Patently-O

JULY 18, 2024

July 18, 2024) , the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s judgment on the pleadings that the asserted claims of Miller Mendel’s U.S. ” I mentioned before, a straightforward path to a non-abstract invention is to identify a technical problem and then associate that with a technical solution. 2022-1753 (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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IPilogue

APRIL 22, 2022

The doctrine of equivalents prevents parties from circumventing literal infringement by making minor variations to a patented invention. Under this doctrine, the inventor could not then sue another for using the three-wheeled or four-wheeled design. For example, whether a bike has 32 spokes or 36 spokes, it is still a bike.

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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. Chapter 5 explores the life of a granted patent, including the procedure for opposition and the law on employee inventions. Chapter 7 examines the determination of the priority date of an invention.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

However, the use of AI in litigation also bears risk, as highlighted by a recent First-tier Tribunal (Tax) decision, where an appellant had sought to rely on precedent authorities that, in fact, were fabricated by AI (a known risk with AI using large language models, referred to as hallucination). [1] 2] Ibid , at para. 3] Ibid , at para.

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Patently-O

MARCH 31, 2024

27, 2024), involved patents relating to tamper-resistant and tamper-evident food containers. Role of Jury Instructions and Objective Indicia In American civil litigation, jury instructions are the set of legal rules and guidelines provided to the jury by the trial judge before the jury begins deliberations. Lacerta Group, LLC , No.

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IP.com

MAY 15, 2024

Ever since the invention of the printing press in the 15th century, concerns and policies surrounding the integrity of copyright have evolved to adapt to the new circumstances, and in some situations, policy has evolved to govern the transfer of copyright from one medium to another. Copyright and IP law is not a new issue. LEARN MORE

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IP.com

APRIL 30, 2024

Ever since the invention of the printing press in the 15th century, concerns and policies surrounding the integrity of copyright have evolved to adapt to the new circumstances, and in some situations, policy has evolved to govern the transfer of copyright from one medium to another. Copyright and IP law is not a new issue. LEARN MORE

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 11, 2024

Publish guidance to USPTO patent examiners and applicants addressing inventorship and the use of AI, including generative AI, in the inventive process and how inventorship issues ought to be analyzed; 2. 2] The guidance provides that AI-assisted inventions are not categorically unpatentable. 1] In section 5.2

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Does it matter whether the person doing the using is a member of the public, as opposed to the inventor? Most cases of “public use” have involved use by at least one member of the public—“a person other than the inventor who is under no limitation, restriction or obligation of secrecy to the inventor.” forthcoming 2024).

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Patently-O

MARCH 18, 2024

The patent at issue, originally naming a single inventor (Steve Campbell), claims a lightweight intermodal container system for transporting refrigerated gaseous fluids. The district court agreed, finding their contributions were significant to the conception of the claimed invention. Tube-Mac Indus., Campbell , No. 2022-2170 (Fed.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 11, 2024

1988) and its seminal “ Wands factors” that are regularly relied upon by patent examiners and litigants to assess if PHOSITA would need to conduct an unreasonable amount of experimentation in order to make and use the invention. Wands (noting that this is not an exhaustive list of potential factors). Genentech, Inc., 4th 1362 (Fed.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 26, 2024

By Vishno Sudheendra The Delhi HC on 5th March 2024 pronounced an order, in SNPC Machines Private Limited & Ors. It mandates that the test for equivalents must be applied to individual elements, not the invention as a whole, to prevent the elimination of any element entirely ( Hilton Davis Chemical Co v. Adie , (paywalled).

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Patently-O

APRIL 1, 2024

by Dennis Crouch In April 2024, the Federal Circuit issued a significant decision vacating a district court’s judgment that Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ dosing regimen patent claims were nonobvious. Janssen Pharms., Teva Pharms. USA, Inc. , 2022-1258 (Fed. The case involved Janson’s U.S. ” (internal bracket removed).

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Trading Secrets

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Specifically: AI Inventorship: The Executive Order mandates the USPTO Director to publish, by the end of February 2024, guidance to the USPTO’s patent examiners and applicants addressing inventorship and the utilization of AI, including generative AI, in the inventive process. See our prior post on issues raised by Thaler.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Specifically: AI Inventorship: The Executive Order mandates the USPTO Director to publish, by the end of February 2024, guidance to the USPTO’s patent examiners and applicants addressing inventorship and the utilization of AI, including generative AI, in the inventive process. See our prior post on issues raised by Thaler.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Specifically: AI Inventorship: The Executive Order mandates the USPTO Director to publish, by the end of February 2024, guidance to the USPTO’s patent examiners and applicants addressing inventorship and the utilization of AI, including generative AI, in the inventive process. See our prior post on issues raised by Thaler.

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Copyright Intellectual Property Fair Use IP 52

Patently-O

APRIL 27, 2024

The new rule was announced on April 23, 2024 following a 3-2 vote by the FTC Commissioners (along party lines, with Democrats in the majority). It is set to take effect 120 days later (August 21, 2024). ” Zhaozhao He, Motivating Inventors: Non-Competes, Innovation Value and Efficiency 21 (2023). Chamber of Com.

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