IP Tech Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

In the latest example of the escalation of tensions between Russia and the West, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin last week issued a decree that owners of Russian patents from countries that Russia considers to be unfriendly are no longer entitled to any compensation for compulsory licensing of their patents.

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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 consists of seventeen chapters, mainly on substantive law, but it also addresses certain procedural matters and questions of international private law.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Since living cells and products of nature are often involved in these inventions, clarity regarding patent eligibility is becoming more important. The discovery, development and patenting of biologics has been historically tied to the ‘product of nature’ question under patent law. 3(e), in La Renon Health Care Pvt.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 13, 2024

The DHC, in this judgement, continued with its restrictive interpretation of 3(k), narrowing the scope of inventions which are excluded u/s. The invention, which related to a system of data profiling, would use a profiling module to read records from data sources, compute statistics, and other descriptive information relating to the data set.

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The IPKat

JULY 30, 2024

According to the USPTO guidance for AI-assisted inventions , AI has the potential to solve some of society's most difficult challenges. However, in the patent realm, the USPTO also believes that "inventorship analysis should focus on human contributions, as patents function to incentivize and reward human ingenuity".

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The IPKat

JUNE 29, 2022

Back in 2021, the UK IPO undertook a consultation on AI and IP covering: copyright in works made by AI; text and data mining using copyright material; and patents for inventions devised by AI. Licensing or exceptions to copyright for text and data mining (TDM), which is often significant in AI use and development.

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IPilogue

MARCH 1, 2023

The appeal raised issues about (i) whether the specific claim in the patent protecting the invention at issue was invalid due to overbreadth, and (ii) whether the plaintiff was entitled to injunctive relief if the patent was held to be valid. 57 of the Patent Act is the usual remedy that upholds the bargain theory of patent law.

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Patently-O

JULY 9, 2024

Lemley and Lisa Larrimore Ouellette of Stanford Law School. Two of the most controversial patent law changes of the past year have involved obviousness-type double patenting, which allows applicants to patent obvious variants of their earlier patents by disclaiming the extra term of the later-expiring patent.

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The IPKat

JULY 22, 2022

In 2006, work on simplifying procedures for the protection of industrial designs started in the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) , which has evolved into the draft for the proposed DLT. This is referred to as a proposed new ‘patent disclosure requirement’.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 18, 2024

Introduction Patent revocation is a legal action undertaken by an external party, often an individual or an organization, challenging the validity and continuation of a granted patent. This process is based on specific criteria established by patent law. The invention is not useful. The invention is not useful.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 15, 2023

Further, copyright owners can use this power to threaten and scare users and extort license fees (especially prevalent in the software and music industry) which can impact the ease of doing business. here , here and here ).

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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 IP Law Blog

JULY 15, 2021

Step 2: If the claims are directed to an abstract idea, then the court determines whether the claims include elements showing an inventive concept that transforms the idea into a patent-eligible invention. Patent attorneys and inventors are often left to guess whether a particular invention is patent-eligible.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 1, 2024

It is a prescription drug for treating HIV in adults, available in tablet and injectable forms, and is used in combination with other HIV medicines, currently licensed for treatment, not prevention, due to its high prices. The looming threat is the pending patent applications by Gilead in India.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) states, ” a trademark protects brand names and logos used on goods and services. A patent protects an invention. For example, if you invent a new kind of vacuum cleaner, you would apply for a patent to protect the invention itself.” then it is no longer a trade secret.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2022

In the latest example of the escalation of tensions between Russia and the West, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin last week issued a decree that owners of Russian patents from countries that Russia considers to be unfriendly are no longer entitled to any compensation for compulsory licensing of their patents.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 1, 2024

founded in 1993 is a full service Intellectual Property firm manned with professionals in and specializes in the practice of Intellectual Property Laws including Patents, Trademarks, Industrial Designs, Copyright, Trade secrets. Majumdar & Co.,

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

Patents The Report discussed in section IV: (i) the use of NFTs to manage registration, ownership, and licensing of patents; and (ii) how current patent laws apply to NFT-related inventions. Patent applicants and practitioners could benefit from guidance regarding obtaining patents in the context of NFTs.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

provides a lesson into the importance of carefully drafting—and understanding—the scope of licensing terms, especially covenants not to sue. Background In 2005, AlexSam licensed its prepaid card patents to MasterCard in exchange for ongoing royalties based on the number of “Licensed Transactions.”

