Blog Confidentiality Public Use 
Garrigues Blog
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
This opposition procedure for European patents is particularly useful when the patent in question is hindering our commercial interests and we have adequate reasons to revoke its registration. One of the most effective ways of obtaining the revocation is to prove “prior public use”. We look at what this consists of below.
The IP Law Blog
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
This month the Federal Circuit decided a case involving whether the display of a flowering plant constitutes an invalidating prior public use. Attendees had no confidentiality obligations and “were not provided any gene or breeding information.” Under those facts, the Federal Circuit determined there was no prior public use.
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Trading Secrets
APRIL 18, 2023
This article was originally published on Seyfarth’s Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill blog. If there is anything movies like The Terminator have shown us, it’s that AI systems might one day become self-aware and wreak havoc. Spoiler alert: sharing invention details with ChatGPT does not count as public use or on sale.
LexBlog IP
APRIL 18, 2023
This article was originally published on Seyfarth’s Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill blog. If there is anything movies like The Terminator have shown us, it’s that AI systems might one day become self-aware and wreak havoc. Spoiler alert: sharing invention details with ChatGPT does not count as public use or on sale.
IP Tech Blog
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
the Supreme Court held that an inventor’s sale of an invention to a third party who is obligated to keep the invention confidential can create an on-sale bar under AIA §102(a). The post Yes, A Secret Process Can (Still) Create an On-Sale Bar appeared first on Global IP & Technology Law Blog. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. ,
The IPKat
DECEMBER 22, 2023
At the very least, LLMs have substantially lessened the burden of sourcing cat-themed patent blog illustrations. PatKat is reliably informed by AI expert Mr PatKat, that LLMs represent a true paradigm shift in the ability of AI. The astounding abilities of LLMs also serve to shine a light on the absurdity of the DABUS case.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
MARCH 8, 2023
Having called the parties to submit their memorandums and present their opinions and arguments against each other, the Committee is entitled, even if one of the parties did not take part in the procedure, to issue a confidential opinion regarding the appropriate amount of the remuneration due, on the basis of the criteria set out in the Regulation.
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