The IPKat

AUGUST 13, 2024

OpenAI is pursuing speedy patent grant Fascinatingly, OpenAI is pursuing highly accelerated grant of its IP. A patent can only be enforced once it is granted. However, it can take 3 to 5 years of patent prosecution before national patent offices to achieve grant of a patent.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Image from here The Draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2023 is quite the mixed bag. The Indian patent prosecution stage holds a very important spot in the overall patent regime of the country.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

This fee reduction is part of an effort to reduce financial burdens and resulting barriers that discourage or prevent these entities from participating in the patent system. Most of these fee reductions have an effective date of March 22, 2023, with the remaining ones effective as of April 1, 2023.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 19, 2024

Patent law and practice in China commenced a significant adjustment at the outset of 2024. Among the changes being watched most closely inside and outside China are the principle of good faith, the preliminary examination of utility models, and the impact of Patent Term Extension. Moreover, the outcome of the upcoming U.S.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 18, 2023

That is to say, ‘applicants’ are interested stakeholders here, and focusing on issues faced by applicants alone, just one of the many stakeholders, does not equate to understanding the patent oppositions mechanism as a whole. The Comparative Analysis section almost exclusively focuses on patent practices of developed countries.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 23, 2024

Vanda Pharmaceuticals recently filed a petition for writ of certiorari , asking the Supreme Court to review a May 2023 decision by the Federal Circuit that invalidated claims from four Vanda patents covering methods of treating Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Disorder (“Non-24”) using the drug tasimelteon (Hetlioz).

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2023

Fish & Richardson is proud to announce the elevation of 15 attorneys to principals at the firm, effective January 1, 2023. With deep expertise in litigation and patent prosecution and counseling, the attorneys represent clients across a range of industries and in various legal venues. Joel Henry (Washington, D.C.),

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The IPKat

JUNE 13, 2024

However, in this Kat's view, using the amount of "similarity" between the claims and the prior art as a test for inventive step would constitute a vast oversimplification of patent law, lacking any correspondence with the established legal concepts of novelty and inventive step.

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

It notes that despite the government initiatives to strengthen India’s IP regime, applying the ‘narrowly focused’ and ‘stringent’ patent laws toward AI applications remains challenging. The GPAI Summit 2023 is scheduled to be held in December in New Delhi.

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Patently-O

MAY 15, 2024

In my view, the proposed fee increases for continuation applications, RCEs, and excess claims suggest the USPTO is using financial incentives to shape applicant behavior and encourage more compact and focused patent prosecution. Impact of the Proliferation of Artificial Intelligence on Prior Art and Patentability (Docket No.

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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. The decision clarifies the purpose of the two processes and is a must read for all patent law enthusiasts. This goes against the caveat in Strix v. Vodafone Idea Ltd.

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