JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 4, 2024

According to Article 27 of the Chinese Patent Law, where a patent application for a design is filed, documents such as a request, drawings or photographs of the design and a brief description of the design shall be submitted. By: Linda Liu & Partners

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Erik K Pelton

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Conversely, having documentation proving that you have vigorously pursued infringements can be used as evidence in future trademark disputes to demonstrate the strength of your brand. United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO): USPTO records of registered and pending trademarks can be searched for free.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Patent Prosecution Highway or PPH is a set of initiatives promulgated by participating patent offices around the world to accelerate patent prosecution in countries of the participating patent offices. Filing patent applications under PPH can drastically reduce time it takes to prosecute the patent applications.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 3, 2024

For more details, read on their announcement below: PatSeer Announces “PatAssist”, an AI Assistant Designed to Empower Each Step of Your Patent Research PatSeer , a global provider of AI-driven IP research and intelligence platform, is excited to announce the launch of its AI assistant “ PatAssist”.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

A Sheppard Mullin trial team led by partners Brad Graveline and Laura Burson obtained one of the largest patent infringement damages awards against the United States of America for client SecurityPoint Holdings, Inc (SecurityPoint). SecurityPoint brought its claim for patent infringement against the United States under 28 U.S.C.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 25, 2024

The Patent Amendment Rules, 2024, represent a significant overhaul of the Indian patent system, aimed at enhancing efficiency, transparency, and accessibility. This article provides a detailed analysis of the amended rules and their implications for patent applicants and holders.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

This case pertains to patent infringement concerning two process patents related to the fungicide Azoxystrobin. The Court allowed the Party Expert to be privy to the documents accessed by the Scientific Advisers appointed by the Bench. vs. GSP Crop Science Private Limited (See here ).

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Patently-O

MAY 4, 2022

For the chart below, I tabulated about 7,000 individual votes from the Federal Circuit Judges in patent cases decided 2014-2021. For each judge, I show the percentage of individual decisions that sided with the patent challenger; or patent owner in each case. by Dennis Crouch. The results here are not highly surprising.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 7, 2025

This document outlines the AI/IP Research Project and offers preliminary policy suggestions for the creation of AI-related IP legislation. PATENTS The arena of patents has evolved with time, and in contemporary times, the scope of subject matter that is patentable has also evolved, which in turn has modified the requirements of patents.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 25, 2023

In a per curium order issued under seal May 3, 2023 but recently made public, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board awarded sanctions against Patent Owner, Longhorn Vaccines & Diagnostics, cancelling all challenged claims of its five asserted patents for its “egregious abuse of the PTAB process.”

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 9, 2024

The Story Till Now On one hand, COVID-19 cases are rising yet again to everyone’s surprise, and on the other, the surprises from the Covaxin patent application don’t seem to stop. Two revisions in the patent applications have occurred since then, and this post analyses the events and their implications on the Covaxin patent.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 26, 2024

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is changing how practitioners prepare and submit documents. This article examines key considerations for practitioners when using AI tools for drafting and filing documents with the USPTO.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 14, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office has a very robust website that has tons of useful information? You file new applications, you file renewals, you file responses, you file just about every document that gets submitted. This stands for Trademark Status and Document Retrieval. Did you know that the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 4, 2022

The text largely tracks that of a draft circulated in March, but some open questions remain for the broader membership to resolve.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 1, 2025

Robert Bosch Limited, filed an appeal before the Madras High Court, challenging the rejection of their Indian Patent Application No. The FER also cited Section 3(d), excluding claims 1 to 6 from patentability. The Court closely examined the independent claim 1 of the patent application. 201944047460.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

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. Kartikeya is a second-year law student of the LL.B.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Recently, an interesting order was issued in Patent Application No. 202417006578 ( pdf ), by Vikas Verma, Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office (Chennai), in the context of a pre-grant opposition (PGO) against an application by Pharmazz Inc. Image from here. back in 2010.

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Patently-O

MARCH 27, 2025

by Dennis Crouch In a significant decision, the Federal Circuit has established a more rigorous test for determining when a published patent application claiming priority to a provisional application can be considered prior art as of its provisional filing date. Continue reading this post on Patently-O. In re Riggs , Case No.

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SpicyIP

JULY 18, 2024

Controller of Patents and Designs , came down heavily on the IPO for its shoddy order rejecting the patent application filed by the appellant. The judgment raises serious concerns regarding the quality of functioning of the patent office. Order The Patent Controller issued a cryptic order rejecting the patent application.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

by Dennis Crouch Patent law cases continue to be brought to the Supreme Court's attention, even though the court has not granted certiorari in any patent case for some time. Twelve potential cases have documents on file with the court. To continue reading, become a Patently-O member. Already a member?

