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The Future of Food: Regulatory and Patent Landscape of Genome Editing in Food Technology

JD Supra Law

billion people by 2050, which means that we will need to produce 60% more food to feed the world in the next decades. Our current food system is facing a myriad of critical challenges. The United Nations predicts that the world population will reach 9.3

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Federal Circuit Finds ‘Lifter Member’ Invokes Means-Plus-Function

IP Watchdog

2020-1046 and 2020-2050 (Fed. 1337 (Section 337) by importing gas spring nailer products that infringe, or were made using methods that infringe, certain claims in five Kyocera patents. Those patents generally relate to linear fastener driving tools, like portable tools that drive staples, nails, or other linearly-driven fasteners.

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Patent Case Summaries - January 2022 #3

JD Supra Law

A weekly summary of the precedential patent-related opinions issued by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the opinions designated precedential or informative by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools Inc. 2020-1046, ?2050 Opinion by Moore, joined by Dyk and Cunningham.

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Federal Circuit Patent Watch - February 2022

JD Supra Law

ITC [OPINION] (2020-1046, 2020-2050, 01/21/2022) (MOORE, DYK, and CUNNINGHAM) - Moore, C.J. The Court vacated and remanded an ITC decision finding infringement of a patent directed to “fastener driving tools,” such as “portable tools that drive staples [and] nails.”. Precedential Federal Circuit Opinions - KYOCERA SENCO INDUS.

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Current or Ongoing? An Interesting Trend in Intellectual Property News

IPilogue

Trying to cut down fossil fuel use and carbon dioxide emissions, the Canadian innovation and technology sectors look to innovators to patent new, less wasteful creations. The plan states that Canada will exceed its 2030 Paris Agreement emissions reductions goals and lay a foundation for net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Harnessing the power of hydrogen for clean energy: unlocking the potential of new patents

LexBlog IP

Most countries in the world have pledged to achieve “net zero” gas emissions by 2050, and many have taken a number of steps to accelerate the transition to clean energy and reduce emissions. The study found that the EU and Japan lead global hydrogen related technologies patenting, accounting for 28% and 24% respectively.

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Biotech of the Future: Fashion’s Role in Climate Change

IPilogue

It generated momentum that must continue to meet the goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement by 2050: to reduce the Earth’s temperature by 1.5°C. Fashion’s Patented Innovations. I am also excited about the increased adoption of patented materials and products! AlgiKnit makes patent-pending kelp-based yarns and textiles in New York.

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