2005 Licensing Litigation Patent Law 
SpicyIP
AUGUST 12, 2021
Ensuring Access to TB drugs: Is Compulsory License the Way? This is especially worrying since it is common knowledge that Indian patent law contains robust flexibilities to promote patient interest. Use of patent law levers to ensure accessibility to medicines. By Rahul Bajaj and Praharsh Gour. image from here.
Patently-O
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
provides a lesson into the importance of carefully drafting—and understanding—the scope of licensing terms, especially covenants not to sue. Background In 2005, AlexSam licensed its prepaid card patents to MasterCard in exchange for ongoing royalties based on the number of “Licensed Transactions.”
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Patently-O
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
The decision is significant as it is the first by the Fifth Circuit to address the licensing of standards-essential patents and the meaning of “fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory” (FRAND) licensing terms, adding to the growing body of jurisprudence already issued by the Third, Ninth and Federal Circuits in this area.
SpicyIP
APRIL 7, 2024
Article 12, along with the recent amendments to the Patent Rules, restrict the obligation to disclose the “working” statement., This could make it harder to force companies to license patents if they are not being used to make affordable products in India. And further restricting policy levers such as compulsory licensing.
Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts
JUNE 14, 2022
Because each inventor owns a complete and undivided interest in the entire patent application and resulting patent, the applicant (such as an employer) should obtain an assignment from each inventor to perfect the applicant’s rights in the application, such as the right of priority and the rights to license and enforce the granted patent.
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