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USPTO Issues 2024 Guidance on Patent Eligibility for AI Inventions

Patently-O

As if on cue, the Office has released a new set of updated guidelines – focusing on Artificial Intelligence related inventions and including three new examples. The USPTO continues to be open to issuing patents on AI inventions, including the use of AI. However, there must be a technical solution to a technical problem.

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Federal Circuit Overrules Rosen-Durling Test for Design Patent Obviousness

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by Dennis Crouch In a highly anticipated en banc decision, the Federal Circuit has overruled the longstanding Rosen-Durling test for assessing obviousness of design patents. May 21, 2024) (en banc). Rejecting the argument that KSR did not implicate design patent obviousness, the court reasoned that 35 U.S.C. ยง GM Global Tech.

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Some Thoughts on the Bombay High Court Order in Pidilite v. Astral Design Infringement Case

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Astral Design Infringement Case By Aarav Gupta The High Court of Bombay issued an ad-interim injunction in the design infringement complaint filed by Pidilite Industries Limited (“Pidilite”) against Astral Limited, on the 13th of June, 2024. How are Competing Designs Assessed?

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Federal Circuit Rules on Written Description Requirement and Prior Art Statements Supporting a Motivation to Combine

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February 9, 2024) addressed two issues: (1) when the written description requirement is met in the context of a claimed range that is narrower than the ranges disclosed in the patent specification, and (2) the kind of prior art disclosure language which supports a finding of a motivation to combine for an obviousness rejection. 4th 1323 (Fed.

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Has Diehr been Overruled?; and How do you Prove Technological Advance

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by Dennis Crouch Ficep begins its petition for certiorari with a brilliant statement of how its patented steel manufacturing method has won numerous awards and complements for its innovative approach, been copied by competitors, and led to numerous successful sales. There was copying by competitors.

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Gilead and ViiV Healthcare Settle Global Patent Dispute for Over $1B USD

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ViiV Healthcare (โ€œViiVโ€), majority-owned by GlaxoSmithKline (โ€œGSK”), claims that Gileadโ€™s bictegravir (sold under the brand name โ€œBiktarvyโ€) directly copied its dolutegravir’s formulation under U.S. Under this doctrine, the inventor could not then sue another for using the three-wheeled or four-wheeled design.

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Federal Circuit Rules on Written Description Requirement and Prior Art Statements Supporting a Motivation to Combine

LexBlog IP

February 9, 2024) addressed two issues: (1) when the written description requirement is met in the context of a claimed range that is narrower than the ranges disclosed in the patent specification, and (2) the kind of prior art disclosure language which supports a finding of a motivation to combine for an obviousness rejection.

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