IP Whiteboard

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The UK IPO is keen to understand the role of the patent system in encouraging use and development of AI. A key question is whether patent law should allow AI to be identified as the sole or joint inventor, and if not, whether this will discourage future inventions being protected by patent (and instead, being kept confidential).

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Thus, the COVID 19 pandemic has underlined the importance of waiving patents and other IP-related rights linked to healthcare products, vaccines, and scientific processes to ensure the accessibility of the same on a global level. WTO Council meeting held in October 2020. WTO Council meeting held in November-December 2020.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Libre 2 was launched in October 2020. The UK launch of the Freestyle Libre 3 is said to be confidential, but the G7 is intended to be launched this autumn 2021. Indeed, Merpel is struck by the comment about the " UK court is not here to police European patents across Europe ". Purr-haps a good topic for a dissertation.

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TraskBritt Intellectual Property

MARCH 30, 2021

Once the examiner at the USPTO agrees that the patent application claims an invention that is new, useful, and not obvious, the patent application will be assigned a patent number and issue as a patent. Current Status and Future of Tesla’s Idea.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

The Court allowed the application and directed to form a confidential club constituting counsels of the plaintiff and the defendant and prescribed the conditions to which the club shall adhere to. The defendants had five licenses for the plaintiff’s Nuke software, which expired on September 20, 2020.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

But how much it matters depends: as the graphs below show, patent lawsuits overwhelmingly continue to feature pre-AIA patents. We estimate that ~90% of patent litigations initiated in 2020 included a patent with an effective filing date before the AIA transition date of March 16, 2013. Prior Patently-O Patent L.J.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

But how much it matters depends: as the graphs below show, patent lawsuits overwhelmingly continue to feature pre-AIA patents. We estimate that ~90% of patent litigations initiated in 2020 included a patent with an effective filing date before the AIA transition date of March 16, 2013. Prior Patently-O Patent L.J.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 10, 2023

Read : David Boundy, What Every Patent and Trademark Lawyer Should Understand About the MPEP, TMEP, and Other Guidance: How to Use (and Defend Against) the MPEP to be a Better Advocate , 2023 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 1 (2023) ( Boundy.2021.HowToUseGuidance Prior Patently-O Patent L.J. Pre-AIAPatents ).

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 9, 2021

This increase was made possible in part by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) eliminating geographic restrictions on telemedicine coverage in March 2020. This alteration, however, did not align with the current measures that were in place to protect patient confidentiality.

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