SpicyIP

MARCH 7, 2024

This high-profile case revolves around allegations of patent infringement concerning two patents (“Suit Patents”), both relating to ‘Pertuzumab,’ a monoclonal antibody (Mab) biologic used in inhibiting tumor growth.

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SpicyIP

JULY 23, 2021

This comes in the backdrop of Section 83 of the Patents Act, 1970 which provides the general principles applicable to the working of patented inventions. Moreover, a third of these pesticides were not launched even till the expiry of the patent! Impact of Non-Working.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 21, 2022

Not everything is patentable. First, only inventions are patentable. Second, only certain inventions are patentable. Four types of inventions are patentable: articles of manufacture, machines, processes, and compositions of matter. Alice Corp. CLS Bank International , 573 U.S. 208, 216, 219 (2014).

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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. Elan Pharms.,

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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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Patently-O

MARCH 18, 2024

The district court agreed, finding their contributions were significant to the conception of the claimed invention. Under § 256, correcting inventorship requires comparing the alleged co-inventor’s contributions against the invention as claimed. 286, is specifically limited to remedies for infringement. Iolab Corp. ,

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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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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This case addresses whether patents relating to methods and systems for connecting users based on their answers to polling questions claim patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § Background Trinity sued Covalent for patent infringement of U.S. Patent 9,087,321 (“the ’321 patent”) and U.S.

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Patently-O

MARCH 4, 2024

In 2016, over a year after it began selling Ace-K, Celanese filed patent applications on its heretofore secret Ace-K process. Celanese sued Jinhe for patent infringement at the International Trade Commission (ITC). But, the problem is that the statute expressly asks whether the invention was “on sale.”

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Larson & Larson

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”). Among the changes created by the AIA, a new system was put into place for the submission of prior art to the Patent Office prior to patent issuance. Effective September 16, 2012, a third-party may submit prior art to the Patent Office.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 12, 2023

There Are Ample Patentable Innovations Relating to Disease Response and Containment Beyond Pathogen Sequences. It is also unnecessary to patent underlying pathogenic sequences in order to protect novel and innovative technologies such as diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Supreme Court have eroded the protection previously afforded by patents, particularly in the software industry. As Erik Weibust and Dean Pelletier have observed , trade secret protection may be the only available option for AI-generated inventions where AI is the sole inventor ( see Thaler v Hirshfeld, 558 F. See Alice Corp.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

General Motors pledged its “Green Technology” patents for a period of 2 years when it faced bankruptcy in 2009. Eastman Kodak pledged many of its patents, notably the one which consisted of a method for enabling persistent recognition of individuals in images. This was done during 2012-2015 when it faced bankruptcy.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Drug companies who may be at risk of having their patents seized should be aware that they have the right to sue the government for patent infringement in such an event. 1498, the government has the right to “take” privately held patents. the current, established royalty rates under the patent at issue; 2.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 3, 2023

treating the Standard Essential Patent as akin to a ‘ransom strip’ of land).” ” Hold Out : “‘Hold out’ occurs if an implementer is able to implement a technical solution covered by a Standard Essential Patent without paying the reasonable market value for a licence (or perhaps anything at all).

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Drug companies who may be at risk of having their patents seized should be aware that they have the right to sue the government for patent infringement in such an event. § 1498, the government has the right to “take” privately held patents. the duration of patent and license terms; 8. 28 U.S.C. §

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