SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the new Patent (Amendment) Rules, and some thoughts on safeguards which can be used by intermediaries to prevent trademark infringement. Some Concerns about the Amendment Process to Key Patent Levers: A “Captured” Patent Office?

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Trademark Patent Copyright Confidentiality 52

SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

Highlights of the Week Hot-Tubbing in Indian IP Litigation: Delhi High Court Issues Directives in High-Stakes Patent Infringement Case Image from [link] here Recently, the DHC issued directives regarding expert evidence in the Perjeta patent litigation. The Patent Act: Catch 22 Does the Patent Act prevail over the Competition Act?

Trademark 59

Trademark Registration Copyright Patent 59

SpicyIP

MARCH 4, 2024

Controller Gen of Patents: The DHC’s Dilemma of Identifying the Method of Treatment under Section 3(i) of the Patent Act In the context of Section 3(i), the DHC recently clarified that a ‘method of treatment’ is distinct from a ‘method of producing a substance’ that can later be used in the treatment.

Invention 59

Invention Trademark IP Patent 59

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. July 31, 2024). Sanho Corp.

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Invention Inventor Art Public Use 109

The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2023

PatKat reviewing the year It is time once more for the IPKat patent year in review! This is one to watch for 2024. At the very least, LLMs have substantially lessened the burden of sourcing cat-themed patent blog illustrations. Use of large language models in the patent industry: A risk to patent quality?

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Invention Inventor Patent Law 108

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. Highlights of the Week By Whom and How Are Our Patent Examiners Being Recruited? Recently, the MHC clarified its position on this.

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IP Trademark Advertising Advertising 59

Patently-O

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

No member of the public needs to see all the details of the invention or be able to reproduce it—it is enough that at least one person has come to rely on the availability of the invention free from any patent-based restriction. forthcoming 2024). See Real-World Prior Art , 76 Stan.

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Public Use Inventor Invention Art 90

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. Johnson & Johnson’s “Non-Enforcement” of Bedaquiline Patents: What has Actually been Gained?

Trademark 59

Trademark IP Copyright Registration 59

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Delhi High Court however permitted the Defendant to file these documents holding them essential to indicate Defendant’s assertion that the suit design lacks novelty, which it held to be one of the defences available in a patent infringement action. M/S.Raymond Pharmaceuticals Pvt. vs Union Of India on 2 December, 2022 (Madras High Court).

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Copyright Infringement Settlement Registration Trademark 97

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. Controller of Patents where the Court emphasised the requirement of the plurality of invention in divisional applications and held that plurality should be disclosed in the claims.

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IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 112