IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), whose “Drug Patent and Exclusivity Study” effectively debunks the false narratives and bogus statistics that have been levied against pharmaceutical patents with significant effect in recent years. One of the more interesting public policy reads of 2024 comes from the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 19, 2025

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuits precedential decision in Kroy IP Holdings LLC v. Kroy IP) has significant strategic implications for patent litigation and inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. The holding, facts, and procedural aspects of Kroy IP are well covered here. Groupon Inc.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 6, 2025

The conversation takes us deep into the world of audio, video, standard essential patents, patent pools, patent licensing, patent dealmaking, inevitable patent litigation that is often necessary when so much money is at stake, and much more.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

recently filed a complaint in the Western District of Texas against NVIDIA Corporation (“NVIDIA”), Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) and RPX Corporation (“RPX”) (collectively, “Defendants”) for alleged patent infringement and violation of federal antitrust laws. Xockets, Inc. eBay world.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Today, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published its annual World Intellectual Property Indicators Report, providing a snapshot of IP filing activities across the globe during 2023.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

This article is Part Two of a Three-Part Article Series. Artificial intelligence is changing industry and society, and metrics at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) reflect its impact. patents,” Office of the Chief Economist, IP Data Highlights (October 2020). See Alice Corp. CLS Bank Int’l , 134 S.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This week my conversation is with Leo White, who is Chief IP Counsel and Associate General Counsel for The Duracell Company. During our conversation we begin by briefly talking about patent strategy, but then move quickly to brand protection, trademarks, trade dress and effectively working with customs agencies around the world.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The European Parliament asserts without the slightest ambiguity that “the body of EU law on the protection of intellectual and industrial property rights, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, designs and trade secrets, fully applies to virtual worlds”.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 11, 2022

After the brand is registered, the user then registers various intellectual properties including trademarks, copyrights and patents, The form does ask if the property is registered or not and, if it is, requires that the user provide the registration number and location.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today released an official Artificial Intelligence Strategy aimed at outlining the challenges faced by the Office both internally and externally, as the reach of AI impacts all aspects of innovation and society.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 3, 2025

Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Thursday convened an executive business meeting during which the full committee voted on a series of six drug patent-related bills towards a vote on the full floor of the Senate.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

This article is Part Three of a Three-Part Article Series. Artificial intelligence is changing industry and society, and metrics at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) reflect its impact. patents,” Office of the Chief Economist, IP Data Highlights (October 2020). See Alice Corp. CLS Bank Int’l , 134 S.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 2, 2025

Senate Judiciary Committee will convene an executive business meeting to consider several pieces of proposed legislation aimed largely at regulating patent-related activities in the pharmaceutical sector. government sources.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

As artificial intelligence (AI) technology continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, it brings with it numerous questions regarding the application of intellectual property (IP) laws.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 1, 2025

Yesterday, we heard what our readers would like to see happen in their wildest IP dreams this year, but some wishes are more likely than others to come true. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in the previous year, and more.

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The IPKat

MARCH 12, 2025

Another eventful week in the IP world has passedheres what to keep in mind! A Kat awaiting weekly IP updates Designs Katfriend Henning Hartwig reviewed the interpretation of Articles 6 and 14 of Regulation 6/2002 (CDR). The BoA decided that the sign MAGIC PUSSY would not fall under the Article 7(1)(f) EUTMR.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

On its way out the door, the Biden administration took a parting shot at America's most innovative companies in a self-described bid to expand equitable patient access to products that emerge from NIH-owned patents.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 9, 2025

This latest edition features an interview with retiring longtime Wilson Sonsini IP partner Vern Norviel and articles on MedTech and pharma trends for 2025, the eligibility of life sciences companies for qualified small business stock, what life sciences companies need to know about brands, double-patenting jeopardy, and life sciences venture financings (..)

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SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2025

Moreover, does equating IP with tangible property risk distorting its fundamental purpose? The couple petitioned the National Commission for Scheduled Caste (NCSC) to seek compensation for the loss caused due to the damage to their intellectual property (IP). Data and Intellectual Property What was the IP involved in this case?

