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Enjoining Patent Prosecution

Patently-O

However, the pair had not fully exited from their Sleep Number contract. ” UDP Labs quickly filed a provisional patent application for Young and Hewitt’s new inventions. On UDP Labs side, it identified the only harm as “a mere delay in participation in the patent-prosecution process.”

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More on the Patent Attorney Rolls

Patently-O

One example is my colleague Professor Royce Barondes who passed the patent bar exam prior to law school and then never practiced in the field. Instead, he practiced law at Cravath in NYC and now teaches business courses, contracts, and firearms law. About 80% are attorneys with the remaining 20% being patent agents.

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Patenting Trends in Emerging Technologies: Blockchain Patents Grow from Three to 2,660 in Less than Five Years

IP Watchdog

These became known as smart contracts. The standout example is the Ethereum blockchain system, which introduced computer programs in a blockchain format, representing financial instruments such as bonds.

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Analysing the Riyadh Design Law Treaty in the Indian Context

SpicyIP

Having freelanced as a patent research analyst, he developed an interest in patent prosecution and in exploring the Patents Act through various interpretative approaches. He is currently engaged in WIPO-Harvard Law School Course in Patent Law and Global Public Health. course at NLSIU Bangalore.

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USPTO Patent Fees Reduced for Small Businesses

The IP Law Blog

Therefore, not only is it important to select the proper entity status when filing a patent application, but it is also critical to recognize if and when an entity status changes. A change in entity status changes the required fees that must be paid during patent prosecution and maintenance periods.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (August 28 – September 3)

SpicyIP

A Look at the Revised Patent Prosecution Timelines in the Draft Patent Amendment Rules The Draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2023 were recently published in the Gazette of India, with public comments invited by September 22. Md Sabeeh Ahmad writes on the proposed changes to the timelines in the patent prosecution process.

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Sunday Surprises

The IPKat

Calls and opportunities 30 June – 3 July 2024: 42nd ATRIP Congress Luiss Guido Carli University is hosting an event entitled 'Intellectual Property, Ethical Innovation and Sustainability, Towards a New Social Contract for the Digital Economy?’ You can register here.