Confidentiality Document Patent Law 
Patently-O
AUGUST 13, 2021
The 1836 Patent Act added the caveat that no patent should issue on an invention previously “described in any printed publication.” ” That language has carried through the various major patent law overhauls and continues as a prominent aspect of 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1). Centripetal Networks, Inc.
SpicyIP
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
In an interesting development, the CIC recently rejected an RTI application concerning information on IPRS’ compliance with the Copyright Act, upholding privacy for private organizations and confidentiality of inquiry reports that have not been tabled in front of the Parliament. Screenshot of Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act.
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IIPRD
JANUARY 7, 2025
The Swiss Intellectual Property Institute and Zurich University’s Centre for Intellectual Property and Competition Law are working together on a research and policy initiative about the future of IP law in the context of artificial intelligence. A human inventor serves as the central figure in the design of the patent system.
The IP Law Blog
JANUARY 5, 2023
After the hearing, the court ordered production of documents ranging from communications between Mr. Hall, Mavexar, and IP Edge to the formation of Nimitz, its assets, its potential scope of liability from obtaining the patent, and the potential settlement of various cases.
Patently-O
JANUARY 10, 2023
What Every Patent and Trademark Lawyer Should Understand About the MPEP, TMEP, and Other Guidance: How to Use (and Defend Against) the MPEP to be a Better Advocate, by David Boundy – Boundy.2021.HowToUseGuidance.pdf. Every four years, the PTO issues new guidance documents. Prior Patently-O Patent L.J. Tran & J.
Patently-O
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
So these studies can’t tell us much about what’s going on in the Federal Circuit era, unless one assumes—unreasonably—that the Federal Circuit didn’t meaningfully change design patent law. those not filed through the Hague System) are kept confidential and unpublished unless and until they issue as patents.
Trading Secrets
APRIL 18, 2023
Disclosure of Patentable Ideas To figure out if disclosing invention details to ChatGPT is a public disclosure under patent law, we need to see if it can be categorized as a description in a printed publication, public use, or public sale. enablement). Thankfully, the U.S.
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