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2025

In June 2023, as is widely known, more than 50 years of efforts to create a pan-European patent jurisdiction were finally successful and the Unified Patent Court opened its doors.

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The IPKat

MARCH 19, 2025

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Adanna Onah on a recent UK Court of Appeal decision concerning patent amendments and the limits of post-grant claim scope adjustments. At first look, the phrase display of a computing apparatus seemed to point squarely at an electronic screen.

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Is it too late to reinstate your utility patent? Time is of the essence when it comes to renewing unintentionally expired utility patents. While a utility patent is technically not renewed , we will use that term since it’s easier to understand. But what happens when you miss a patent maintenance fee?

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 27, 2025

Patent and Trademark Offices (USPTOs) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has jurisdiction over expired patents brought before it in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. While the CAFC has previously ruled in appeals from the PTAB involving expired patents, it has not squarely addressed the subject until now.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 26, 2025

court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Friday, January 24, affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Boards (PTABs) decisions for Intel in three inter partes reviews (IPRs), on appeal following previous remands back to the Board in December 2021.

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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

Just like every lock has its matching key, each type of IP serves a specific purpose. With so many IPs available trademarks, patents, copyrights, and more – how can you choose the right one for your work, product, or business? For that, first let us understand what are IP and IPR. of their work for a fixed period.

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Intepat

MARCH 13, 2025

In India, the protection of architectural designs falls under three main categories of the Indian IP regime, namely copyrights, designs and trademarks. This poses a serious challenge for architects to secure IP protections for their designs. However, unlike copyright which recognizes even building plans, layout drawings, etc.,

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), from enforcing any trademark that was stolen. This article provides highlights of legislative activities undertaken in 2024 in this regard.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

patent system, threatening America’s prosperity and national security. Encouraged and abetted by free riders who would benefit unfairly from others’ work, well-intentioned lawmakers and judicial activists have compromised the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2025

This week in Barks & Bites: American pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson announces $55 billion in U.S. by BOE Technology. This week in Barks & Bites: American pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson announces $55 billion in U.S. by BOE Technology.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Patents Rose Hughes is back with the review of a long-awaited Board of Appeal decision. The Board decided that the provisions will not be considered as a legal basis for requiring description amendments, based on articles 69 and 84 of the European Patent Convention. The Grand Board clarified the requirements for conversion.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 25, 2024

The Patent Amendment Rules, 2024, represent a significant overhaul of the Indian patent system, aimed at enhancing efficiency, transparency, and accessibility. This article provides a detailed analysis of the amended rules and their implications for patent applicants and holders.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report reflecting the agencys investigation into third-party funding of patent litigation in the United States. On December 5, the U.S.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

merits serious consideration by IP and AI enthusiasts alike. The exception covered under Article 3 permits text and data mining (“TDM”) for a wide range of purposes including “scientific research”. Ruling in favour of LAION e.V., Examples include Stable Diffusion, DALL-E 3, ImageBind by Meta AI, and Google’s Multimodal Transformer.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 23, 2024

The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet today held a hearing, titled “IP Litigation and the U.S. International Trade Commission” (ITC), featuring four witnesses, most of whom were advocating for reforms to the current ITC process that many would characterize as anti-patent.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 18, 2025

In the European IP system, and thus also in the European patent system, the concept of injunction is central. This also applies to the Unified Patent Court (UPC); here, there are even two ways to obtain an injunction, one with a normal regular action on the merits and one by means of a preliminary injunction.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs must now navigate the competing priorities of maintaining their academic prestige in a highly competitive field and securing valuable IP for attracting pharma industry partners. IP strategy for AlphaFold: To patent and publish Trade secrets were never the IP strategy for protecting AlphaFold.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 26, 2025

The Federal Circuit reversed noninfringement findings made under the reverse doctrine of equivalents (RDOE), declining to declare the doctrine subsumed by the 1952 Patent Act, but finding that Steuben Foods raised compelling arguments on that point. Shibuya Hoppman Corp., The opinion was authored by Chief Judge Moore.

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