LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Over the last 20 years, the total number of design patents issued per year in the United States has erupted. As illustrated in the graph below and further highlighted in this animated graph, in the 30 year period between the years 1971 and 2000 a total of nearly 219,000 design patents were issued by the U.S.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

November 4, 2022: The Madras High Court allowed the two writ petitions filed by the applicant with respect to two patent applications that were deemed abandoned by the Indian Patent Office on account of delay in filing the Request for Examination. In Chandra Sekar Vs. The Controller of Patents and Designs & Anr.

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Patently-O

APRIL 30, 2024

Services like All Prior Art are using AI to churn out and ‘publish’ many millions of generated texts, hoping some will preempt future patent applications. You might consider a technical paper from a conference which sketches out a conceptual gearbox design (but omits specific gear ratios and material specifications).

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SpicyIP

JUNE 25, 2024

Astral Design Infringement Case By Aarav Gupta The High Court of Bombay issued an ad-interim injunction in the design infringement complaint filed by Pidilite Industries Limited (“Pidilite”) against Astral Limited, on the 13th of June, 2024. How are Competing Designs Assessed?

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SpicyIP

MARCH 2, 2025

Highlights of the Week Delhi High Court Stirs the Pot for Biotech Patent Applicants in India On the recent Delhi High Court judgement concerning a genetically modified salmonella bacteria, Prashant Reddy explains how the Court erred by applying Section 3 on a microorganism and incorrectly applied the disclosure requirement under Section 10.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2023

Delhi High Court sets aside the cryptic order passed by the Respondent, directs to consider the matter afresh Case: Alfred Von Schukmann vs The Controller General Of Patent, Designs and Trademarks and Ors. Novartis patent set aside on procedural grounds by Delhi High Court. Case: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba vs Asstt.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 4, 2022

Fish Principals Craig Deutsch , Jennifer Huang , and Grace Kim , discuss challenging design patents at the PTAB in their Law360 Expert Analysis article. Challenging design patents at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is difficult — nearly two-thirds of petitions directed to design patents have been denied institution.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This breadth can deter competitors by making it more difficult for them to design around the patent. Additionally, defining an invention functionally may allow the claim scope to adapt to future technological advances that arise after the patent filing date, as long as the new technologies perform the claimed function.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The PTO responsive brief is due December 14, 2023. = = = The Federal Circuit recently affirmed a PTAB rejecting claims in a patent application filed by Institut Pasteur on the ground of obviousness-type double patenting. The policy goal is to prevent unjustified timewise extension of exclusive patent rights.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on the Lenacapavir patent application and oppositions, ANRF and corporatisation of research, the copyright dispute between Jasleen Royal and T Series, and DHC’s recent order in Master Arnesh Shaw v. Anything we are missing out on?

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

It outlines trends, data and legal rights pertaining to patents, trade marks, designs, plant breeder rights ( PBR ) and copyright. Interestingly, despite innovation generally being on the rise, 2020 saw a very slight decrease (-2%) in the number of patents filed in Australia. Standard Patent Applications and Grants.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2023

Rae Crisler is a patent litigator whose experience spans a wide range of technologies, including pharmaceuticals in Hatch-Waxman cases, biologics, medical devices, and technologies related to power management features of systems-on-a-chip as well as network and data processing optimization. In 2015, Joy received her J.D. in history.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 19, 2022

Foro anticipated that, at the conclusion of the feasibility study, Vita would provide a design of the deployment wheel that provided sufficient detail for manufacturing the equipment. Vita’s conceptual design was therefore readily ascertainable by proper means, and every feature was visually observable.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 19, 2022

Foro anticipated that, at the conclusion of the feasibility study, Vita would provide a design of the deployment wheel that provided sufficient detail for manufacturing the equipment. Vita’s conceptual design was therefore readily ascertainable by proper means, and every feature was visually observable.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

by Dennis Crouch The Patent Trial and Appeal Board recently designated as precedential a portion of its Penumbra v. RapidPulse decision in that provides important guidance on the use of a provisional patent application’s filing date for 102(a)(2) prior art under the America Invents Act. Penumbra, Inc. 3d 1375 (Fed.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2023

important;}} The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) grants hundreds of new patents every week, showcasing developments in technology and innovation. In our Interesting Patents series, we highlight exciting US patent applications and patents recently issued by the USPTO.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 14, 2023

I will also note here that there are a number of pre-GATT cases that do apply OTDP using later-filed applications as a reference, but that was a different time when patent term was measured from the issue date. 1530 (2015) and distinguished the issue-date focus of the classic Supreme Court case of Miller v. Natco Pharma Ltd. ,

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

The Court sets aside the rejection, staying the suit until the rectification application’s disposal within eight months. Ynsect vs The Controller Of Patents on 28 February, 2024 (Delhi High Court) Image from here The appeal challenged the denial of an Indian patent application for insect treatment.

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Garrigues Blog

JANUARY 12, 2022

The right of prior use is set forth in article 63 of the current Patents Law of 2015, the wording of which is practically identical to that of article 54 of the earlier Patents Law of 1986. The right of prior use is also applicable to utility models (article 150 of the Patents Law of 2015 ).

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IIPRD

MAY 10, 2020

SIPP is envisaged to facilitate the protection of Patents , Trademarks , and Designs of innovative and interesting start-ups. At the time of filing of Application. At the time of final disposal of Application (Without Opposition). At the time of final disposal of Application (With Opposition).

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

patent applications have mimicked the larger investment in AI technologies, AI-related IP disputes have lagged behind consumer adoption. Even at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) – one of the busiest forums for IP disputes – very few cases directly involve AI technologies. 2015-01902 (P.T.A.B. 2018-01386 (P.T.A.B.

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 3, 2022

Disclosure of Trade Secrets in Patent Applications. 2021), the defendant argued that the alleged trade secret—the exact dimensions of a patented spinal implant device for treating degenerative disc disease—was disclosed in a patent and marketing. In Life Spine, Inc. Aegis Spine, Inc. , 8 F.4th 4th 531 (7th Cir.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

In recent years, there have been a number of high-profile litigations in the United States involving patents directed to each of the above-referenced components, including patent litigations related to cathodes, 13 anodes, 14 separators, 15 electrolytes, 16 battery cell packaging, 17 and battery module packaging.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 4, 2025

Data between 1991-2000, 2009-2015 and 2018. Readers will also notice that there are two lists for 2015 (Image 5 and Image 7). And both the lists have different drugs approved in the same year 2015, although the heading for one says LIST OF APPROVED DRUG FROM 01-01-2015 to 31-01-2015 but had approved drugs approved till Dec, 2015!

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The Court also asserted the importance of both processes:- rigorous examinations for the focused evaluation against set legal standards so as to ensure only deserving applications receive patents; and the opposition process as a forum for external stakeholders to contribute to a more comprehensive evaluation of the patent application.

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Barry Sookman

MAY 4, 2020

”‘ The petitioner also advanced policy considerations to support the position that a patent application can name a machine as an inventor. ” See Design Data Corp, 847 F.3d 2015 SCC 57 The issue of whether works created using AI tools should be protected by copyright was debated during the last s.92

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