The IPKat

AUGUST 13, 2024

OpenAI has the reputation for protecting its innovations through the use of trade secrets as opposed to patents. This is perhaps not surprising, given that patent applications are not published until 18 months after they are filed, and that OpenAI's major innovation of ChatGPT was first released about 2 years ago.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 29, 2024

clarifying the scope of patent owner estoppel set forth in 37 C.F.R. 2024 WL 3543902 (Fed. July 26, 2024). d)(3)(i).

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JD Supra Law

JULY 25, 2024

The explosion of artificial intelligence has raised some challenging questions in patent law, particularly with prior art, or the body of knowledge available prior to the filing of patent application. Originally published in Bloomberg Law - July 22, 2024. By: WilmerHale

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced the discontinuation of the After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 program, effective December 15, 2024. This change necessitates a strategic shift for patent applicants, particularly in how they handle nonfinal office action responses and after-final practice.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Image from here Recently, WIPO published its 2024 IP Indicator , capturing the trends in the global IP filing and their administration. The 2024 Indicator focuses on the developments from 2023 and compares it with the figures from 2022. Will we finally see more patent grants to Indian Residents? years in 2018 to 10.3

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Patent Application No. The application published on October 31, 2024, and became available for public inspection. Microsoft is developing a way to eliminate hallucinations, or false responses, in artificial intelligence (AI) models. It filed U.S. By: Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

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Patently-O

MARCH 11, 2024

5, 2024) ChewyvIBM. The district court had ruled against the patentee (IBM) — finding one patent ineligible and the other not infringed. The patents at issue were IBM’s U.S. Patent Nos. Patent Nos. On remand, a jury may need to decide whether claim 12 of the ‘849 patent is valid and infringed.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 10, 2024

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) finalized the adoption of version 1.7 26, effective July 1, 2024. of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standard ST.26,

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 19, 2024

In an intriguing analysis by the Madras High Court (MadHC) on 26 September 2024 in the case of Kymab Limited v. Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs , the court set aside the rejection of Kymab Limited’s patent application by the Assistant Controller. But first, what is Section 3(i) of the Patents Act, 1970?

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SpicyIP

JULY 18, 2024

The Madras High Court, vide judgement dated 3 July 2024 in University of Ulm v. Controller of Patents and Designs , came down heavily on the IPO for its shoddy order rejecting the patent application filed by the appellant. The judgment raises serious concerns regarding the quality of functioning of the patent office.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Patent enthusiasts will be excited to know that a comprehensive commentary on Patent Law, authored by Adarsh Ramanujan (incidentally, a former blogger with SpicyIP), is set to be released on December 4, 2024! The book is published collaboratively by Oakbridge Publishing Pvt. The panel will feature Justice Prathiba M.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 29, 2024

The Exclusion of ICMR from the Patent Application Last weekend, a series of unusual developments regarding the Covaxin patent (Patent Application Number: 202041007559) generated significant buzz. [A big thanks to Swaraj for his inputs on the post.] This is also indicated as his address in the Form 1.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Such AI-assisted inventions present a new set of legal issues under patent law. On February 13, 2024, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a long-anticipated Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions. The Guidance begins with the premise that only natural persons can be named as inventors on U.S.

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Olartemoure Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

2762 informing that, as of January 1st, 2024, the queue for cases that are going to be examined will depend on the date examination is requested, rather than the filing date, as is the current practice. La entrada Expedite decisions on patent applications se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 23, 2024

CV 22-1377, 2024 WL 4436629 (D. 7, 2024) - Designing functional features on a device will not make you an inventor for design patents on the device! Apple Inc., Masimo Corp. The District of Delaware (“the court”) recently held that Apple Inc.’s The District of Delaware (“the court”) recently held that Apple Inc.’s

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 7, 2024

After 25 years of negotiations, representatives from various countries gathered at a diplomatic conference in Geneva, Switzerland, from May 13 to 24, 2024, resulting in the approval of this historic treaty.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 27, 2024

On July 5, 2024, Justice P.B. Balaji of the Madras High Court (MHC) delivered two decisions that overturned the Controller’s rejection of patent applications, siding with the appellants in both cases. One of the most interesting observations by the SB was that the process in the co-pending application No.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Part 1 - On July 17, 2024, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the Office) released new guidance on subject matter eligibility, entitled “The 2024 Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance Update Including on Artificial Intelligence” (2024 AI SME Update). By: Dickinson Wright

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2024

Mini Pushkarna on 4 July 2024 passed an order in Phillip Morris Products SA v. Assistant Controller Of Patents And Design accepting an appeal against the Controller’s decision rejecting a patent application for “aerosol generating article with multi material susceptor.”

