The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The topic of prior use has been elevated to the status of a referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal ( G1/23 ). 25 sequence listing added to the pages of a divisional has now been issued ( OJ EPO 2023, A98 ). 26: Is it time for patent offices to enter the bioinformatic age? This is one to watch for 2024. Looking beyond ST.26:

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 21, 2023

In a noteworthy year for patent law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued several decisions that will shape the patent landscape and the Federal Rules of Evidence governing expert testimony were amended. Supreme Court and the U.S. By: Smith Anderson

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The IPKat

JUNE 2, 2024

It is also possible to patent the second medical use of a known drug, e.g. in a different disease or at a different dose ( Article 54(4) EP ). Importantly, under European patent law, a claim to a substance or composition for use in a method of treatment is construed to include the treatment effect as a functional feature.

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Trading Secrets

APRIL 18, 2023

Disclosure of Patentable Ideas To figure out if disclosing invention details to ChatGPT is a public disclosure under patent law, we need to see if it can be categorized as a description in a printed publication, public use, or public sale. enablement). The court in Hurry Family Revocable Tr.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 18, 2023

Disclosure of Patentable Ideas To figure out if disclosing invention details to ChatGPT is a public disclosure under patent law, we need to see if it can be categorized as a description in a printed publication, public use, or public sale. enablement). The court in Hurry Family Revocable Tr.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 18, 2023

Disclosure of Patentable Ideas To figure out if disclosing invention details to ChatGPT is a public disclosure under patent law, we need to see if it can be categorized as a description in a printed publication, public use, or public sale. enablement). The court in Hurry Family Revocable Tr.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Despite the EPO's continued insistence that the issue is settled ( IPKat ), we can expect the issue to rumble on into 2023. Artificial intelligence is not breaking patent law: EPO publishes DABUS decision (J 8/20) ST.26 26 ( IPKat ).

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