The IPKat

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Injunctions are all the rage in contemporary patent law. This week marks the publication of a book by the IPKat’s Dutch friend and former GuestKat Léon Dijkman on the hotly contested notion of the proportionality test in European patent law, accessible for free here. Oh, how times have changed.

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Patent Law Law Patent Invention 67

Patently-O

APRIL 23, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office announced the winner of this year’s National Patent Application Drafting Competition (NPADC), the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. I would encourage any law student interested in pursuing a career in patent prosecution to consider participating in the competition next year.

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Patent Application Law Patent Prosecution Patent 95

The IPKat

JUNE 13, 2024

The cover article of the May 2024 edition of the CIPA Journal proposed a new test for inventive step using AI. The CIPA journal article proposes to use an AI derived measurement of semantic similarity between the claims and the prior art as a new test for inventive step.

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Journalism Invention Art Patent 60

Patently-O

MAY 15, 2024

In the details below, I highlight the due dates for comments, which all fall in May, June and July 2024. Public comments are invited until June 3, 2024. The fee changes appear to be a tool for the USPTO to achieve its goals of streamlining the patent process, beyond what could be accomplished through rule changes alone.

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Art Intellectual Property Designs Design 44

Patently-O

MAY 31, 2024

. – DC 6/1/24] by Dennis Crouch As I have previously discussed on Patently-O, the USPTO recently issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that could significantly impact patent practice, particularly in the realm of terminal disclaimers filed to overcome non-statutory double patenting rejections. 102 or 103).

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