The IPKat

MAY 18, 2024

This builds on the work of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC), established in 2000. This was largely based on a text prepared by former chair of the IGC, Ian Goss (Australia). organised by the South Centre and Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 30, 2023

It includes protection of novelty, creativity, and uniqueness of each person and for it we require Intellectual Property Rights , to protect the creations of these ideas of people. As the number of companies are increasing in the domestic and international markets the importance of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) is also increasing.

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The IPKat

MARCH 26, 2023

Examination procedure One of the main aspects of the revision touches upon the Swiss patent examination procedure and gives the possibility to request that Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) conducts a full examination of an individual patent application and thus obtain a fully examined Swiss patent.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 20, 2022

PatentNext Summary: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Patent Application filings continue their explosive growth trend at the U.S. Patent Office (USPTO). At the end of 2020, the USPTO published a report finding an exponential increase in the number of patent application filings from 2002 to 2018.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

A patent is a legal document that provides exclusive rights to inventors over others in making, using, and selling their inventions for usually 20 years from the date of filling the patent application. Who can file a patent application? There is a difference between the utility and design acts.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 22, 2023

These patents share the same specification that “discloses two preferred embodiments: a voice-based web browser system and a voice-activated device controller.” The challenged patents are continuations of and claim priority to a patent application filed on February 4, 2000, and published as U.S. Patent Appl.

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Intepat

MAY 15, 2024

When we talk about Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development, there are 4 major intersections: the People, Planet, Economy, and Intellectual Property. While some targets have more patent activity, goals with a socioeconomic focus have less.

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

As the chatter around AI maintains its upward flight, its interplay with the intellectual property system of the country must be discussed too. On page 8, it mentions that India shall benefit from the AI innovation wave if it develops a robust intellectual property regime. On page no.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 8, 2022

A patent is an exclusive right granted to the inventor against his invention, which may be a product or a process for a new way of doing something, provided that the patent owner discloses the technical information related to his invention in the patent publication. Patents are governed by Royal Decree 82/2000.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Pina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the IP Intensive Program, and the IP Innovation Clinic, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the IPilogue, the Deputy Editor of the Intellectual Property Journal, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. 2000 SCC 66 at para. David Vaver. v Sport Maska Inc.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 25, 2024

He is passionate about geopolitics, foreign policy, international trade, and intellectual property and spends his time reading and watching sports. They claimed it wasn’t visually appealing, was a common trade variant, and lacked novelty due to prior similar designs and Pidilite’s own earlier patent application.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 21, 2022

Since Alice was decided in 2014, the federal courts have applied the Alice test to invalidate hundreds of patents on the grounds that they are directed to patent-ineligible subject matter. Through 2000, about 60% of the claims that have been challenged under §101 have been invalidated.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As illustrated in the graph below and further highlighted in this animated graph, in the 30 year period between the years 1971 and 2000 a total of nearly 219,000 design patents were issued by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO).

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 12, 2024

And The Covaxin Patent Saga Continues: BBIL Changes the Patent Application Again After the furor around the missing mention of ICMR in the Covaxin patent application, Bharat Biotech has made two important changes to their application, coincidentally before the Health Minister’s speech in Parliament.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

While historically, the field of patent filing has been dominated by men, an inspiring shift is taking place. Women inventors are making significant strides, leaving an indelible mark on the world of innovation and intellectual property. As of 2023, women globally account for 16.2%

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2024

Controller of Patents and Designs: Madras High Court quashes unreasoned order of Patent Office Recently, the MHC came down heavily on the Indian Patent Office in Ulm University v. Controller of Patents for its non-speaking order rejecting a patent application.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 22, 2023

These patents share the same specification that “discloses two preferred embodiments: a voice-based web browser system and a voice-activated device controller.” ” The challenged patents are continuations of and claim priority to a patent application filed on February 4, 2000, and published as U.S.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

SpicyIP Tidbits: Clarification on Jurisdiction of High Courts after the Tribunals Reform Act 2021, and Need for Reasoned Orders for Rejecting Patent Applications. Then we discussed the Bombay High Court’s decision to rebuke the Patent Office for dismissing a patent application without providing sufficient reasons for the same.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 30, 2022

” The below chart shows Metaverse-related filings by Technology (“Tech”) Center over time from 2000 to 2022, where we see a spike in activity in 2008. In addition, the above chart organizes patent application filings by Tech Center. Microsoft Corp., Leviathan Entertainment, and IBM. See 37 CFR § 1.211.).

