The IPKat

JANUARY 15, 2025

Moral jeopardy of s tem cell technologies The patent application at issue in T 1553/22 related to methods for producing human-pig chimeras designed to generate humanised blood vessels and blood cells for therapeutic applications ( EP16759528.9 , Regents of the University of Minnesota).

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The IPKat

JANUARY 22, 2023

Here are the nominees and winners: Best Patent Law Book The nominations were: Intellectual Property Protection for Plant Related Innovation: Fit for Future? Thank you to readers who voted for the IPKat book of the year awards 2022!

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The IPKat

JANUARY 24, 2023

This Kat is delighted to review “ A Practitioner’s Guide to European Patent Law: For National Practice and the Unified Patent Court ” (Hart Publishing, 2022, 664 pp.). The book, now in its second edition, is authored by Paul England, with contributions from several other authors, including our former GuestKat Peter Ling.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 16, 2025

We are excited to present the second edition of Sheppard Mullins Year in Review report, which provides a comprehensive summary of the key precedential Federal Circuit decisions related to patent law in 2024. By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

News & World Report – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” 2023 edition. Litigation – Patent . Patent Law . Technology Law . Copyright Law . Trademark Law . In addition, the firm was nationally ranked in seven practice areas, including: . Litigation – Intellectual Property .

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Other Posts Book Launch: Ramanujan’s Patent Law: A Comprehensive Commentary on Patent Law (December 4, 2024) Ramanujan’s Patent Law: A Comprehensive Commentary on Patent Law by Adarsh Ramanujan, FCIArb is being released on December 4, 2024 at the Delhi High Court. In this post by Kartikeya S.,

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The IPKat

AUGUST 13, 2024

A closer look at the OpenAI patents Focusing just on the granted US patents, the claim scope achieved by OpenAI is remarkably broad. The patents relate to generalisable use cases for language models. To be infringing a patent claim, a method or product must possess every feature listed in that claim.

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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. Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, and Finals.

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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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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

AUGUST 19, 2021

Martina Tyreus Hufnal , Lawyer of the Year: Patent Law, Wilmington, Delaware. Kessel , Lawyer of the Year: Copyright Law, Boston. Todd Garcia. Glitzenstein. Christopher O. Michael Headley. Danielle Joy “DJ” Healey. Tommy Jacks. Lawrence K.

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IPilogue

MARCH 3, 2022

3D Bioprinting & Canadian Patent Law. From an intellectual property law perspective, could 3D bioprinted material be patented? While some ambiguity remains regarding the patentability of bioprinted materials, there has been some success in patenting methods and techniques associated with bioprinting.

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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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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Image from here IP Court watchers will be pleased to know that the Delhi High Court’s IP Division has published the 2023-24 edition of its Annual Report ! The second report (hereinafter referred to as ‘the report’) gives a summary of the number of cases disposed of, freshly instituted, and pending before the IPD.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 30, 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.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 17, 2023

Tritton on Intellectual Property in Europe is now in its Sixth Edition. This weighty tome from Sweet & Maxwell is edited by Richard Davis, Thomas St Quintin and Guy Tritton from Hogarth Chambers , London. Find out more about Rosie here.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

Alina Trapova (The University of Nottingham) and João Pedro Quintais (Institute for Information Law (IViR)) have published the fourth and final trimester of the 2021 round-up of EU Copyright Law (you can read the first, second and third trimester editions here , here and here ). Ireland, Italy and Estonia).

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The IPKat

AUGUST 29, 2021

Over on FOSS Patents, Florian Mueller commented on the new German patent law, questioning its ability to make a real difference to issues such as the so-called injunction gap, and reported on the newest patent division of the Munich I Regional Court starting operations. Picture from Pexels on Pixabay.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Book launch: European Patent Law. The Unified Patent Court and the European Patent Convention. On Thursday 23 November , the Book Launch: European Patent Law. The Unified Court and the European Patent Convention will take place at the offices of Kilburn & Strode in London.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

As a plant intellectual property nerd , this Kat was delighted to get her hands on the new book Intellectual Property and the Design of Nature (Oxford University Press, 2023), edited by Jose Bellido and Brad Sherman. The other two chapters turn to the conceptualisation of nature in patent law.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Alpin, Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyright, Trademarks & Allied Rights (now in its 10 th edition) and Kerly’s Law of Trade Marks and Trade Names , the first edition of which was published in 1894 and is now in its 17 th edition. Llewelyn and T.

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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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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

News & World Report – Best Lawyers ® “Best Law Firms” 2021 edition. Litigation – Patent. Patent Law. Technology Law. Trademark Law. Copyright Law. Firms included in the 2021 Edition of U.S. Appellate Practice.

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The IPKat

MARCH 16, 2024

The Case Law Book is currently available in HTML and PDF formats in all three official languages of the EPO. It is one of the most-used patent law resources. Complete the online survey (EN/DE/FR) run by the EPO Boards of Appeal, to shape future editions and ensure that this vital resource continues to meet your needs.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Katfriend Léon Dijkman discussed the role of the proportionality test under European patent law in deciding whether to grant an injunction. Trade Marks Chijioke Okorie provided an overview of the key developments in trade mark law across the African continent as part of the “Africa IP Highlights” series for 2023.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2022

First, the Court noted Darley stated throughout his deposition that he dictated his opinions to counsel, counsel typed up the report, it was sent to him, and he made edits. Thus, the Court found it does not appear counsel wholly created the report based on his own opinion and asked Darley to sign off on it.

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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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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 17, 2023

Six Founders Legal® Attorneys Named to 2024 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America by Founders Legal Distinguished Achievements in Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Technology, Corporate Governance and Compliance, and Mergers & Acquisitions Law.

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 1, 2021

The court noted that in previous cases, it had held that databases and communications media, including the Internet, are generic computer components; and that editing and modifying data, storing data, and sending and receiving information over a network are routine conventional functions.

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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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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.

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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. Cell therapy is a highly innovative therapeutic strategy that uses living cells to combat disease.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 27, 2022

India- To register a patent and thereby enjoy protection against infringement in India, a product or a process must have an ‘inventive step’, should be capable of industrial application and should not fall within the categories that are explicitly defined as ‘not inventions’.

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The IPKat

MAY 20, 2024

The Board of Appeal decision in T 0420/19 was one of the first to interpret Pepper ( G 3/19 ), which related to the exclusion of plants produced by "essentially biological processes" from patentability. natural breeding methods as opposed to genetic modification) should be excluded from patentability.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Here is what Maciej has to say: This is a book review of Research Handbook on Intellectual Property Rights and Inclusivity , edited by Cristiana Sappa , Professor of Business Law, INENTIS Department, IESEG School of Management, Lille, France. Can a property right meant to exclude promote inclusivity?

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Patently-O

APRIL 11, 2024

Amy Landers has offered a comprehensive and thorough analysis of proximate cause in the patent context in Proximate Cause and Patent Law. Disclaimer from Dennis Crouch: I formerly represented Trading Technologies in litigation involving some of the patents at issue in this case.

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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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