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Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on IPR: Tipping the Scales of Patent Law? Part II

SpicyIP

Section 11 (b) read with Rule 24B of Patents Rules, 2003 concerning patent application exam stipulates a 48-month period from the date of priority or filing of patent application within which a request for examination of the application needs to be made.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION IN THAILAND

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Designs: Any configuration, composition of lines or any special appearance used on a product Petty Patent: An invention that is new and capable of industrial application, as per Thai Patent law. 2546 2003, where the registration of the GI is a requirement.

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Canons and Canards: Enablement and Utility in CFMT v. YieldUp

Patently-O

In Patent Law class today, we started the chapter on “disclosure” that focuses on doctrines of enablement, written description, and best mode as codified in 35 U.S.C. CFMT’s two asserted patents claimed improved apparatus/method for cleaning semiconductor wafers using a specific closed-environment setup.

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The Draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2023

Intepat

Patent applications and prosecution thereof is currently governed under the Patents Rules 2003 (2003 Rules). 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.

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False Patent Marking as False Advertising: Overcoming Dastar

Patently-O

Dawgs alleged that Crocs falsely marketed its “Croslite” shoe material as “patented,” “proprietary,” and “exclusive” when in fact the material ethyl vinyl acetate, a well known compound used by many footwear companies. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. ,

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IP as a political instrument in Russia

The IPKat

Initially, neither the 1992 Law on Trademarks, Service Marks and Designations of Origin , nor the 1992 Patent Law , had provided that putting patented or trademarked goods onto the market within Russia exhausted IP rights.

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Discerning Signal from Noise: Navigating the Flood of AI-Generated Prior Art

Patently-O

It began with a notion that issued patents had been examined and therefore the claimed subject matter was properly enabled; then expanded to included unclaimed material in issued patents. The Library of Babel for Prior Art: Using Artificial Intelligence to Mass Produce Prior Art in Patent Law, 74 Vand. Amgen Inc.

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