Patently-O

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

17, 2023) Last week, the USPTO released a document entitled “Supplemental Guidance for Examination of Design Patent Applications Related to Computer-Generated Electronic Images, Including Computer-Generated Icons and Graphical User Interfaces.” The statutory subject matter provision for design patents, 35 U.S.C. §

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The aforementioned notification has come after the All India Patent Officer’s Welfare Association (AIPOWA) filed a Civil Writ Petition (WP) in the Delhi High Court (DHC) alleging arbitrary reallocation, withdrawal, and abandonment of patent applications and review petitions by the Information Technology (IT) Division of the CGPDTM (Case No.

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Patently-O

APRIL 3, 2024

The USPTO appears to be using these fee adjustments as a tool to shape patent prosecution strategies, encouraging more compact patent applications and smaller patent families. This fits with the ongoing trend that a patent should be of a particular size. It is unclear how this proposal benefits the USPTO.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The files included ABL’s detailed business plans and documents disclosing ABL’s scientific testing results, experimental designs, patent applications, formulations, manufacturing processes, and marketing strategies. The relationship ended unsuccessfully in 2018.

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Patentably Defined

JANUARY 19, 2011

Generally, when drawings for utility patent applications are required, they must be black and white line drawings. Color drawings are permitted when they are the only practical medium to disclose a claimed invention and even then an applicant must petition the USPTO to accept them. national stage applications under 35 U.S.C.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 17, 2023

Technical queries by practitioners related to filings and regarding relevant forms to be filled while filing for patent applications. This matter was taken into cognizance by the office and Mr. Pradhan stated for the first query that filing the same once, would be enough, and would not be required from the second application onwards.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 6, 2023

The court held that the appellant has not produced any documents in support of its claim regarding the impugned mark being a family mark and relying on Wander v. The respondent is the proprietor of the above mark and instituted the suit against the appellant (who claims to be the respondent’s distant relatives) for using a similar mark.

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Larson & Larson

MAY 16, 2023

Patent drafting is a critical process that involves creating a written document that describes an invention and lays out the grounds for obtaining patent protection. Here are some key points to keep in mind when drafting a patent application: Start by understanding what type of patent protection you need.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 8, 2023

In general, you should document what you’ve created. Copyright application: Copyrights are a powerful, inexpensive way to cover any creative work and they’re enforceable overseas. Design patent filing – U.S. 6 for filing the most patent applications on behalf of those companies.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The definition of a utility patent is a patent that covers “any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.” [i] i] Utility patents are the most prevalent type of patent. What should you do after obtaining a utility patent?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The judgement was passed in a writ petition filed by Natco Pharma against the Controller’s order granting Novartis a patent for a form of the Valsartan-Sacubitril complex, after conducting a unilateral hearing excluding Natco therefrom. Controller of Patents & Designs Patent Office Mumbai.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2023

The Appellant had alleged that despite filing detailed written submissions addressing the objection against the patentability of the invention under Section 2(1)(j) as raised in the examination report, the Respondent issued a cryptic order rejecting the patent application.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 20, 2023

In a speech he gave to the World Science Fiction Convention in Chicago, he proposed that Congress should reform patent law (again) to give science fiction authors the ability to apply for “Provisional Patents.” Gernsback’s Provisional Patents were not at all like today’s provisional patent applications.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology. The first application for a blockchain patent was submitted by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China with China’s State Intellectual Property Office in November 2017. to various entities dealing with the same.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology. The first application for a blockchain patent was submitted by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China with China’s State Intellectual Property Office in November 2017. to various entities dealing with the same.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology. The first application for a blockchain patent was submitted by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China with China’s State Intellectual Property Office in November 2017. to various entities dealing with the same.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 14, 2023

For example, the document shared with Berardi described an inner “TPU Elastomer” layer and a reinforcement layer made of polyester yarn. Three months later, Berardi filed his first expandable hose patent application (which was eventually issued as the ʼ941 patent).

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

In recent years, there have been a number of high-profile litigations in the United States involving patents directed to each of the above-referenced components, including patent litigations related to cathodes, 13 anodes, 14 separators, 15 electrolytes, 16 battery cell packaging, 17 and battery module packaging.

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