracted in Para 5 of judgement).

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

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Recent Headlines in the IP World: Blake Brittain: Apple, Google, Others Lose Court Challenge to Patent Review Policy (Source: Reuters). Laura Osman: Bolivia Calls on Canada to Waive Patent and Export COVID-19 Vaccines (Source: CTV News). Reynolds Settles E-Cigarette Patent Dispute Shortly Before Trial (Source: Reuters).

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Cloaked in Secrecy: Can Secrecy Orders Shield Alien Innovations?

Trading Secrets

In a recent post , we discussed whether patent applications could provide insight into the blueprints of extraterrestrial spacecraft. Yet, an enigmatic question looms large: would the powers that be genuinely consider patenting such advanced technology, fully aware that patent applications might see the light of day?

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Traditional Knowledge and Trade Secrets

IP and Legal Filings

Subsequently, the scientists worked on the plant and developed a patented medicine. A part of TK is exposed for patent review whereas the rest is kept undisclosed. Patent laws fail to protect traditional knowledge as it does not recognise generation innovation.

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Spilling Secrets to AI: Does Chatting with ChatGPT Unleash Trade Secret or Invention Disclosure Dilemmas?

Trading Secrets

Disclosure of Patentable Ideas To figure out if disclosing invention details to ChatGPT is a public disclosure under patent law, we need to see if it can be categorized as a description in a printed publication, public use, or public sale. enablement). You might be safe as long as the enablement requirement is not satisfied.