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Patently-O
JANUARY 20, 2023
Applicants, for their part, are not required to disclose prior art that is not material to patentability or that is cumulative of other prior art they’ve already provided. It may surprise you, then, to learn that the genre of science fiction is deeply indebted to patent law and patent theory. See [link].
The IPKat
DECEMBER 31, 2021
The EPO has launched a user consultation on grace periods for patents, the results of which will be published in early 2022 ( EPO press release ). The EPC as it currently stands does not permit a grace period in which inventors may disclose their invention without prejudicing a future patent filing. 102(b)(1)(A) ).
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IP and Legal Filings
DECEMBER 19, 2024
The Court determined that an underlying principle of patent law was that only if it had been novel and useful could an invention be issued and would thereby necessarily both be unique and useful. The question of inventive steps has therefore to be decided essentially on a case-to-case basis as it involves questions of law and fact.
IP and Legal Filings
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
In the fast growing economy, innovation is necessary for businesses and Patents as an intellectual property rights protects that innovation. Intellectual property rights provide a negative right in other words a monopoly right to the creator or Inventor over their creation or Invention. 1] WIPO, Competition and Patents. [2]
Patently-O
AUGUST 23, 2023
Doctrine of Equivalents The doctrine of equivalents allows a patentee to establish infringement, even when an accused product or process does not literally fall within the claims of the patent, if the accused product or process contains only insubstantial differences from the patent claims. Linde Air Products Co. , ”).
Patently-O
JANUARY 19, 2024
This can become in cases like this because Universal has created a large patent portfolio that all claim back to original priority documents from more than a decade ago. While most of patents are attributable to both joint-inventors, some are only attributable to one or the other. ” Brian Barnett. MLB Advanced Media, L.P.,
Patently-O
APRIL 30, 2024
The authors author some agreement with my analysis above — focusing on claim language they argued: “if a computer published millions of variations of claims such that all but a few were useless from a technical or grammatical perspective, then it would be easier to justify not requiring inventors to account for that sea of information.”
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