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. A patent applicant is not entitled to a patent when the claimed invention was “in public use… more than one year prior to the date of the application for patent in the United States.”
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SpicyIP
MARCH 11, 2025
Looking at different flexibilities under the Patent Act, like compulsory licensing, government use etc., The argument to use these levers to ensure access to essential drugs for SMA patients has been discussed by Sabeeh previously on the blog here in light of MP Haris Beerans letter to the Government making a similar request.
IPilogue
MARCH 27, 2023
Therefore, although someone may use the original version of Mickey Mouse in a work, they are not able to use this version of Mickey Mouse for any branding purposes or any purpose that would cause consumers to be confused about the source of the Mickey Mouse product.
Kashishipr
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
To Facilitate Governmental Use : The governmental use of a patent is regarded as based on ’eminent domain,’ which means that the government can acquire private property to make public use possible. For more visit: [link].
Intellectual Property Brief
MARCH 23, 2023
The public display of simply a prototype of a patentable technology for marketing purposes, over a year prior to its patenting, is enough to rule that the technology is in public use, ready for patenting, and is thus invalid. Minerva Surgical Inc. filed a patent for a medical device called the Aurora. The Aurora is.
IPilogue
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a reflective blog on their internship experience. This means that this name has become the name the public uses broadly to identify the goods or services and no longer identifies the brand. Trademarks are an excellent way to protect your brand.
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