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“Prior public use”: an effective ground for opposition against the grant of a European patent

Garrigues Blog

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.

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Prior Art: The Patent Pitfall

Larson & Larson

It’s the legal term for ‘thing that is exactly like my thing that was in the public before I made my thing.’ The term covers anything that was sold in public, used publicly, described in a magazine or similar publication, or already has a patent on file with the patent office. Exceptions.

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Federal Circuit Narrows AIA Grace Period: Public Disclosure Must Make Invention ‘Reasonably Available’

Patently-O

The basic holding is that the 102(a)(2)/(b)(2) safe harbor triggered by an inventor’s pre-filing “public disclosure” of the invention requires that the invention be made “reasonably available to the public.” ” Neither public uses nor private sales satisfy this requirement. 333 (1881).

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Biosimilars 2020 Year in Review

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

At the same time, market uptake of biosimilars in the United States continued to increase, suggesting that there is room for expansion of biosimilars in the U.S. In addition, fewer new biosimilars entered the market this past year, with five biosimilar launches in 2020 as compared to seven in 2019. Proposed Biosimilar. FDA Status.

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Implementing Article 15 of the CDSMD into the Greek legal order: “creative” or further confirmation of the EU press market’s fragmentation?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In particular, the new rule does not stipulate a “quantitative” floor for permissible uses, since it makes no specific reference to the extent and/or the number of words or typographic characters under which the use of an extract/part of a press publication by an Information Society Service Provider (ISSP) should always be permitted.