SpicyIP

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of the posts on IPO’s patent application rejection of HIV drug Dolutegravir, another judgement in the long-running Section 3(k) saga, this time on the patentability of business methods and the DHC IPD’s Annual Report 2023-24. Read more on this!

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SpicyIP

MARCH 20, 2023

In yet another order dealing with unreasoned rejections of a patent application, the Delhi High Court comes down heavily on the Indian Patent Office. Praharsh and Swaraj write about this order, underscoring the role played by well-reasoned orders in the appeals before the high court and patent bargain.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 7, 2025

But it’s now evident that AI is capable of producing inventions on its own, and there have been multiple documented instances of patent applications where the person applying for a patent has recognized AI as the inventor. 8] Lisa Vertisky, Thinking Machines and Patent Law in Barfield et al (eds.),

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SpicyIP

APRIL 17, 2023

Highlights Of The Week IPO Rejects Janssen’s Secondary Patent Application for the Fumarate Salt form of Bedaquiline Image from here. Calcutta High Court observes that when an application has been rectified in conformity with the recommendation of the Controller, it is fair to assume that such an application will be allowed.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 5, 2024

Kaijet highlights the narrowness of the pre-filing grace period (safe harbor) provision under the America Invents Act (AIA) and serves as a reminder that there are a number of patents that would have been valid under the pre-AIA patent system may no longer be valid under the current law. 2023-1336 (Fed. Sanho Corp.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 30, 2023

Nirtech – Analysing the Claim of Breach of Confidential Information Image from here. Ex-employees using confidential information acquired from the former employer! Nirtech on protecting confidential information. on 19 April, 2023 (Delhi District Court) image from here. on 21 April, 2023 (Delhi High Court) Image from here.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In a cautionary tale for inventors participating in trade shows and other non-confidential presentations, on February 15, 2023, the U.S.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The district court denied the motion to dismiss four of the five, essentially holding Xcential had plead plausible facts that Akin Gump had misappropriated Xcential’s confidential information for the firm’s own benefit. The order is here. Pure Hemp Collective Inc. 22-01363 (Fed.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

As 2023 commences, it’s time for companies to review and take stock of their intellectual property assets. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws. An inventor must secure a patent application within a very short period of time to prevent the work from falling into the public domain.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The latter, contrary to what it might appear from its date of adoption (2014), is a regulation that is certainly topical, having started to take effect as of 31 July 2022, with a transitional period that will last until 31 January 2025, but which will see a first and fundamental provision entering into force on 31 January 2023.

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Trading Secrets

APRIL 18, 2023

However, the data was shared without confidentiality obligations and might be used for future training, so it could be considered public. Feeling a bit nervous because you submitted code snippets or asked ChatGPT to rewrite a patent application background section? enablement). Thankfully, the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 18, 2023

However, the data was shared without confidentiality obligations and might be used for future training, so it could be considered public. Feeling a bit nervous because you submitted code snippets or asked ChatGPT to rewrite a patent application background section? enablement). Thankfully, the U.S.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Also, the Government has recently made an Amendment to the Patent Rule i.e. Indian Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2024 which aims to rationalize the patent application process and reduce the burden of the compilation and accelerate actions. Trade Secrets. References.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Discussing the Recent Patent Application Restorations by Delhi and Madras High Courts. We discussed the recent orders from Delhi and Madras High Court regarding restoration of ‘deemed abandoned’ patent applications. The last date to send the entries is January 2, 2023. Image from here. Never Gonna Give You Up?

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 18, 2023

However, the data was shared without confidentiality obligations and might be used for future training, so it could be considered public. Feeling a bit nervous because you submitted code snippets or asked ChatGPT to rewrite a patent application background section? enablement). Thankfully, the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 10, 2023

Do You Need Multiple Patents for a Single, Multi-Use Invention? If your invention has multiple innovations or components, you may be wondering whether to file separate patent applications for each innovation or file one application for the entire invention. thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-640c2caad0b893792{display: block!

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 17, 2023

From conflicting positions on AI as a co-author of a work to the contours of information required u/s 39 about the patent applications filed abroad, we had some engaging posts on this blog this week. 1253/DEL/2006 and 4197/DEL/2015) related to computer software based on earlier guidelines of the patent office. M/S Loreal S.A

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Highlights of the Week India Accelerates in the Patent Race: But Is There a Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow? Image from here The World IP Indicator 2023 highlights India’s progress in the global patent race. Please drop a comment and let us know. But does this guarantee innovation? Viridian Development Managers Pvt.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Applications are on a rolling basis and applicants interested to work and discuss transparency and accountability issues in the Indian IP ecosystem can apply. There is no deadline for the applications and the posts will be open till they are filled. Ericsson and Apple end patent-related legal row with licence deal.

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IP Intelligence

JULY 19, 2024

The USPTO begins with a review of the duties of candor and good faith, confidentiality, and export regulations. AI contributions to a patent application may become problematic when such contributions are significant enough to be considered material to patentability and/or inventorship. July 7, 2023). [2]

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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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IIPRD

MAY 4, 2023

Section 3 of the Patents Act lists statutorily non-patentable inventions, which pose a challenge to patentability depending on the subject matter claimed. In summary, a patent application for a medical device in India is often objected to under Sections 3(i), (f), and (k). 3] (1979) 2 SCC 511. [4] 7] 569 U.S.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2023

The defendants also challenged the confidentiality of the information because it was shared with customers who didn’t sign NDAs. Late to discover that a former employee may have used your trade secrets in a patent application? District Court for Delaware. In Illumina Inc v Guardant Health, et al.,

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 12, 2023

District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Judge Timothy Black rejected arguments that a state court declaratory relief action over the ownership of several disputed patent applications involved federal patent or trade secret claims and ruled that it belonged in state court. 21-cv-9321, 2023 WL 2051739 (S.D.N.Y.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 3, 2025

By January 2023, the government triumphantly announced that its funding resulted in the development offour indigenous COVID vaccines in partnership with the private sector. In 2023, it became known that Bharat Biotech had filed a patent application for Covaxin in its own name back in 2020. 205 per dose.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Maharaja decision of 2023 (which the Court relied on in the present case to justify the damages) that damages are to be calculated on reasonable/ fair basis. At the same time, the Rules also curtail the requirement of disclosing working requirements of patents in India, crucial to Compulsory Licensing applications and interim injunctions.

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