SpicyIP

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Putting an end to a 24 year old patent infringement suit, the Delhi High Court has directed Maharaja Appliances Ltd. This was used by the court to issue a retrospective finding that the defendant had been selling the infringing products “openly and intensively” for a period of two years between 2007 to 2009.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A patent is an intellectual property right granted by a government to the inventor, to protect their invention and allow the fullest commercial exploitation of the patented invention. Importantly, only those who have developed new technologies and created a product can file for a patent on the new technology.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 4, 2021

Are research tools protected from patent infringement under the Hatch-Waxman safe harbor, section 271(e)(1)? [1] This, in effect, not only extended the patent’s term but also delayed introduction of competing products. [6]. 10,221,221 (“the ‘221 patent”). [10] Statutory Background.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

MYLAN BV and SANDOZ BV One of the first patent cases decided in 2021 was an SPC case between MSD and Apotex, where the Brussels Enterprise Court had to decide whether an SPC could be granted for the combination of ezetimibe and simvastatin, even if a previous SPC had already been granted for ezetimibe alone based on the same patent.

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Patently-O

MARCH 18, 2022

patent infringement proceedings, effectively creating a statutory “anti-anti-suit injunction” (AASI) applicable in all courts across the U.S. Beginning in 2012, however, ASIs emerged as litigation tools in suits involving the licensing of standards-essential patents (SEPs). 2012), aff’d 696 F.3d district court.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 12, 2023

this and this ) patentable again, potentially removing them from the broad competitive market and placing them in the hands of the first research team that chances to identify them (a task that is, today, largely serendipitous and requires little innovative skill). patents, nearly 200,000 (roughly 53%) were issued to foreign entities.

Business 89

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The risks include unauthorised use and infringement, technological obsolescence, and the marketable nature of IP as collateral. Instances of companies using IP as collateral during times of distress are as follows: Xerox pledged its Patents as collateral due to problems faced concerning financial fraud and certain distress in 2002.

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