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Inventors and patent practitioners filing patent applications before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) may have an obligation to disclose if artificial intelligence (AI) is used in the innovation process. the Office is aware of and evaluates the teachings of all information material to patentability.”

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Patently-O

JULY 9, 2024

by Dennis Crouch I recently provided a set of interesting data on the large number of patents that are “at risk” of being invalidated based on the Federal Circuit’s Cellect decision. The article takes a critical look at the practice of obviousness-type double patenting in the U.S. patent system. 4th 1216 (Fed.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

On February 12, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued guidance on the patentability of inventions developed with the assistance of artificial intelligence, saying that a human must have made a “significant contribution” to the invention.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

recent circular on procurement of drugs, non-obviousness test under the patents law, and the Hamburg Regional Court’s decision in Robert Kneschke v LAION e.V. Pneumo Care Health P Ltd vs Oxygun Health P Ltd 5 November, 2024 (Delhi Dsitrict Court) Image from here The plaintiffs, Pneumo Care Health Pvt. The Show Must Go On?

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In intellectual property news, the US Patent and Trademark Office recently published a patent application filed by Hyundai Motor Company directed to solid-state battery technology. With the publication of its recently filed patent application on solid-state batteries, it is.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

The Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2023 , initially circulated on August 23, 2023, for discussions and consultations with stakeholders, is now being notified and are officially in effect from March 15, 2024.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office has extended the After Final Consideration Pilot Program 2.0 through September 30, 2024. allows applicants to request a patent examiner be given additional time to consider responses after a final office action in certain circumstances. This program (the AFCP 2.0) By: Amundsen Davis LLC

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has triggered a surge in the filings of patent applications, from machine learning models to applications of those models. patents (June 29, 2022) at 7. See USPTO, Artificial Intelligence (AI) trends in U.S. By: MoFo Tech

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Last week we published 3 posts on the E&Y’s report on music publishing in India, MHC’s judgement clarifying the jurisdiction of a High Court to hear writ petitions against orders of the Patent Office and the CGPDTM’s open house help desk portal. The Controller of Patents. Anything we are missing out on?

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 2, 2024

On July 16, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced new guidance for examination of patent applications directed to critical and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI). By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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Patently-O

MAY 24, 2024

by Dennis Crouch On May 22, 2024, the day after the Federal Circuit’s en banc LKQ v. GM decision, the USPTO issued a memorandum to its examiners providing updated guidance and examination instructions in light of the court’s overturning of the long-standing Rosen-Durling test for determining obviousness of design patents.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) is amending the rules of practice in patent cases by creating a separate space for individuals with educational backgrounds in design-related disciplines to qualify to practice before the USPTO in the limited capacity of design patent application proceedings.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

The recent decisions by the UK Court of Appeal and the EPO in the Emotional Perception AI Ltd and Mitsubishi cases have sparked an intriguing discourse on the patentability of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). Controller of Patents and Ericsson v. Take a look at this post to know more! Case Summaries Mankind Pharma Limited v.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 23, 2024

On July 16, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued new guidance on the patentability of AI-related inventions. Although the USPTO emphasized that its guidance does not change the law of 35 U.S.C. § By: A&O Shearman

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Sander Law

JULY 30, 2023

2024 CIPO fee increases The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is applying a one-time fee increase of 25% to most of its fees for trademarks, patents, copyright and industrial design registrations. Each additional class in application - $105.26 --> $139.00 Avoid the 2024 CIPO fee increases.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

The Controller of Patents, Kolkata, on 3 rd October, 2024, rejected the patent application for an HIV drug- Dolutegravir by VIIV Healthcare and Shionogi & Co. The different pre-grant oppositions contended that the claims failed the test of Section 3(d) of the Patents Act and ought to be rejected on this ground alone.

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The IPKat

MAY 17, 2023

The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has announced details of its new patent service which will see the process of applying for a patent dramatically transformed over the next 12 months. There will also be a number of important changes to the IPO’s services ahead of the new service for patents being launched in spring 2024.

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The IPKat

JULY 15, 2024

The decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) in G 2/21 on the use of post-published evidence to support patentability, was self-confessedly vague and open to interpretation ( IPKat ). The patent protecting the commercialised polymorph of a drug may therefore provide valuable exclusivity.

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