Patently-O

APRIL 30, 2024

by Dennis Crouch This article explores the impact of Generative AI on prior art and potential revisions to patent examination standards to address the rising tidal wave of AI-generated, often speculative, disclosures that could undermine the patent system’s integrity. See my 2014 post. 102, and are presumed to be enabling.

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Garrigues Blog

JANUARY 12, 2022

The owner of a patent cannot enforce their rights against those who used the invention covered by the patent or made serious preparations for such use before the priority date. In an earlier blog, we discussed “prior public use” as grounds for opposing the grant of European patents (see here ).

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Patently-O

JULY 8, 2022

David Tropp sued Travel Sentry for patent infringement back in 2006. That was the same year that I first taught a patent law class. Back then, eligibility was almost an unknown concept in patent litigation. 208 (2014). The rule of thumb was “anything under the sun, made by man,” and I mean ANYTHING.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2023

Stephen Thaler was appealing a Federal Circuit decision that interpreted the Patent Act to require a human “inventor” for purposes of obtaining a patent. The invention at issue was conceived of by Thaler’s AI model DABUS and not by a human, dooming its chances of obtaining patent protection. Alice Corp.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

See Resorbing Patent Law’s Kessler Cat into the General Law of Preclusion. 208 (2014) (quoting Mayo ). The patents at issue here are part of the patentee’s “True Name” family. ‘310 Patent, Claim 24. Alice Corp. CLS Bank Int’l , 573 U.S.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 11, 2021

With all these various fast food restaurants entering the fray, why did Chick-fil-A or other early players in the chicken sandwich game not block these upstarts with copyright or patent infringement injunctions? A 2015 court case and trade secret law help shed some light on this question. is quite plainly not copyrightable work.”

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More Than Your Mark

AUGUST 20, 2021

3-D Printing and Copyrights, Patents, or Trademarks. The functionalities and any new and unobvious structures created by 3-D printing technologies may be the subject of a utility or a design patent. However, the process of 3-D printing an object that was previously made only by a different process may be patentable. Copyrights.

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Patently-O

MARCH 18, 2024

The patent at issue, originally naming a single inventor (Steve Campbell), claims a lightweight intermodal container system for transporting refrigerated gaseous fluids. 256 to correct inventorship on an issued patent. Tube-Mac Indus., Campbell , No. 2022-2170 (Fed. Iolab Corp. , 3d 1344 (Fed.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 1, 2023

This article talk about the National IPR Policy which envisages a single platform for all the different types of IPR, for example, patent, trademark, copyright etc. Additionally, it seeks to develop a public platform where inventors and producers can communicate with users and purchasers. IPR commercialization will increase value.

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