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The European Union Unified Patent Court (UPC) announced this week that the court’s Sunrise Period will be delayed by two months. The Sunrise Period has a new planned opening date of March 1, 2023, with the entry into force of the UPC Agreement (UPCA) pushed to June 1, 2023.

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The IPKat

MARCH 19, 2025

Patents Rose Hughes discussed the importance of meticulous documentation in securing and defending intellectual property rights, highlighting how detailed records can be crucial in legal disputes. Rose Hughes examined the Unified Patent Court's (UPC) evolving approach to added matter and priority issues in patent litigation.

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IP.com

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

It redefines the prior art search process by eliminating the need for complex Boolean queries, allowing users to search in natural language while yielding deeper, more accurate results across both Non-Patent Literature (NPL) and technical publications.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 27, 2025

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published an Artificial Intelligence Strategy (USPTOs AI Strategy) document which discusses how the USPTO aim[s] to address AI's promise and challenges across intellectual property (IP) policy, agency operations, and the broader innovation ecosystem.. On January 14, 2025, the U.S.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on the lack of participation by academics in court proceedings, Patent Controller’s order on patent of addition, and Delhi High Court’s decision on latching and passing off. This and a lot more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 27, 2024

Balaji of the Madras High Court (MHC) delivered two decisions that overturned the Controller’s rejection of patent applications, siding with the appellants in both cases. Bitter Pill to Swallow: Controller’s Decision Overturned for Kyrorin’s Patent Application The first one is Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co v. 5360/CHENP/2010).

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

by Dennis Crouch In most patent cases, the parties jointly agree to a system limiting the publication of confidential case information and typically file a stipulated motion for protective order seeking the a judicial order requiring the parties to comply. These discussions involve both in-suit patents as well as an uninvolved patent.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

Do defendants and the court have the right to ask who is funding a particular patent litigation? Later the district court became aware that IP Edge LLC was assigning patents to various LLCs, who in turn were acting as plaintiffs in patent cases filed in the District of Delaware.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In our new paper, The Truth About Design Patents , we debunk three widely held—but incorrect—views about U.S. design patents. Taken together, these myths paint a grim picture of design patents: Half of all design patent applications are rejected. Most asserted design patents are invalidated in litigation.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) is reporting that the EPO Administrative Council (AC) has decided to abolish the 10 day rule. According to CIPA, the new rule will include a safeguard for cases in which a document is not delivered on the same day. IPKat awaits official confirmation of the change from the EPO itself.

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Larson & Larson

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Track One Patent Applications: Accelerating Your Path to Patent Protection After nearly 15 years of shepherding inventors through the patent process, I’ve seen firsthand how crucial timing can be in protecting intellectual property. Here’s what you need to know about this accelerated pathway to patent protection.

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Patently-O

APRIL 28, 2023

b) imposes crucial responsibilities on patent applicants, attorneys, and agents. Similarly, in In re Wu , D2023-24 (PTO Order) , US patent agent Qianqian Wu was reprimanded for submitting 20+ applications with micro entity status, despite the income-level qualification allowing only four applications. by Dennis Crouch 37 C.F.R.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 16, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Impact of Sonos on Patent Prosecution : The recent Sonos v. Google decision threatens to grind to a halt, or at least significantly restrict, a once-common patent prosecution strategy – keeping continuation applications pending for years to obtain new claims that cover marketplace developments. Sonos Inc. 6, 2023).

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The IPKat

JANUARY 19, 2025

In this decision, the Board of Appeal upheld Inhibrx's European patent EP2812443 directed to a genus of anti-CD47 antibodies defined by their epitope binding and functional characteristics, finding both sufficient disclosure and inventive step. CD47 is a cancer antigen expressed on cell surfaces with a monomeric immunoglobulin-like structure.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 20, 2023

Its applications in the fields of natural language processing and text analysis have been well documented and have aroused great interest. Recently, the technology has even been used in the realm of intellectual property, with some having used it to draft patent applications.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Over the last several months, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) publicized its attention to the impact of artificial intelligence on U.S. patent practice.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 19, 2023

As previously reported, the Federal Court found Janssen’s Canadian Patent No. The Federal Court of Appeal upheld the invalidity of the 422 patent on appeal. By: Smart & Biggar

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