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EPO consults on patent grace periods (again)

The IPKat

The EPO has launched a user consultation on grace periods for patents, the results of which will be published in early 2022 ( EPO press release ). The EPC as it currently stands does not permit a grace period in which inventors may disclose their invention without prejudicing a future patent filing. 102(b)(1)(A) ). 102(b)(1)(A) ).

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SpicyIP Tidbits – Natco’s Request to Vacate Ceritinib Interim Injunction Rejected, Madras High Court Revokes Omega Ecotech’s Patent, and Delhi High Court Upholds IPO’s Patent Rejection

SpicyIP

Image from here Refuse: (1) to vacate an interim injunction, (2) to remand back to the patent office, and (3) to continue allowance of a patent grant! In the last few days, the Madras and Delhi High Courts have passed a few significant orders on these topics. Let’s take a look at these three orders in this quick tidbit.

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USPTO Requests Input on Patent Eligibility from Critical Sectors Impacted by Current Law

The IP Law Blog

CLS Bank Int’l , which involve the limits on patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § For example, in Alice, the court stated “[t]he ‘abstract ideas’ category embodies the longstanding rule that an idea of itself is not patentable.” Patent attorneys and inventors are often left to guess whether a particular invention is patent-eligible.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

SpicyIP

As in previous years, we have divided these developments into five categories: a) Top 10 IP Judgements/Orders (Topicality/Impact) b) Top 10 IP Judgements/Orders (Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity) c) Top 10 IP Legislative and Policy Related Developments d) Other IP Developments; and e) Other Notable Developments. RDB and Co.

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Patent Eligibility Jurisprudence

Patently-O

The USPTO is seeking comments on “the state of patent eligibility jurisprudence” and how eligibility law impacts both innovation and investment-in-innovation. and (2) Is patent eligibility a question of law for the court or a question of fact for the jury? The deadline for submissions is October 15, 2021. Berkheimer, No.

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Back to Life (Sciences) in Amsterdam. A conference report

The IPKat

On 14-16 March, this GuestKat had the opportunity to attend the "Pharma & Biotech Patent Litigation" conference in Amsterdam, which, as many readers will know, not only hosts the Kattenkabinet museum (here below a sample of the oeuvres of the museum.), The IPKat reports on some of the trends and topics from the conference below.

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AI Generated Art and its conflict with IPR

IIPRD

Accusations of copyright infringement have come up in recent times by creators, however the way generators like stable diffusion function, they transform these images to an extent where they appear to be a new creation, such nature and the application of the fair use doctrine appears to be an alternate legal argument for these apps.

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