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SpicyIP

MARCH 9, 2025

Highlights Moving Towards a Wrongful Obtainment Standard Part I Wrongful obtainment is a less explored area of patent law in the Indian context. Patent Office orders have partially answered what it means to wrongfully obtain a patent but are inconsistent in adjudicating wrongful obtainment claims.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Sgromo owned two patents that he transferred to Scott’s company Eureka Inventions. Sgromo then negotiated a license deal from a third-party, but that income was designated as coming to Eureka. When the two broke-off their relationship Sgromo wanted the patents back and sued. Peter Sgromo v. Leonard Scott ( Fed.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Utility patents protect four categories of functional inventions: machines, articles of manufacture, compositions of matter, and processes (methods). To be patentable, however, both designs and functional inventions must satisfy two requirements. The patent covered a design for a vehicle front fender. Telflex, Inc.,

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The IPKat

AUGUST 13, 2024

The most obvious reason would be that OpenAI intends to enforce its patents and/or to use them as negotiating chips in licensing negotiations. It is also clear from the public databases that OpenAI is pursuing global protection, however these patent applications have not yet been published or granted.

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Patently-O

MAY 2, 2022

2022) focuses on the classic patent law question of whether the inventor’s pre-filing sales activity serve to bar the patent from issuing. The “on sale bar” prohibits patenting an invention that was placed “on sale” prior to the application being filed. by Dennis Crouch. Venture (Fed.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In fact, a very similar ‘invention’ was made by Remya Jose, a 10 th grade school student from rural Kerala, in the early 2000s. Efforts were made to commercialise this innovation – re-designing to lower costs, a patent was filed, licensing and royalty sharing agreements were entered into, but mostly in vain, at least in India.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In the fast growing economy, innovation is necessary for businesses and Patents as an intellectual property rights protects that innovation. Intellectual property rights provide a negative right in other words a monopoly right to the creator or Inventor over their creation or Invention. 7] Section 140 of The Patents Act, 1970. [8]

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SpicyIP

MARCH 7, 2023

The issue of Computer Related Inventions (CRI) in India has popped up again, with Delhi High Court presently hearing an appeal against an order of the Patent Office rejecting an application filed by Microsoft, titled ‘Reversible 2-Dimensional Pre-/Post- Filtering For Lapped Biorthogonal Transform’, under Section 3(k).

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Intepat

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

One of the most debated issues is human gene patents, which give a person or corporation ownership over who can modify their genetic materials code exclusively. Some believe that patents may lead to new inventions and research. Others maintain that it is problematic when a ruling body wants to patent human genes.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Patents offer many advantages to individuals and companies. For example, they can increase the value of a business, provide an advantage over competitors, and serve as a source of income through licensing. In some industries, patents may even be essentially required to enter the market and compete successfully.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 7, 2023

We recently came across one such short paper on “ SEP Litigations & Issues in Determining the FRAND License ” published in the September 2023 issue of the Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (see here ) and extended a guest post invitation to its authors to discuss their key arguments. Apple Retail UK Ltd.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The common denominator is the use of changes to the IP law as a political instrument towards states taking “unfriendly” actions against Russia. Article 1360 enumerates situations in which the Russian government can allow use of an invention, utility model, or industrial design without the patent owner’s authorization.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

A company should always be aware of any new inventions under development, and it is good practice to investigate the status of any inventions developed by company employees during the past year. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Its focus is on how open approaches to innovation may overcome market failures in situations where patent protection blocks subsequent improvements of an existing invention (also called “follow-on innovation”). This, in turn, brings on such market failures as excessive royalties or unjustified refusal to license a patent.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Pfizer/BioNTech claims that Moderna did not give credit to scientists at Pfizer/BioNTech and NIH who developed the underlying technology and that Pfizer/BioNTech had invented and patented aspects of the technology that Moderna used before it had obtained its patents. Pfizer/BioNTech, of course, declined to take a license.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

JULY 26, 2024

A patent in India grants an inventor the exclusive right to prevent others from making, using, selling, or distributing the patented invention without permission for a period of 20 years from the filing date of the patent application. Title of the Invention: A brief description of what the patent covers.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 16, 2021

Over to Konstantin for the story and his take on the developments: "Some may associate businesses whose primary aim is to assert patents in litigation to obtain license revenue with the Eastern District of Texas or the Unwired Planet decision in the UK, and not think about cases further afield from Marshall, Texas or London.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 30, 2024

We reported in 2020 on PRC’s fourth amendment to the Patent Law (link to our blog post here ). To most patent practitioners and applicants, the practical effect is that the deadline for responding to the patent office is “shortened” by 15 days.

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