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 27, 2022

India- To register a patent and thereby enjoy protection against infringement in India, a product or a process must have an ‘inventive step’, should be capable of industrial application and should not fall within the categories that are explicitly defined as ‘not inventions’. Some well-known patented websites.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 17, 2023

Congress is using the UAIA to reduce barriers to patent system entry, such as the costs associated with filing and prosecuting patent applications as well as maintaining patents. Effective December 29, 2022, discounts related to patent costs for small and micro entities increased. Information Disclosure Statement.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 19, 2023

Additionally, the incorporation of the ’031 publication’s subject matter into both the patent at issue and the prior art reference was a key factor in the inherency finding. 1] The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and Federal Circuit referred to the italicized claim feature as the “Morphology Limitation.”

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Junker filed a design patent application on Feb. 7, 2000, for a “Handle for Introducer Sheath,” which was ultimately granted as US D450,839. Medical Components, Inc. , 2021-1649 (Fed. Back and forth discussions and suggested modifications occurred at least through Dec.

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Intepat

AUGUST 25, 2023

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry on the 22nd August, 2023 published “The Draft Patents (Amendment), Rules, 2023” (Draft Rules). Patent applications and prosecution thereof is currently governed under the Patents Rules 2003 (2003 Rules).

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IP Intelligence

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Junker filed a design patent application on Feb. 7, 2000, for a “Handle for Introducer Sheath,” which was ultimately granted as US D450,839. Back and forth discussions and suggested modifications occurred at least through Dec. 16, 1998 based upon a fax from Junker to Eddings.

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TraskBritt Intellectual Property

MARCH 15, 2021

When describing how the claimed system would differ from that process, the patent merely relied on “conventional speech-to-text software application such as such as Dragon Dictate®” to generate the text. ” To support this conclusion, it again pointed to the patent’s own description of the claimed elements.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 22, 2022

Therefore, the only way to protect a GUI with a design patent is by filing it as part of a design application whose main object is, for example, a mobile phone. Therefore, at the end of it, China still requires a physical product to be at the center of the design patent application.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

. ” [ii] Accordingly, immunity from invalidity attacks for double patenting could be found for divisional applications if they were “forced” or filed in response to a unity of invention objection raised by the Examiner during the prosecution of the parent application. v Camco Inc, 2000 SCC 67, at paras.

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IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

Therefore, the only way to protect a GUI with a design patent is by filing it as part of a design application whose main object is, for example, a mobile phone. Therefore, at the end of it, China still requires a physical product to be at the center of the design patent application.

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IP Intelligence

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released its much anticipated Inventorship Guidance on AI-Assisted Inventions (“Guidance”). [1] 1] The Guidance is retroactive, meaning it applies to all patent applications and issued patents filed before, on or after February 13, 2024. 5] Stated otherwise, a natural person (e.g.,

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 31, 2022

In the intellectual property (IP) space, there has been explosive growth in this area, with AI-based patent filings addressing trending areas, including disease identification and diagnosis, drug discovery, personalized medicine, and clinical trials, among others. These include IBM, Nvidia, and LG Electronics.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Ram Chandra Maurya vs Intellectual Property Appellate Board on 6 February, 2025 (Allahabad HC) The writ petition was filed challenging the order of the Copyright Board with respect to seeking direction against the respondent companies to stop the manufacturing of engines, by using the complainant’s copyrighted literary work.

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