The IPKat

JANUARY 18, 2022

8(1) Regulation 6/2002, the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court (OLG Düsseldorf) sent a referral to the CJEU on just this issue ( C-684/21 ). 8(1) Regulation 6/2002. It stated that while OLG Düsseldorf was right to consider the patent documentation, it accorded it too much weight in reaching its result. The case goes as follows.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

However, this 2002 decision did not define whether AI technology can be an inventor. Justice Marcus Smith explained his reasoning by saying that the meaning of the word “inventor” is limited to people under UK patent law. Canada: Apotex Inc v Wellcome Foundation Ltd [2002] 4 SCR 153.

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IPilogue

JUNE 2, 2022

In 2021 , the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) issued a non-compliance notice for DABUS’ patent application in Canada. While DABUS’ patent application is still developing in Canada, the recent reversal of the Australian decision will likely impact the future of patent ownership rights of AI.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 10, 2023

In light of the upcoming WIPO Diplomatic Conference on Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge, Prashant Reddy brings us a post highlighting India’s sub-par experience with its own Biological Diversity Act, 2002. These activities included publishing papers, filing of patent applications or where research results were shared.

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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%. patents,” Office of the Chief Economist, IP Data Highlights (October 2020). Part Two Preview.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 30, 2023

Within Metaverse, patents must be handled in accordance with three verticals: First, patents for the Metaverse technology itself, which may be further broken down into the hardware and software technologies required to create a distinctive and customized Metaverse. because it is not possible to patent the Metaverse as a whole.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 22, 2022

In 2002, Mark Chester, an engineer at Koso America, Inc. (“Koso”), participated in a project to create a new valve for a hydraulic actuator. Chester and MEA filed a related patent application, which was approved in part. ” REXA, Inc. Chester , — F.4th 4th —, 2022 WL 2981167, at *6 (7th Cir.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of the posts on IPO’s patent application rejection of HIV drug Dolutegravir, another judgement in the long-running Section 3(k) saga, this time on the patentability of business methods and the DHC IPD’s Annual Report 2023-24. Read more for the details.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 11, 2022

Apart from the application of section 3(b), the Controller also noted that the applicant did not take the prescribed permission as required under section 6(1) of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, from the National Biodiversity Authority for the use of tobacco leaves, a biological material from India.

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Intepat

APRIL 20, 2022

The idea here is that the inventor must disclose at the time of the application what is, in his or her opinion as to the maker, the most preferred way of carrying out the invention at the time the patent application is filed.

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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. Section 3(p) prohibits granting patents based on the claimed invention/process containing TK directly or in effect.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 9, 2025

Madras High Court and the (Mis-Placed) Judicial Economy: Analysing the Clouds Behind the Silver Lining The Mad HC single bench upheld the dismissal of a patent application but curiously analyzed only one objection from the Controllers dismissal and deemed the rest unnecessary to be evaluated. 3(i) of the Patents Act.

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Patently-O

MAY 2, 2022

Application of the on sale bar is a question of law as is the underlying issue of whether the experimental use exception applies. The original patent application was filed Feb 9, 2021 –one year and two days later and outside the one year grace period. 2002) (offer to make a “remote database object. Bartell Indus.,

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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. Sun Pharma Laboratories Ltd.

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Garrigues Blog

APRIL 27, 2021

That the application filed after the six-month priority period established in design laws, and, in particular, in article 41 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs, be recognized as the first date of filing. Cristina Giner.

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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

JULY 14, 2021

Rai and Price II have argued that for biosimilars, where this problem is particularly acute, we ought to consider using regulatory levers to ‘top up’ the disclosure in patent applications with manufacturing and other details. Activism has improved access to drugs for millions.

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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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Kashishipr

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In 2002, the Federal Trade Commission, after an extensive inquiry, found out that over 75% of applications by generic pharmaceutical manufacturers were in some way or other involved in litigation initiated by the original patent holders.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 19, 2022

At its core, the case relates to whether the right to file a patent application in the future is covered by the same provisions relating to the right to an existing patent or patent application. Trade Marks Many would consider the shape of Dior’s Saddle bag to be iconic.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 15, 2022

The patent application was in this state — with only permeable member claims — when the assignment at issue took place. Later, the patentee obtained a patent covering the invention without the permeable member and then sued the assignor who had formed a competing company.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 10, 2022

From 2002 to 2018, annual AI patent applications increased from 30,000 to 60,000. Additionally, the share of all patent applications that contain AI increased from 9 percent to about 16 percent. With technological improvements, however, AI has upgraded from tool to creator.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 10, 2022

From 2002 to 2018, annual AI patent applications increased from 30,000 to 60,000. Additionally, the share of all patent applications that contain AI increased from 9 percent to about 16 percent. With technological improvements, however, AI has upgraded from tool to creator.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Subsequently, CSIR requested the USPTO to re-examine the patent application. Upon re-examination, the examiner rejected the claims that were put forth by the applicants. It was noted that the claims mentioned in the application were anticipated and obvious in nature.

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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%. patents,” Office of the Chief Economist, IP Data Highlights (October 2020).

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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%. patents,” Office of the Chief Economist, IP Data Highlights (October 2020).

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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] 8 (1994): 2621–29. [8] 9] “WIPO Copyright Treaty, Dec. 20, 1996, S. Treaty Doc.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 27, 2024

The court has noted several factors that support the Applicants’ position. Since the tentative specification date in 2002, the Respondent has refrained from expressing any objections, even subsequent to the launch of the product (Bajaj Pulsar motorbike) onto the market. The idea of presuming the validity of a patent.

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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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Intepat

APRIL 20, 2022

The idea here is that the inventor must disclose at the time of the application what is, in their opinion, the maker’s most preferred way of carrying out the invention when the patent application is filed. In the patent application 00094/C.A.L./2002,

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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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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

2020 FC 621 , a poster was presented at a conference in Baltimore in 2002, 18 years previous. Nevertheless, expert testimony established that the poster was indeed genuine and therefore its contents formed part of the state of the art in 2002 for determining obviousness of the patent claims in question. In Biogen Canada Inc.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 9, 2022

Science background: CAR-T-cell therapy The application from which the patent claimed priority dated back to 2002, a time dubbed by one of the inventors as "the birth of the CAR-T field". When then should applicants file their patent application? cancer) cells ( Singh et al. ).

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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. although in both a murine (mouse-derived) version and its humanized form, eculizumab. Dror , 112 F.3d

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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%. patents,” Office of the Chief Economist, IP Data Highlights (October 2020). Part Two Preview.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 6, 2023

In Sunrider , the Delhi High Court had considered the reduction of discretion of the Registrar in the then-applicable 2002 Rules. Section 73 of the Canadian Patent Act lays down a strict procedural regime for patent applicants. Hindustan Lever Limited and Ors. , was regarded as irrelevant.

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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] 722, 733 (2002). [vi] litigation. [iii] Id. [iv] iv] Cybor Corp. v] Festo Corp.

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