The IPKat

JANUARY 26, 2025

The Guidelines were released by the Pontifical Commission have been in force within Vatican City State since 1 January 2025. Our Kat reflects on whether this decision raises questions about the current sufficiency/enablement standard for therapeutic use inventions and the prior art that may be cited against them.

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The IPKat

MARCH 24, 2025

Super kids Seven-year-old named Callie from Manchester won the Kids Invent Stuff and Taskmaster Education Competition supported by the UK's Intellectual Property Office. The winning invention was a bath tub that shoots tasks out one end and poops rubber ducks out of the other, which as the winning idea got made IRL. See you there!

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In 2025, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is scheduled to once again bring man and machine to the lunar surface, this time under the name of the Greek goddess Artemis. However, the means to the ends have changed.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 9, 2025

A quick glance at last week analysis of wrongful obtainment in the Indian patent landscape, discussing Delhi High Courts jurisdiction in ANI vs OpenAI, and the implications of a MoU between screen writers and music composers. The last day to send your applications is April 1, 2025. Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan discusses this issue.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

The case highlights some interesting aspects of pharma IP strategy, particularly as related to manufacturing IP and whether this is best protected with patents or trade secrets. However, manufacturing patents bring with them a number of risks and potential pitfalls.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 30, 2025

Assistant Controller: The Court Reminds the Patent Office to Give Reasons DHC recently remanded a patent rejection order to the IPO, which had rejected the application due to the applicant’s failure to submit a written statement on time. What does this reveal about the quality of patent grant/rejection orders?

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 9, 2025

If you are concerned your companys innovations are not being identified and evaluated for possible patent protection, resolve to implement or improve an invention capture process early in 2025. By efficiently identifying valuable inventions and taking steps to pursue patents, your company can gain a competitive edge.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the finalized patent fee increases which will be taking effect on January 19, 2025. percent in fee collections from the current fees and are setting or adjusting 433 patent fees including 52 new patent fees that were not previously assessed.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The Paris Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) first substantive decision on patent validity in DexCom v Abbott ( UPC_CFI_230/2023 ), provides some interesting commentary on how much the description should be taken into account when interpreting the claims. DexCom alleged infringement by Abbott's FreeStyle Libre 2 products.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 2, 2025

A quick glance at last week analysis of a Delhi HC judgment on the patentability of genetically modified salmonella bacteria, a look at the Philips DVD Case where the Court imposed heavy damages and costs, and a post-grant opposition leading to a revocation of Optimus Linelizoid patent. Anything we are missing out on? Chalo Delhi!

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Comments Invited on AI Governance and Guidelines Development Report (February 27) The office of CGPDTM has invited comments on the Draft Guidelines for Processing Patent Applications of Ayush Systems and Related Inventions for providing clarity on the filing and processing of patent applications of Ayush Systems and related inventions.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 18, 2025

GuestKats and InternKats will start in February 2025. The deadline for submissions to the IPKat Book of the Year awards is 31 January 2025. Vote here for your favourite books in the categories of patents, copyright (incl., Vote here for your favourite books in the categories of patents, copyright (incl.,

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Comments Invited on AI Governance and Guidelines Development Report (February 27) The office of CGPDTM has invited comments on the Draft Guidelines for Processing Patent Applications of Ayush Systems and Related Inventions for providing clarity on the filing and processing of patent applications of Ayush Systems and related inventions.

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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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SpicyIP

MARCH 4, 2025

A Single Bench of the MadHC, headed by Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, delivered an intriguing judgment on February 27, 2025, in Navya Network Inc. The Controller of Patents & Designs ( pdf ). The case involved an appeal against the order dated March 13, 2023, which had dismissed Patent Application No.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

On April 3, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a 266-page Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on “Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees during Fiscal Year 2025” (89 FR 23226), with proposed selective and in some cases extraordinary increases in fees for the fiscal years 2025-2029.

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Patently-O

MARCH 11, 2025

Merck Patent GmbH , No. 10, 2025), the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a PTAB post-grant review (PGR) decision that had upheld the validity of Merck's patent against sales of a commercially available product. Continue reading this post on Patently-O. by Dennis Crouch In CQV Co., 2023-1027 (Fed.

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The IPKat

MARCH 13, 2025

Case background The case in Abbott v Sibio Technology related to Abbott's European patent EP 3831283 for an on-body glucose monitoring device. Abbott alleged that Sibionics' GS1 CGM product, offered for sale on the Sibionics' online shop, infringed their patent. Abbott appealed this decision to the UPC Court of Appeal.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Their asserted patent is directed to a cell culture media containing rHSA produced via plants genetically modified to include the human genes. A key feature of the patented invention is monomer purity. Continue reading this post on Patently-O. 10,618,951. Wuhan Healthgen Biotechnology Corp. 2023-1389 (Fed.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of the posts on IPO’s patent application rejection of HIV drug Dolutegravir, another judgement in the long-running Section 3(k) saga, this time on the patentability of business methods and the DHC IPD’s Annual Report 2023-24. Anything we are missing out on?

