Intellectual Property Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In a recent publication, the USPTO indicated that from 2002 to 2018 the share of all patent applications relating to artificial intelligence grew from 9% to approximately 16%. See “Inventing AI, Tracing the diffusion of artificial intelligence with U.S. Part One can be viewed here. Part Two. “No

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 23, 2024

Looking at Traditional Knowledge and Patents: The MHC recently upheld the Controller’s rejection of a patent application for being based on Panchagavya, a form of Traditional Knowledge. It considers whether the known properties of these products have been aggregated in the claimed invention (Para 12).

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Nhk Spring Co Ltd vs Controller Of Patents And Designs on 8 February, 2024 (Delhi HC) An Appeal was filed against the order of the Controller of Patents for rejecting the patent application titled ‘Suspension and compression cold spring for suspension” on the ground of lack of inventive step. vs Dabur India Ltd. &

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Intepat

APRIL 20, 2022

To be granted a patent, an invention by the applicant must be novel, non-obvious, and must be such that can be manufactured or used in industry. However, even after fulfilling these requirements, an additional requirement is to be fulfilled by the inventor/applicant and that is of ‘enablement’.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 30, 2021

On appeal though, the Federal Circuit flipped the verdict — holding that “ no reasonable jury could find the ’190 patent’s written description sufficiently demonstrates that the inventors possessed the full scope of the claimed invention.” 35 U.S.C. § Provisional App: 52334_60383872 ].

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 11, 2022

We recently came across two decisions by the Indian Patent Office (IPO) in which patent claim applications concerning two nicotine delivery devices were rejected on the ground of the same being affected by section 3(b) of the Indian Patents Act, 1970. The first decision concerns application no. a tobacco company.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Image from here Human Intervention vs. Essentially Biological Processes: The Patentability Debate in Sakata Seed Corporation Case By Kartikeya Srivastava Patents related to biotechnological inventions always raise many questions which strike at the very core of Patent Law. What is an “essentially biological” process?

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2021

In a recent publication, the USPTO indicated that from 2002 to 2018 the share of all patent applications relating to artificial intelligence grew from 9% to approximately 16%. See “Inventing AI, Tracing the diffusion of artificial intelligence with U.S. Generic Machine Learning Algorithm”. In Ex parte Hussain , Appeal No.

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Patently-O

MAY 2, 2022

The “on sale bar” prohibits patenting an invention that was placed “on sale” prior to the application being filed. 126 (1877) (delay excused by “bona fide effort to bring his invention to perfection, or to ascertain whether it will answer the purpose intended”). ” Pfaff v. Wells Elecs.,

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Patently-O

JUNE 21, 2024

The patents at issue were directed to methods of facilitating remote gambling activity using devises equipped with GPS. Claim 2 of the US10255755 (2002 priority date), was the most discussed claim in the case. DraftKings Inc. , 2022-2275 (Fed. June 21, 2024).

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

However, this 2002 decision did not define whether AI technology can be an inventor. The two creators listed DABUS as the inventor on two applications for patents for the inventions of a light beacon and a food container. Canada: Apotex Inc v Wellcome Foundation Ltd [2002] 4 SCR 153.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 30, 2023

Image Sources : Shutterstock] The Sensorama Machine, invented by Morton Heilig in 1962, created a simulation of riding a motorcycle where the user could experience the vibrations of the bike, sounds, and scents associated with the ride while immersed in a 3D video environment. because it is not possible to patent the Metaverse as a whole.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 15, 2022

The invention here relates to “an endometrial ablation device used to treat abnormal uterine bleeding (menorrhagia) by destroying targeted cells in the lining of the uterus.” The patent application was in this state — with only permeable member claims — when the assignment at issue took place.

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Intepat

APRIL 20, 2022

Patentable requirements. To be granted a patent, an invention by the applicant must be novel, non-obvious, and such that it can be manufactured or used in industry. In the patent application 00094/C.A.L./2002, A related concept to the enablement requirement is that of the ‘best mode’ requirement.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 10, 2022

Should copyright protection be given for AI-generated inventions? In 2018, Thaler filed an application to register a copyright for an AI-generated work produced by one of his AI systems, the Creativity Machine. From 2002 to 2018, annual AI patent applications increased from 30,000 to 60,000. The Complaint.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 10, 2022

Should copyright protection be given for AI-generated inventions? In 2018, Thaler filed an application to register a copyright for an AI-generated work produced by one of his AI systems, the Creativity Machine. From 2002 to 2018, annual AI patent applications increased from 30,000 to 60,000. The Complaint.

