Patently-O

JULY 16, 2023

In its decision, the Federal Circuit rejected their reissue patent claims on what is clearly a technicality and one that is extremely biased toward those who spend more on patent prosecution. The court noted that the patent document failed to suggest anywhere “that arbors are an optional feature of the invention.”

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 12, 2021

About the Patent Drafting Competition. Originally created in 2014 as a midwest competition, the Competition is today a national inter-law school competition designed to introduce law students to issues arising in United States patent law.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The worst of these patent trolls pick up low-quality patents and take advantage of asymmetries in the economics of litigation to make quick cash. The root source of this situation, according to Lederer, is the patent prosecution process. Start with the sheer volume of patent applications. Focusing on the U.S.,

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

2014), a district court judge addressed the issue of copyright infringement in the context of legal briefs. a Minnesota federal court also concluded the law firm’s use of scientific journal articles in the patent prosecution process was fair based on the transformative nature of the use and lack of market harm.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The Controller of Patents where it rebuked the Plaintiff for not filing written submissions in time and thereby delaying the patent application process. She highlights how the decision reiterates the importance of adhering to procedural tenets during patent prosecutions.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Another interesting observation is that expedited examination has become increasingly popular in the years since the RtB reforms commenced, rising from just under 6% of all cases in 2014/15 to over 8% in 2020/21. In particular, expedited examination under the Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH) program rose from just 2.7%

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Patently-O

MAY 8, 2023

Following the dismissal, Pure Hemp moved for attorney fees and sanctions, arguing that UCANN’s counsel committed inequitable conduct during patent prosecution and that UCANN’s litigation counsel had a conflict of interest. 545 (2014). 559 (2014). Octane Fitness, LLC v. ICON Health & Fitness, Inc.,

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Supreme Court’s 2014 Alice Corp. Yet the debate still rages over when a software (or computer-implemented) claim is patentable versus being simply an abstract idea “free to all men and reserved exclusively to none” (as eloquently phrased 76 years ago by then-Supreme Court Justice Douglas in Funk Bros. CLS Bank decision.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 7, 2024

However, in 2014, the Delhi High Court in Sukesh Behl V. Some experts suggest that the 2014 ruling aligns Section 8 more closely with the ‘Inequitable conduct’ defence in US patent law, due to its similarities in jurisprudence. Form 3 failed to disclose the information about the cessation.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 9, 2022

CLS Bank Int’l , decided in 2014. Upon graduation, he intends to practice in the areas of patent prosecution and IP litigation. .” The most recent Supreme Court case which granted certiorari with regard to an “inventive concept” is Alice Corp.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This post explains some of the decision’s consequences and explores potential patent prosecution strategies. What transpired in Cellect was not entirely surprising after the court’s 2014 decision in Gilead Sciences, Inc. Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC , 2014 WL 12167628, at *3-4 (W.D. May 15, 2014).

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 21, 2020

As of July 2020, roughly 7,600 applications containing the word “blockchain” had been filed, up from only 37 in 2014 ( see Figure 1). Patenting innovations in blockchain technology. As with all software-based inventions, obtaining a patent on blockchain technology can be a tricky proposition.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

selected address issues such as SPC protection for combination products, double patenting, prosecution history estoppel and the influence of declarations made by the patentee in parallel proceedings, the possibility for national courts to request technical opinions from the EPO under Art. The decisions we (arbitrarily!)

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Patent Prosecution. Patent protection is generally available for cannabis and cannabis-related innovations on the same basis as any other innovation, presenting relatively few obstacles for applicants. The court denied Pure Hemp’s motion, finding that the claims did not claim patent-ineligible subject matter under Alice Corp.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

But patent holders must also beware of challenges from competitors and demands for interoperability from consumers. A comprehensive IP strategy must cover all bases – prosecution, enforcement, defense, and transactions. Patent Prosecution, Portfolio, and Strategic Patenting Considerations. Starsurgical Inc.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The Rules introduce monumental changes in the patent regime with far-reaching implications. Most notably, the amendments pertaining to fixed deadlines for different procedures promise to be useful changes in quickening the patent prosecution timeline.

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