IP Intelligence

MARCH 7, 2022

Article 84 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) requires that the claims of a European patent application “shall define the matter for which protection is sought” and “shall be clear and concise and be supported by the description.”[i] application; and (d) “relevant and not related to unique aspects of foreign patent law.”[xi].

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The IPKat

AUGUST 16, 2021

Violation of the exclusive right of the patentee includes any unauthorised method of introducing into civil circulation a product made using a patented utility model. Analysing this decision, first of all, the question arises as to how it was possible to register this patent?

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 6, 2023

US patent law has a long history of debate with regard to combination claims, with the Supreme Court’s most recent pronouncement in KSR reaffirming its old pronouncement that a combination of known elements is likely obvious absent some justification for deciding otherwise. 398 (2007). [I]f KSR Int’l Co.

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Patently-O

APRIL 16, 2024

It goes on to warn that the current trend of using clinical trial protocol summaries as evidence of obviousness is discouraging investment in pharmaceutical innovation and pressuring researchers to file patent applications too early in the drug discovery process.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 28, 2023

In view of this ruling, patent practitioners should endeavor to explain sufficiently in the written description the specific aspects of how machine learning features (and other computer-implemented invention features) operate in order to demonstrate sufficient enablement. Patent Law (specifically 35 U.S.C. § § 112(a)).

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In 2007, as part of Hormel’s quest to improve its process for creating precooked bacon pieces, Hormel met with David Howard and others from Unitherm to discuss processes and Unitherm’s cooking equipment. In 2011, Hormel filed a patent application for the two-step process, omitting HIP’s involvement.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2023

with a patent law concentration with intellectual property certificate, from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 2013. While there, he was a member of the IP and Technology Law Society, Military Law Society, and National Black Law Students Association. Joel received his J.D.,

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 27, 2024

Check Sadhvi Sood’s post discussing Nestle’s patent application for Fennel Flower (Kala Jeera) vis-a-vis TK. The issue earlier came up in 2007 during the Novartis dispute. Enough Policy stuff now! have nicely discussed. Tis not done. Let’s wrap the story (an ongoing one?)

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