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Examining the Relationship between IPR and Food Security

IP and Legal Filings

As far as the presence of IP in the agricultural sector is concerned, patent laws are applicable for inventions that are created in the agricultural sector. Today, patent laws are accommodative of protecting genetically modified organisms in order to incentivize the inventors behind such innovations in the agricultural sector.

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IP as a political instrument in Russia

The IPKat

The common denominator is the use of changes to the IP law as a political instrument towards states taking “unfriendly” actions against Russia. Article 1360 enumerates situations in which the Russian government can allow use of an invention, utility model, or industrial design without the patent owner’s authorization.

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I was already like this before you got here: prior use as an exception to patent infringement

Garrigues Blog

The owner of a patent cannot enforce their rights against those who used the invention covered by the patent or made serious preparations for such use before the priority date. In addition, a third party’s use of an invention before its registration by another is also relevant to assess patent infringement.

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Don’t Ask Judges to Be Archaeologists

The IP Law Blog

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. 2001/0047262 (“Kurganov-262”). Kurganov-262 has the same specification as the challenged patents. In the I.P.R., 01/050453 to Kovatch (“Kovatch”).

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On Sale Bar – Sales require Consideration, not necessarily Money Payment

Patently-O

2022) focuses on the classic patent law question of whether the inventor’s pre-filing sales activity serve to bar the patent from issuing. The “on sale bar” prohibits patenting an invention that was placed “on sale” prior to the application being filed. by Dennis Crouch. Venture (Fed.

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The Draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2023

Intepat

The 2003 Rules came in super session of the erstwhile Patents Rules, 1972 and provided an elaborate description of the filing procedure and allied actions. However, considering the gap of 20 years, there was a need to bring about certain amendments with the changing interpretations and dynamics of patent law.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 4-March 10)

SpicyIP

The decision highlighted the Controller’s duty to consider existing knowledge and the inventive step properly. Mukesh Kumar Vidyarthi vs Controller Of Patents New Delhi & Anr on 1 March, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The appeal challenges the rejection of a patent application for “Charge Recirculation Air Intake Main Ford (CRAIM).”