The IPKat

AUGUST 13, 2024

OpenAI has the reputation for protecting its innovations through the use of trade secrets as opposed to patents. This is perhaps not surprising, given that patent applications are not published until 18 months after they are filed, and that OpenAI's major innovation of ChatGPT was first released about 2 years ago. Who are OpenAI?

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The IPKat

JANUARY 23, 2024

Here are the nominees and winners: Best Patent Law Book The nominations, in no particular order, were: • Der patentrechtliche Schutz von Daten und seine Grenzen; Landscheidt, by Fabian Landscheidt. Patent Portfolio Management, A Practical Guide, by Ho Frattasi. The Proportionality Test in European Patent Law, by Léon Dijkman. •

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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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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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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Fish & Richardson is pleased to announce that the firm has been named a “Law Firm of the Year” for Litigation – Intellectual Property and Litigation – Patent in U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” 2023 edition. Litigation – Patent . Patent Law . Technology Law .

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of the posts on IPO’s patent application rejection of HIV drug Dolutegravir, another judgement in the long-running Section 3(k) saga, this time on the patentability of business methods and the DHC IPD’s Annual Report 2023-24. Anything we are missing out on?

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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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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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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit is set to consider the use of terms like “patented,” “proprietary,” and “exclusive” in commercial advertising can be actionable under § 43(a)(1)(B) of the Lanham Act when their use is not entirely accurate. Crocs largely prevailed in those actions.

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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 ! Credit to the Law Researchers – Daanish Naithani, Arvind Menon, Bhamini Shenoy, Krishna Singh, Rahul Krishna Sharma, Mehul Sharma, and Aman Sinha who have compiled this report.

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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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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 IP Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In ruling on motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment, courts have found a number of patents ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as a matter of law. 7,447,713 (the “’713 patent”), which covers “digitally processing and archiving files in a digital asset management system.” However, in Berkheimer v. In Alice v.

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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. Further medical uses of these products may be protected by second medical use patents. Defining such a product in a patent claim can be difficult.

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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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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. There are some things that are not patentable (i.e.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Kartikeya is a second-year law student in the LL.B. 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 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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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. He won the second prize in that competition for a great piece on the ‘Policy Style’ Reasoning of the Indian Patent Office. A photograph of Prof. (Dr.)

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

AUGUST 19, 2021

Adkisson , Lawyer of the Year, Litigation – Patent, Minneapolis. Martina Tyreus Hufnal , Lawyer of the Year: Patent Law, Wilmington, Delaware. Kessel , Lawyer of the Year: Copyright Law, Boston. Ryan Steinman. Nicholas W. Karrie Wheatley Ph.D. Lance Wyatt. 2022 “Best Lawyers in America:”. Esha Bandyopadhyay. Geoffrey D.

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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

Held by Professor Robert Burrell (University of Oxford/Melbourne Law School), the event is free. LIOC’s Networking Drinks A networking event for patent attorneys is to be held on Thursday 2 November at the Philips Museum in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Dutch patent attorneys attending the event will also be awarded 1 PE point.

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Patently-O

APRIL 11, 2024

United States patents are generally territorial. Or so one may think reading the Patent Act. It would be simpler for a patent holder to just use the U.S. patent to cover foreign activity. So, when – if ever – can a patent owner receive damages for foreign activity that may flow from acts of domestic infringement?

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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. After a short introduction, it undertakes a close examination of the various IP rights from patents to plant varieties.

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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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Patently-O

MAY 6, 2024

by Dennis Crouch This may be a useful case for patent prosecutors to cite to the USPTO because it creates a strong dividing line for the printed matter doctrine — applying the doctrine only to cases where the claims recite the communicative content of information. IOEngine, LLC v. Ingenico Inc. 2021-1227 (Fed. C R Bard Inc. 3d 845 (Fed.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 27, 2022

Is the protection of patent available for website? The domain name of the website may be protected by Trade Mark laws, whereas the contents of the website- the text, artwork, photographs, audio-visual content etc. enjoy the protection under Copyright laws if you are the first and original creator of these components.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 7, 2023

We highlighted the following problems, (i) Over-Declaration and Supra-FRAND rates by SEP holders, (ii) Patent Hold-Out by Implementers, (iii) Difficulties in setting Global FRAND rates by national courts, (iv) Informational imbalances between negotiating parties, and (v) lack of awareness about nuances of SEP/ FRAND.

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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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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The lead author is likely a familiar name to many readers, since he is also the co-author of two famous treaties on English IP law: W. Llewelyn resides in Singapore and is a Professor at the School of Law, Singapore Management University (SMU). Cornish, D. Llewelyn and T.

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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. How can computer programs be patented in Greece and Europe?

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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

DECEMBER 23, 2023

If you've been too wrapped up with preparations for the holiday season , here's a summary of the IP news that you might have missed last week: Patents This Kat is still contemplating which IP books to put on her Christmas wish-list. Léon has recently published a book on the subject, which is being launched on 12 January 2024.

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The IPKat

MARCH 16, 2024

EPO case law book survey The Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (‘EPO’) publish the ‘Case Law of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO’ (‘Case Law Book’) every three years with a view to helping practitioners and other stakeholders keep abreast of its jurisprudence. It is one of the most-used patent law resources.

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The IPKat

MAY 20, 2024

The Cambridge Beer Festival (taking place this week) is not only one of the UK's largest beer festivals, but also results in one of the largest, non-IP-related, concentrations of patent attorneys that can surely be found. Inspired by this phenomena, PatKat has taken a look at two very different "beer"-related patent cases.

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Patently-O

APRIL 10, 2024

By Dennis Crouch Over the past year I’ve been investigating various generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools for assisting patent attorneys in their practice. ” In the context of patent applications, the notice provides specific examples of how the duty of disclosure may be implicated when using AI tools.

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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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