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EPO doubles down on opposition acceleration commitment

The IPKat

The perennial topic of anguish, anger, anxiety, annoyance, etc amongst patent attorneys and litigators, alike. With the Unified Patent Court (UPC), a new dimension arrives. Patent litigation strategists are not just plotting out their timelines of national proceedings v EPO, but also the UPC. Accelerated EPO oppositions.

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The IPKat EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) Year in Review 2021

The IPKat

This year also saw release of the EBA decision on double-patenting and a new referral on the thorny issue of plausibility and post-published evidence. Double-trouble ?? Double-patenting ( G 4/19 ) Early in the year, the EBA issued its decision on the question of double patenting.

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RECAP – 16th Annual USPTO Design Day

LexBlog IP

Quarles & Brady partner and editor-in-chief of the firm’s Protecting the Product design rights blog, James Aquilina, and patent engineer Harrison Powell attended the 16 th Annual USPTO Design Day on May 4, 2023, in Alexandria, Virginia at the USPTO’s Headquarters. A few key takeaways from the programing include: U.S.

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Supreme Court on Patent Law for October 2022

Patently-O

It is time to pick-up our consideration of Supreme Court patent cases for the 2022-2023 term. Bottom line, no patent cases were decided by the Court in the 2021-2022 term and none were granted certiorari for the new term starting this week. Of the 17 pending patent-focused petitions, 13 are set to be decided at the long conference.

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PTAB Updates and Expands the Director Review Process and Offers Transparency in Ex parte Appeals

LexBlog IP

the Patent Office implemented an interim process for the Director to review Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions in AIA trials. Until then, the Patent Office continues to offer new updates and information, most recently on July 24, 2023. After the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Arthrex, Inc. ,

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What’s in an Italian Patent (Innovation) Box? Patents, software and design (but no more know-how, ouch!)

The IPKat

As many of our readers know one of the most recurrent tax-related topics that come into discussion in the IP field is the so-called Patent Box (sometimes also - more properly - defined as the Innovation Box since it is not all about patents ). The Patent Box was introduced in Italy in 2015. 50 of 24.4.2017).

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Employees with a side hustle: Can I protect my intellectual property?

Nelligan Law

Reading Time: 3 minutes With e-commerce exploding over the course of the pandemic – nearly doubling between February and March 2020 alone – side hustles have been on the rise. This is different from a patent, which helps to protect inventions (like creating a new tool). Why is IP important? So, why does any of this matter? Non-compete.