Patently-O

JANUARY 23, 2024

Vanda Pharmaceuticals recently filed a petition for writ of certiorari , asking the Supreme Court to review a May 2023 decision by the Federal Circuit that invalidated claims from four Vanda patents covering methods of treating Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Disorder (“Non-24”) using the drug tasimelteon (Hetlioz). 398 (2007).

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Art Invention Patent Prosecution Patent 80

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Much of patent prosecution and opposition at the EPO is an advanced game of spot the difference. Subtle differences between the application as filed and the claimed subject matter can be fatal to a granted European patent. The patent was granted with a priority date of 28 Nov 2007.

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Patent Application Invention Patent Prosecution Patent 90

SpicyIP

APRIL 7, 2024

Significantly, the agreement requires India to make substantive changes to its provision obligating a patent applicant to furnish information about their foreign applications corresponding to their application in India. She has been working in the field of access to medicines, patents and IP for more than a decade.

Patent 72

Patent Patent Application Intellectual Property Law 72

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

When Design Within Reach started, it said in its 2007 10K: “our competitors believe they have exclusive rights” in some of their proudcts, including some of their best selling items, which were reproductions. and design patents were hard to get/not as valuable at the time. In the 1960s, preemption was big (Sears v. Compco, etc.)

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Designs Design Design Patent Branding 59