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IIPRD

JUNE 24, 2024

‘The Paris Convention’, adopted in March 1883 and revised in the years 1900, 1911, 1925, 1934, 1958, 1967, and 1979, comprehensively addresses “patents, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks, service marks, trade names, and geographical indications”. [1]

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In a recent publication, the USPTO indicated that from 2002 to 2018 the share of all patent applications relating to artificial intelligence grew from 9% to approximately 16%. See “Inventing AI, Tracing the diffusion of artificial intelligence with U.S. Part One can be viewed here. Part Two can be viewed here.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 27, 2024

of violating their patents related to the development of “enhanced internal combustion engine technology”. Utilizing the invention or technology outlined in the patents owned by the plaintiffs; and 2.The The court has noted several factors that support the Applicants’ position. Motor Company Ltd.) and Sandow Ltd.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In a recent publication, the USPTO indicated that from 2002 to 2018 the share of all patent applications relating to artificial intelligence grew from 9% to approximately 16%. See “Inventing AI, Tracing the diffusion of artificial intelligence with U.S. Part One can be viewed here.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 10, 2023

of the Patents Cooperation Treaty Regulations (a provision that provides for condonation of delay by a period of one month with respect to the submission of national phase patent application) in the petitioner’s favour. 5 February 2018 The petitioner filed an International Application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

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The IPKat

JANUARY 9, 2022

The written description requirement stipulates that a patent specification should sufficiently describe the claimed invention such that a skilled person would be convinced that the inventor had possession of the claimed subject matter at the filing date. cancer) cells ( Singh et al. ).

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LexBlog IP

MAY 9, 2023

Hormel Foods Corporation (22-1696) , a unanimous panel reversed the District of Delaware’s finding that Howard was a joint inventor of the Bacon Patent and explained that Howard’s purported contribution — preheating with an infrared oven — was insignificant when viewed in the context of the invention as a whole. Iolab Corp.,

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 25, 2021

In a recent publication, the USPTO indicated that from 2002 to 2018 the share of all patent applications relating to artificial intelligence grew from 9% to approximately 16%. See “Inventing AI, Tracing the diffusion of artificial intelligence with U.S. 2020-005406 (PTAB Feb. Part Two Preview.

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IP Intelligence

MARCH 7, 2022

Article 84 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) requires that the claims of a European patent application “shall define the matter for which protection is sought” and “shall be clear and concise and be supported by the description.”[i] application; and (d) “relevant and not related to unique aspects of foreign patent law.”[xi].

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Patently-O

MAY 17, 2024

Even before the decision, biotech -focused patent attorneys have been searching for ways to capture their clients innovations with broad enough coverage. Xencor’s patent application (U.S. Application No. Treating a patient is not merely a statement of intended use, but it is central to the invention’s purpose.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

PatentNext Summary: In some instances, software-based patent applications can fail to include a sufficient algorithm describing “how” the software interacts with the underlying hardware of the invention. Therefore, as a general rule, software-related patents should include an algorithm. . §

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

After the jury trial in March, 2021, the jury found unanimously that Apple infringed at least one of the claims 13, 14, 15, or 16 of the ’091 Patent. In its fact findings, the court noted that PMC and its inventors prosecuted their patent applications “serially.” However, the notice of abandonment was withdrawn by the PTO.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Defensive protection strategies may also include documenting traditional medical knowledge systems in order to oppose or invalidate patents that claim inventions which root from such systems. In recent years, there has been a stark increase in the number of patents that are issued for Ayurvedic inventions on a global level.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The judgement was passed in a writ petition filed by Natco Pharma against the Controller’s order granting Novartis a patent for a form of the Valsartan-Sacubitril complex, after conducting a unilateral hearing excluding Natco therefrom. Setting aside the Single Judge orders in Ericsson v. CCI and Monsanto v.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

For ground two, however, Apple relied on the aforementioned “Background” section of the ’674 Patent (the “applicant admitted prior art” or “AAPA”) in view of a U.S. Patent Application Publication 2002/0163364 to to Majcherczak et. al. (“Majcherczak”).

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 12, 2023

As one might imagine, patent law frequently comes down to what particular terms in a patent mean, and because the whole point of a patent is to describe a new invention, existing language may sometimes now fully capture what an invention, or element thereof, really is. Vitronics Corp. CCS Fitness, Inc.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 4, 2022

Like anticipation, the standard for obviousness of design patents differs from that of utility patents. Saint-Gobain Calmar, Inc ., 3d 1314, 1323 (Fed. 2007); In re Webb , 916 F.2d 2d 1553, 1557-1558 (Fed. 1990); Contessa Food Prods. Conagra, Inc ., 3d 1370, 1380.(Fed. 7] Columbia Sportswear N. Seirus Innovative Access.,

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SpicyIP

MAY 15, 2023

Madhya Pradesh High Court allows the defendant to file a patent application and directs the Patent Office to hear the plaintiff before considering the defendant’s application. 2 filed for a stay of impugned judgement and decree, which restrains them from using a registered Patent and copyright of Plaintiff/Respondent No.1.

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IPilogue

JUNE 2, 2022

In February 2022, however, the Federal Court of Australia joined the ranks of the United States and the United Kingdom in disallowing AI to be owners of patents, even if the product is solely created by AI. In 2021 , the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) issued a non-compliance notice for DABUS’ patent application in Canada.

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Patently-O

JULY 6, 2022

USPTO (Supreme Court 2022) focuses the question of whether COURTS have power to create non-statutory patentability doctrines. Does the judiciary have the authority to require a patent applicant to meet a condition for patentability not required by the Patent Act? SawStop Petition for Certiorari. Gass’s U.S.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Unfortunately, what is good for the sharing of information is often not good for the patenting of inventions that arise from the research and products presented at these conferences. 2020 FC 621 , a poster was presented at a conference in Baltimore in 2002, 18 years previous. They are often untraceable or destroyed later.

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