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 1, 2024

We are pleased to bring to you this sponsored post by IP Press on the extension of the registration deadlines for their Comprehensive Course on Patents, in collaboration with S. The IP Press presents the third cohort of the Comprehensive Course on Patents. Majumdar & Co.who are experts in the field of Patents.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit's recent decision in In re McLeay offers a glimpse into the evolving relationship between utility and enablement in patent law. In affirming the USPTO's rejection of claims for treating COVID-19 with aerosolized ribavirin, the court's February 18, 2025 ruling (No. Already a member?

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Traverse Legal Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

5 Proven Steps to Protect Your Intellectual Property in 2025 In a world where ideas are currency, protecting intellectual property (IP) has ne ver been more critical. IP typically falls into the following categories: Patents : Cover inventions, processes, and designs that are new, useful, and non-obvious.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 28, 2025

On March 26, 2025, Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Coke Morgan Stewart issued a memorandum (the Workload Memorandum) to all Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or the Board). By: Latham & Watkins LLP

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The IPKat

JANUARY 12, 2025

Over to Ian : "In European Patent Office (EPO) opposition proceedings, a company accused of patent infringement has the right to intervene. In T 1286/23 , related to European patent 2941163, the Board of Appeal has questioned this approach and referred the matter to the Enlarged Board of Appeal for consideration.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 28, 2025

Interview with Justice Prabha Sridevan on Expert Evidence and Judicial Practices in IP Litigation Date of Interview: January 21, 2025 Mode of Interaction: Questionnaire (Prepared and Shared in Advance), Conducted Over the Phone, Later Transcribed and Approved Profile of Justice (Retd.) Prabha Sridevan Justice (Retd.)

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

(Retd) Sukesh Behl ) in three cases concerning allegations of infringement of a Standard Essential Patent relating to Philips DVD player technology. Filed in 2012, the decision comes after 13 years with the litigation having outlived not only the suit patent, and the DVD industry, but also the institution that declared it essential !!

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The IPKat

JANUARY 16, 2025

The referral will address a question relevant to every European patent application, namely how should the claims be interpreted? After all the UPC depends on patents approved for grant by the EPO. and Question 3) can a specification be a dictionary of definitions for the patent?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summaries of the posts on unreasoned patent grants and rejections, the One Nation One Subscription initiative by the government, and the DHC order on missing reasons for ex-parte injunctions. The last date for submission of entries is March 31, 2025.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Notably, compared to those of ‘The Outline’ (2008) (see page 3 of the WIPO lexdoc ), the five-year goals set by ‘The Outline’ (2021–2035) are much more concrete and specific, as shown in the list below: The criterion of ‘The number of high-value invention patents* per 10,000 population’ had its debut this year at the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025.

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IP Intelligence

AUGUST 15, 2024

A later-filed, later-issued, earlier-expiring child patent cannot be used as an obviousness-type double patenting (ODP) reference against its first-filed, first-issued, later-expiring parent patent having a common priority date. 8,344,011 (the ’011 patent) and U.S. MSN Lab’ys Priv. 2024-1061, 2024 WL 3763599 (Fed.

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SpicyIP

JULY 8, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on the DHC’s direction to frame a code of conduct for Patent and Trademark Agents, MHC’s decision on prior arts, and the settlement between Dabur and Dhruv Rathee of their trademark and copyright dispute. Anything we are missing out on?

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

The Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988 of the United Kingdom, for instance, acknowledges computer-generated works; it defines the “author” as a person who makes the necessary arrangements for creating the work. UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act, 1988. However, the U.S. Baker McKenzie. Federal Register.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

It summarizes the main IP rights (patents, trade marks, industrial designs, plant varieties and geographical indications) per the total number of worldwide filings, the number of IP rights in force and the year-on-year change. In the EU, the number of patent professionals in 2021 is 12,703.*

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Intepat

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Patents , as a vital form of intellectual property (IP), safeguard these innovations, providing inventors and businesses exclusive rights to their inventions while promoting the dissemination of knowledge. As we move through 2024, several key patent trends are reshaping the future of innovation.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Mindia Davitadze (Stockholm University) on the recent accession of Georgia to the European Patent Office (EPO) Validation System. As of now, there are two traditional routes to obtain patent protection for an invention in Georgia.

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Patently-O

APRIL 2, 2024

The particular litigation here centers on Natera’s US Patent No. Natera’s ‘035 patent is directed to methods for amplifying and sequencing cell-free DNA (cfDNA) to detect cancer. The technology in these cases has amazing potential and I have several friends who have used these techniques to detect early stage cancer.

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