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Raising the Bar Has Not Reduced the Patent Acceptance Rate in Australia

LexBlog IP

Between 2009 and 2013, the rate at which applications subject to the former (i.e. I was not one of those people, and I expect that neither were most other patent attorneys. In particular, expedited examination under the Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH) program rose from just 2.7% of cases in 2013/14 to 5.1%

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Fish & Richardson Elevates 17 Attorneys to Principal 

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Newly promoted principals for 2022 are: Michael Ballanco focuses his practice on all aspects of patent infringement matters at the trial and appellate level. magna cum laude , from George Mason University School of Law in 2014 and his B.S., from Santa Clara University School of Law in 2013, his Ph.D. He received his J.D.,

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Foreign Prosecution History: To Admit, Or Not To Admit, That Remains a Puzzle To Canadian Courts

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

of the Patent Act has brought about a significant shift in the Canadian approach to file wrapper estoppel by enabling the introduction of a patent’s prosecution history during claim construction. However, whether the prosecution history of a foreign application can ever be considered pursuant to section 53.1 TA Foods Ltd.