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The World’s Oldest Active Torrent Turns 20 Years Old

TorrentFreak

In 2003, the World Wide Web was still in its infancy. Dial-up connections were still the default and YouTube, Facebook, and Gmail had yet to be invented. The torrent was created in September 2003 and will turn 20 years old in a few days. There was a new technology making waves at the time. A truly remarkable achievement.

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The World’s Oldest Active Torrent Turns 18 Soon

TorrentFreak

” The torrent was created in September 2003, which means that it will turn 18 this month. At the time there were no free video-sharing services and YouTube had yet to be invented. So, after Frost got the green light from the rest of the crew he created a torrent on September 28, 2003. The Fanimatrix. Fanimatrix.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION IN THAILAND

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The Patent Act, covers three types of Patents for protection: Invention Patent: Section 3 of the Patent Act, Thailand describes invention patent as any discovery or invention or any improvement of a product. 2546 2003, where the registration of the GI is a requirement.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

The IPKat

Additionally, the BoA considered whether the application to register the shape of this patented invention was made in bad faith. Technical Issues Merpel McKitten reported a technical issue concerning posts by The IPKats co-founders, Jeremy Phillips and Ilanah Fhima, published between 2003 and 2006. Image courtesy: Aylin Atilla

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Arcturus Therapeutics Inc v. Assistant Controller: The Courts Remind the Patent Office to Give Reasons

SpicyIP

The appellant also argued that the impugned order was devoid of any substantive analysis on the merits of the invention, merely refusing the patent on delay. Under Rule 138 of the Patent Rules, 2003, the Controller had discretionary power to extend time limits or to condone delays for one month.

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The Times They Are a-Changin’? A Look at the Revised Patent Prosecution Timelines in the Draft Patent Amendment Rules

SpicyIP

Sabeeh Ahmad The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce has released the Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2023 (“Draft Rules”) suggesting some key changes in the Patent Rules, 2003 (“2003 Rules”). In this post, I shall discuss these suggested changes in comparison with the existing 2003 Rules.

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Full Scope Written Description

Patently-O

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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