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Guest Post: Margo Bagley, The Diversity Pilots Initiative

Patently-O

Bagley , Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law, co-inventor, and Principal, Diversity Pilots Initiative. Watch her video for Invent Together , entitled Challenges Encountered as a Diverse Inventor.

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Guest Post: DABUS Gains Traction: South Africa Becomes First Country to Recognize AI-Invented Patent

Patently-O

A world first – South Africa recently made headlines by granting a patent for ‘a food container based on fractal geometry’ to a non-human inventor, namely an artificial intelligence (AI) machine called DABUS. Each of these three jurisdictions found sufficient reasons in these formalities to reject DABUS’ patent applications.

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I was already like this before you got here: prior use as an exception to patent infringement

Garrigues Blog

All of us at the Garrigues IP Blog would like to wish you a very happy new year. This seems like the perfect time, then, to talk about one of the scenarios in which (IP wise) the past can prove to be extremely important when facing the future: the right of prior use to counter infringement of patents or utility models.

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Evergreening of Patents

Kashishipr

The main objective of Sections 26C and 27D was to prevent the patent holders from getting an extension on their patents by taking advantage of loopholes and undue benefits of the Justice system. India changed its Patents Laws in 2005 to comply with the TRIPS Agreement.

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The Critical Role of Trade Secrets in Biotechnology and Life Sciences

Intepat

Opting for Patent protection often requires disclosing key aspects of the invention, which can be used by competitors. Therefore, in a situation where both protection and disclosure become important, inventors and companies must find a way to safeguard their inventions and crucial information. Emisphere (408 F.Supp.2d 2d 668) (S.D.

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EFTA-India Free Trade Agreement and Patents Rules Amendment: Compromising Public Accountability and Transparency in the Indian Patent System

SpicyIP

Prathibha Sivasubramanian is a law researcher working with TWN. She has been working in the field of access to medicines, patents and IP for more than a decade. She has been working on patent oppositions and was involved in patent challenges on key drugs including the Gleevec-Novartis case.

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Fish & Richardson Elevates 15 Attorneys to Principal in Class Distinguished by Diversity of Background and Experience

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Sara Fish works closely with clients on all aspects of IP litigation and has experience in consumer products, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, consumer electronics, software applications, and various other technologies. In 2006, he graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.S. in biology. Joel received his J.D.,