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Federal Circuit Narrows AIA Grace Period: Public Disclosure Must Make Invention ‘Reasonably Available’

Patently-O

AUGUST 5, 2024

Kaijet highlights the narrowness of the pre-filing grace period (safe harbor) provision under the America Invents Act (AIA) and serves as a reminder that there are a number of patents that would have been valid under the pre-AIA patent system may no longer be valid under the current law. HyperDrive apparently embodies the claimed invention.

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New PatentlyO L.J. Article: The AIA at Ten – How Much Do the Pre-AIA Prior Art Rules Still Matter?

Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

As the America Invents Act (AIA) turns 10, patent students across the country may be asking: if the law is already a decade old, why am I spending so much time learning pre-AIA law? Stoll, Maintaining Post-Grant Review Estoppel in the America Invents Act: A Call for Legislative Restraint , 2012 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 1 ( Stoll.2012.estoppel.pdf

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New PatentlyO L.J. Article: The AIA at Ten – How Much Do the Pre-AIA Prior Art Rules Still Matter?

Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

As the America Invents Act (AIA) turns 10, patent students across the country may be asking: if the law is already a decade old, why am I spending so much time learning pre-AIA law? Stoll, Maintaining Post-Grant Review Estoppel in the America Invents Act: A Call for Legislative Restraint , 2012 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 1 ( Stoll.2012.estoppel.pdf

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New PatentlyO L.J. Article: What Every Patent and Trademark lawyer Should Understand About the MPEP, TMEP, and Other Guidance

Patently-O

JANUARY 10, 2023

Stoll, Maintaining Post-Grant Review Estoppel in the America Invents Act: A Call for Legislative Restraint , 2012 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 1 ( Stoll.2012.estoppel.pdf Paul Morgan, The Ambiguity in Section 102(a)(1) of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act , 2011 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 29. ( Morgan.2011.AIAAmbiguities

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Muzzling Transferors of Intellectual Property: Assignor Estoppel in Canada

IPilogue

JULY 9, 2021

I am working on the revised 3rd edition of my book on Intellectual Property Law (Irwin Law 2011, 2nd edition) , and with Professor Pina D’Agostino as co-author on the revision of the 2nd edition on Copyright Law (Irwin Law 2000). Some understanding of these rules, and where they differ between countries, is therefore desirable.

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Business Method Patents: The Basics

Larson & Larson

MARCH 25, 2021

The America Invents Act of 2011 allows people to challenge your patent within the first 9 months after the patent is granted. For about 8 years, the USPTO can review any business method patent that doesn’t cover a technological invention. Things To Consider.

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Full Patent Protection vs. a Provisional Patent Application

TraskBritt Intellectual Property

MAY 27, 2021

A provisional patent application allows a patent applicant to reserve priority in an invention before committing to the full utility patent application process. If an inventor has already done the legwork to determine that the invention is worthwhile, filing a provisional patent application may be an extra and unnecessary cost.

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Third-party preissuance submissions

Larson & Larson

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”). While the identity of the filing party must be disclosed, the use of an attorney allows the party-in-interest to remain confidential, with only the attorney and law firm’s name being disclosed.

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The Massachusetts Trade Secrets Act, Four Years On: What to know

Trading Secrets

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

266, § 30 , which defines a trade secret as “anything tangible or intangible or electronically kept or stored, which constitutes, represents, evidences or records a secret scientific, technical, merchandising, production or management information, design, process, procedure, formula, invention or improvement.” Have things actually changed?

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Hot-Tubbing in Indian IP Litigation: Delhi High Court Issues Directives in High-Stakes Patent Infringement Case

SpicyIP

MARCH 7, 2024

The general aim of the expert evidence, either court appointed or bench appointed, is to ‘educate the court’ and ‘assist the judge’ which in the realm of IP could be questions such as ‘invalidity of an inventive step’, ‘insufficiency of an inventive step’ or infringement etc. For example in Australian law, Rule 23.15

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Legal Implications of IPR Protection ‘In The Cloud’: an Indian Analysis

IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Moreover, IP rights are inherently territorial, creating problems for IP owners who use cloud computing, such as their patented inventions being used or infringed in multiple locations without their consent or knowledge. Thus, there are no well-established methodologies for detecting such infringements. link] (Accessed: 29 October 2023). [8]

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The Massachusetts Trade Secrets Act, Four Years On: What to know

LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

266, § 30 , which defines a trade secret as “anything tangible or intangible or electronically kept or stored, which constitutes, represents, evidences or records a secret scientific, technical, merchandising, production or management information, design, process, procedure, formula, invention or improvement.” 4] 357 Mass.

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Fish Principals Author Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal Article, “Strategic IP Considerations of Batteries and Energy Storage Solutions”

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

IP includes any creation of the mind, including inventions, literary and artistic works, symbols, names, images, and designs, and various forms of IP protection cover these different categories. For battery-related patents in particular, it is important to consider where and how big the present markets are for the invention.

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Federal Circuit Narrows AIA Grace Period: Public Disclosure Must Make Invention ‘Reasonably Available’

New PatentlyO L.J. Article: The AIA at Ten – How Much Do the Pre-AIA Prior Art Rules Still Matter?

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New PatentlyO L.J. Article: The AIA at Ten – How Much Do the Pre-AIA Prior Art Rules Still Matter?

New PatentlyO L.J. Article: What Every Patent and Trademark lawyer Should Understand About the MPEP, TMEP, and Other Guidance

Muzzling Transferors of Intellectual Property: Assignor Estoppel in Canada

Business Method Patents: The Basics

Full Patent Protection vs. a Provisional Patent Application

Third-party preissuance submissions

The Massachusetts Trade Secrets Act, Four Years On: What to know

Hot-Tubbing in Indian IP Litigation: Delhi High Court Issues Directives in High-Stakes Patent Infringement Case

Legal Implications of IPR Protection ‘In The Cloud’: an Indian Analysis

The Massachusetts Trade Secrets Act, Four Years On: What to know

Fish Principals Author Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal Article, “Strategic IP Considerations of Batteries and Energy Storage Solutions”

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