SpicyIP

JANUARY 13, 2023

We are pleased to see that Banaras Hindu University is organizing the 10th Mahamana Malaviya National Moot Court Competition, with the problem for this year’s competition surrounding patent law and incremental innovations. This edition of the competition is based on patents. About the Competition.

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The IPKat

JULY 16, 2024

This is a review of the twentieth edition of Terrell on the Law of Patents , which was released at the end of June 2024. Since the last edition in 2020, there have been significant developments in UK intellectual property law, although the effects of Brexit have been somewhat limited in the realm of patent law.

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 1, 2021

Patents protect inventions. However, patents protect only certain inventions. In order to be patentable, an invention must fall within one of four categories of patent-eligible subject matter: articles of manufacture, machines, processes, and compositions of matter. CLS Bank International , 573 U.S.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

This is a book review of The Future of Intellectual Property , edited by Daniel J. Underwood Chair in Law at Vanderbilt University Law School, US. In the introduction, Gervais explains that the approach to discussing IP law reform taken in this edited collection is considering both primary and secondary level reform.

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SpicyIP

MAY 14, 2022

Shamnad Basheer’s 46th birth anniversary today, we at SpicyIP are proud to announce the third edition of the Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law. Shamnad won the very first edition of that competition for his essay on Section 3(d) of the Patents Act. A photograph of Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Rose Hughes outlined the recent EPO Board of Appeal decision ( T 1356/21 ), which discussed the criterion of novelty for pharmaceutical dosage regimes and selection inventions, as well as the reliance on an unexpected technical effect for inventive step.

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The IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Berkheimer argued that certain of his patent claims involve combinations that “improve[] computer functionality through the elimination of redundancy and the one-to-many editing feature, which provide[] inventive concepts.”

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The IPKat

AUGUST 21, 2024

Cell therapy strategies include stem cells for tissue regeneration and repair, immune cells engineered to combat cancer and genetically edited cells for the treatment of genetic disorders. The patent was revoked. A problem for the patentee was that their invention was essentially presented as a manufacturing process.

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The IPKat

JULY 23, 2024

Patents and Designs Jocelyn Bosse reviewed the book Terrell on the Law of Patents , which was first published in 1884 by Thomas Terrell. The latest volume provides a comprehensive look at the significant updates in UK patent law since the last edition in 2020.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

Software patentability remains a tricky issue, raising questions about a computer program’s inventive step and technical characteristics. Paragraph 2 of the same article similarly excludes computer programs from patentability, as they are not considered inventions.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

In Dastar , the defendant had copied footage from an old television series that had entered the public domain, made minor edits, and sold the resulting videos as its own product without attribution to the original creators. The briefs also discuss, to a limited extend, patent law’s false marking statute, 35 U.S.C. §

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 27, 2022

In some case, however, if the functioning of the website involved complex processes and an inventive step, it might be protected through patents too. Requirements for patentability. the requirements for patentability are- Novelty, inventive step, industrial application.

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Patently-O

APRIL 11, 2024

Section 271(f) deals with the exportation of components of a patented invention with an intent to assemble them abroad. Unlike § 271(f), § 271(a) has explicit territorial limits, limiting infringement acts of making, using, selling, or offer to sell the invention within the United States. 271(f) in WesternGeco LLC v.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Huawei to determine global FRAND rates, even where some of the parties did not agree to its jurisdiction or had initiated FRAND rate determination proceedings in Chinese courts, appears to challenge the territorial and statutory nature of patent law. Pertinently, a patent is not a right to practice, but a right to exclude.

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Patently-O

MAY 6, 2024

” The printed matter doctrine a unique and somewhat amorphous concept in patent law that straddles the line between patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § On the eligibility side, the doctrine serves as a screening tool to exclude claims that are directed solely to the content of information from patent protection.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

.” Jarrod Welsh, Copyrighting God: New Copyright Guidelines Do Not Protect Divine Beings, 17 Rutgers Journal Of Law & Religion 121 (2015). As that Compendium notes in its 2021 edition at Section 313.2 : The Office will not register works produced by nature, animals, or plants. “ find out knowledge of witty inventions.”:

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Formula One can be perceived as an epicentre of inventions and innovations, making intellectual property indispensable in the sport. Hence, the traveling chaos of F1 is a world filled with patents, trademarks, copyrights, and Trade Secrets. 18, Harvard Journal of Law & Technology.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 27, 2023

Patents: Inventorship Can an AI, such as ChatGPT, invent? No, according to various patent offices and patent laws around the world. Patent law requires at least one human inventor. For example, under U.S. ” 35 U.S. Code § 100(f). See Thaler v. Vidal , Case No. 2021-2347 (Fed. See 35 U.S.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Justin Hughes: discoveries just means inventions. Q: patent parallels: to what extent were parallels solidified in patent law already? Tension b/t invention and discovery. That might distinguish it from patent facts/observable things in the world. Where does he get it from? What are the rejections?

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Intepat

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Patents , as a vital form of intellectual property (IP), safeguard these innovations, providing inventors and businesses exclusive rights to their inventions while promoting the dissemination of knowledge. One notable trend is the increasing number of patents related to AI ethics and governance.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 26, 2025

In the wake of Anurag Chaurasia’s (paywalled) Nature piece cautioning Indian scientists to conduct due diligence before using CRISPR gene editing tools, Prashant Reddy T looks closely at the patent issues raised by Chaurasia in his paper. and the University of California, on who exactly is entitled to the patents for Cas9.

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