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Plagiarism Police come for Winston & Strawn

Patently-O

Winston Strawn Plagiarism Complaint Winston Strawn Plagiarism Attachments I recall being asked to draft my first patent infringement complaint back in early 2003 – a few months after graduating from law school. He responded that he was responsible for the briefs but had relied heavily upon a published article.

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USPTO Wants Input on Scope of Possible Statutory Experimental Use Exception

IP Watchdog

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a draft Request for Comments (RFC) today seeking public feedback “on the current state of the experimental use exception jurisprudence and whether legislative action should be considered to enact a statutory experimental use exception.” According to the RFC, since the U.S.

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Federal Circuit Weighs in on Parameters for Prosecution Disclaimer

IP Watchdog

Specifically, the CAFC said the district court erred by relying heavily on the patent prosecution history statements for a related patent that had been cited in the information disclosure statement (IDS) during supplemental examination of one of the patents-in-suit to inform its construction of the term in question.

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Federal Circuit Upholds Delaware Court’s Inequitable Conduct Analysis

IP Watchdog

for infringement of the ‘197 patent under the Hatch-Waxman Act, but the district court found that the Belcher Chief Science Officer withheld material information from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) during patent prosecution, and the CAFC affirmed. 9,283,197 unenforceable.

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My Summer at Bereskin & Parr LLP- Mitacs Business Strategy Internship x IP Osgoode

IPilogue

I was tasked with creating business and marketing materials for the Engineering and Technology practice group, focusing mainly on topics pertaining to patent prosecution. One of the skills I sharpened over the course of my internship was effective and accessible legal writing.

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IP in the Crosshairs: Government Agencies Terminate Relationships with Russian IP Entities as Kremlin Sanctions IP Theft

IP Watchdog

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced last week that it will terminate engagement with the Russian IP Office (Rospatent) as well as the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) and the IP Office of Belarus, which has been cooperating with Russia in the lead-up to and during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Keeping up with Belgian patent litigation: Year case law review 2021

The IPKat

Over to our Belgian Katfriends : " While 2022 is in full swing with high levels of business in the Belgian courts, 2021 was a quieter year for patent litigators in Belgium. 25 EPC, and the disappearance of the cautio iudicatum solvi that was sometimes required from foreign plaintiffs launching (patent) proceedings in Belgium.