The IPKat

MAY 20, 2024

The next day, LES is holding the full-day LES100 Training Course, “Commercialising IP through the Power of Licensing”, which is the introductory course in the Licensing Executives Society’s Intellectual Asset Management Series and it is designed for those who are relatively new to licensing. For more information and to sign up, click here.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) has announced that effective January 1, 2024, most official fees will be increasing by 25%. Significant CIPO Fee Increase Effective January 1, 2024, a one-time 25% fee increase will be implemented, impacting most patent, industrial design, trademark and copyright fees.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 11, 2024

This change represents a considerable shift in the intellectual property law landscape within the country, aiming to promote an environment of genuine innovation and integrity. Genuine Inventive Activities: Requires applications to be based on real and original inventive activities.

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Patently-O

MAY 19, 2024

As an idea based creation, intellectual property’s nonrivalrous nature has always placed it on airy ground as a statutory creation rather than a natural law. Stern, Intellectual Property and the Myth of Nonrivalry , 99 Notre Dame L. 1163 (2024).

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 31, 2023

To what extent, for example, will the UPC take notice of EPO Board of Appeal decisions and adopt EPO practices, such as the ‘problem/solution’ approach to inventive step? Internet Policy & Politics Conference will be held on January 27 2024, at the University of Oxford. And what are the pros and cons of each?

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The America Invents Act created inter partes review in 2012. This article was originally posted to Law360. Statutory estoppel is one of the features of the statute that balances the interests of patent owners and patent challengers. 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(2).

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The IPKat

JULY 16, 2024

This is a review of the twentieth edition of Terrell on the Law of Patents , which was released at the end of June 2024. These days, the volume is edited by skilled team of members of the British intellectual property bar, with Douglas Campbell KC taking over as general editor, and Tim Austen as deputy editor, of the latest edition.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

200, passed in 1980, streamlined and relaxed federal government policy regarding patent rights to inventions developed with federal grant money. The funding agency obtains a license to “subject inventions,” which is defined as “any invention. . . The invention of the patent at issue in the case ( U.S. 35 U.S.C. §

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”).

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

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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The IPKat

JANUARY 12, 2024

AIPPI Rapid Reaction on Thaler in the Supreme Court next Thursday Next Thursday, 18 January, AIPPI UK is hosting their first event of 2024 and it's a good one - and online! Professor Ryan Abbott represented Dr Thaler, and has advocated widely for patents on AI-generated inventions.

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Patently-O

MAY 30, 2024

Cellect is now seeking certiorari, and the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA) has stepped in with an amicus brief supporting the petition, arguing that the case presents “questions of exceptional importance.” May 28, 2024). 23-1231 (U.S.

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IIPRD

MARCH 21, 2024

Introduction Competition law and intellectual property rights (IPR) are like two different sides of the same coin, as they both work to ensure vibrancy in the market and promote consumer welfare. In the legal world, competition law and IPR law are often represented by a term, i.e., “friends in disagreement.” [1]

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Anna Maria Stein updated readers on the USPTO's new Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions. The Guidance will assist examiners to determine whether a natural person’s contribution in AI-assisted inventions is significant enough to be considered an inventor.

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SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

Highlights of the Week Announcing the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law Prof (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer’s 48th birth anniversary today, we are excited to announce the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law! Drop a comment below to let us know.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Call for Submissions: NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) Vol. 14 [Submissions by February 29, 2024] NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is inviting submissions for its 14th Volume. The last date for submission of entries is February 29, 2024.

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