The IPKat

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Nonetheless, the inventive story behind a novel compound may still play a crucial role during patent prosecution and/or subsequent litigation. When proposed compounds share structural similarities with the compounds of the prior art, the inventors will need to demonstrate the innovative aspects and superior properties of the invention.

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IP.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Invention Novelty Assessment: conduct a quantitative assessment of the novelty of an innovation against a corpus of global prior art to evaluate the feasibility of pursuing a patent. Filing the Application: File the patent application with the relevant patent office(s). IQ Ideas+ 3.0, IQ Ideas+ 3.0

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

TaylorMade Golf Company teed off a dispute over golf club design and filed a patent infringement lawsuit on January 31 st, 2024, in the Southern District of California against Costco and Southern California Design Company alleging infringement and false advertising relating to five of TaylorMade’s patents related to golf irons.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 18, 2023

Patent Practice: Creation of a Design Patent Practitioner Bar by John DeStefano The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed a significant change to the rules of practice in patent cases. Enable more underrepresented groups to practice design patent law. Proposed Changes to U.S.

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Patently-O

MARCH 13, 2022

Landers: The Problem of Design Patents: Representation and Subject Matter Scope (Source: SSRN). Sherkow: Preprint Servers and Patent Prior Art (Source: SSRN). New Job Postings on Patently-O: McKee Voorhees and Sease. IP Edge LLC – Patent Analyst . Mechanical Engineering Patent Attorney or Agent.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Typically, patentees are seeking narrow claim construction in order to better differentiate the patent claims from the asserted prior art. 6,534,805 covers an improved SRAM cell design for computer memory. Monterey pointed to several elements from the prosecution history that support its contention. Monterey’s U.S.

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SpicyIP

JULY 13, 2023

– Nearly 90% of all Board of Appeal of the EPO decisions either completely or partly revoke the patent in question. Most of the decisions being based on prior art that could and should have been found in first instance! In Societe Des Produits Nestle Sa vs The Controller Of Patents and Design and Anr. ,

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Patent practitioners generally fall under one of two practice areas: 1) patent litigation, or 2) patent prosecution. There are some patent attorneys who have done both litigation and prosecution , but most practitioners will lean to one practice area over time. Start with your patent needs.

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Patent Trademark Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

Will your patent be rejected? Yes for utility, and probably not for design. Here are statistics on whether your patent will be rejected. A nonprovisional utility patent application has a roughly 90% probability of at least one rejection. A design patent application has an approximately 86% chance of approval.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The Controller of Patents where it rebuked the Plaintiff for not filing written submissions in time and thereby delaying the patent application process. She highlights how the decision reiterates the importance of adhering to procedural tenets during patent prosecutions. Sheo Prakash & Ors.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

D827,946 for a “Pet Grooming Glove,” a design that was allegedly already in circulation in the United States before the patent application. The complaint contended that the Defendant deliberately failed to disclose this information to the USPTO during the patent’s prosecution.

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Patent Trademark Blog

AUGUST 11, 2021

Amendments are, therefore, common and to be expected in the normal course of patent prosecution. What is at stake is the scope of the claims that will ultimately end up in the utility patent you’re hoping to obtain. If your claim amendments are too narrow, the competition will find easier ways to design around your patent.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Appeal Brief: A Closer Look Sonos has now filed an appeal brief that challenges Judge Alsup’s decision on several grounds, emphasizing the fairness of their patent prosecution process and arguing against the application of prosecution laches. But it did so only by resolving factual disputes about the prior art.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 11, 2023

In the pending European DABUS case ( EP4067251 ), DABUS's invention as originally claimed was found to lack novelty in view of 25 year old prior art. The process of patent prosecution determines whether the application contains an invention that may be awarded a patent. Sceptical Kat Has DABUS invented?

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TraskBritt Intellectual Property

JUNE 10, 2021

Given the complexities of patentability searches, patent drafting, and patent prosecution, consulting with an attorney at TraskBritt can streamline and provide strategies in pursuing a patent and protection of your intellectual property rights. . a utility, plant, or design application). Office Actions.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In Korea, the option to accelerate the examination of patent or utility model applications via a prior art search is being eliminated. Until now, accelerated examination could be requested by presenting results of a prior art search from a specialized institute designated by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO).

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 1, 2022

Other patent search options to consider. A freedom to operate (FTO) study is usually performed on a finalized product design before its release in order to determine if the product, or any of its components, would infringe on any enforceable patents. to determine if any enforceable patents cover the components in question.

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43(B)log

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

But Aquestive’s petitioning activity was protected conduct under the anti-SLAPP statute, and Neurelis didn’t show a likelihood of prevailing on the merits on that, including the malicious prosecution claim in its entirety. Neurelis received orphan drug designation from the FDA for its Valtoco for management of ARS in 2015.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The difficulty with component patents is that injunctions to such patents can extend the scope of a patentee’s exclusivity (far) beyond the invention they disclose if the infringer cannot easily design around the patented component. This is also known as the “hold up” problem in the literature [e.g. here , at 792].

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2023

With deep expertise in litigation and patent prosecution and counseling, the attorneys represent clients across a range of industries and in various legal venues. As a patent attorney registered to practice before the U.S. She graduated from the University of Virginia, where she was an Echols Scholar, with a B.S. in economics.

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IIPRD

MAY 10, 2020

SIPP is envisaged to facilitate the protection of Patents , Trademarks , and Designs of innovative and interesting start-ups. Patent Facilitation Programme (TIFAC). Application for a patent can be done on the official website of NRDC [4]. Trademark search, filing, prosecution, renewals, opposition, and analysis.

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Patently-O

MAY 15, 2024

This wave of RFCs includes significant proposals aimed at adjusting patent fees for fiscal year 2025, refining terminal disclaimer practices, and addressing the impact of artificial intelligence on prior art and patentability. Impact of the Proliferation of Artificial Intelligence on Prior Art and Patentability (Docket No.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

Shyam Balganesh, The Eunomics of Intellectual Property Lon Fuller’s institutional design theory: understand institutional design as a way of understanding institutions on the understanding that they’re not infinitely mutable. Novelty/nonobviousness; getting beyond prior art—if not, no one is first.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 21, 2024

in Intellectual Property Law and Management which is being jointly offered by the National Law University Delhi (NLUD), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM – Indian IP Office). and who is keen to explore an academic sabbatical.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

The Controller of Patents and Designs, Kartikeya Srivastava, discusses interpretation of biological processes under Section 3(j). Having freelanced as a patent research analyst, he developed an interest in patent prosecution and in exploring the Patents Act through various interpretative approaches.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs on January 31 and Galatea Ltd. Controller of Patents on April 15 [Madras High Court] Madras High Court, in two judgments, Rhodia Operations v. Assistant Controller of Patents and Galatea Ltd. Controller of Patents and Designs Kundan Kumar. Rhodia Operations v.

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