The IPKat

JANUARY 5, 2022

The EPO Guidelines for Examination require the description of a patent application to summarise the background art ( F-II-4.3 ). The Opposition Division further found that by introducing this subjective statement, the applicant had effectively introduced a disclaimer into the description.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2023

Combining Multiple Inventions in an Single Patent Application @media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-640f87a71087f6782{display: However, is combining multiple related inventions into a single patent application worth the cost savings?

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Katfriends Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Oliver Fairhurst from Lewis Silkin report on recent litigation in the UK against the developers of AI generation software. This litigation has arisen amongst a flurry of recent interest in AI generated works. What is AI image generation software?

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Lee is vice president at Amazon Web Services and was the Undersecretary of Commerce and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (2015-2017). She spent a decade at Google leading their patent team. . The transition to a first inventor to file system was needed to harmonize the U.S. with the rest of the world.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 4, 2025

The Controller of Patents & Designs ( pdf ). The case involved an appeal against the order dated March 13, 2023, which had dismissed Patent Application No. But how the court has undertaken the analysis and upheld the Controllers order for rejection of the patent is rather interesting. Okay, so Isnt Saving Time Good?

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

(Retd) Sukesh Behl ) in three cases concerning allegations of infringement of a Standard Essential Patent relating to Philips DVD player technology. Filed in 2012, the decision comes after 13 years with the litigation having outlived not only the suit patent, and the DVD industry, but also the institution that declared it essential !!

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The winds of a busy Belgian court term blows through the IPKat's wild ancestor's mane (c) Christopher Stothers 'Tis the season for a look at the cases that were in 2021 from around Europe and what they mean for the IP litigation themes in those jurisdictions now that the dust has settled in 2022. The decisions we (arbitrarily!)

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

The court held that an AI system is not a person, let alone a natural person, thus this requirement cannot be met by an AI system which has autonomously created an invention. So for the moment, the position under the UK patent system is that AI is very much a tool rather than an autonomous agent in its own right.

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IPilogue

MAY 31, 2022

Google’s contribution to the US patent system. Healthy patent systems can sometimes be described as a way to incentivize creative inventions, encourage building on existing ideas, and avoid frivolous litigation. Concern with the US patent system. Google also helped discover the License on Transfer Network.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

So we asked ourselves the following question: What can we do to make utility patents more affordable? What would make patents more accessible to potential clients? Some law firms are more focused on IP litigation while others, such as our firm , are heavily focused on filing patents and trademarks.

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2024

Assistant Controller Of Patents And Design accepting an appeal against the Controller’s decision rejecting a patent application for “aerosol generating article with multi material susceptor.” Understanding Why the Patent Application Went Up in Flames The patent application (no. Mitra And Co.

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IP.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

This involves: Detailed Technical Analysis: Conduct a comprehensive analysis of the technology, including its features, advantages, use cases, and potential applications. This helps in determining the novelty and non-obviousness of the invention. Claims Drafting: Draft strong patent claims that define the scope of protection.

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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.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 20, 2022

Germany’s Federal Patent Court has set aside a decision by the country’s Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) that refused a patent application naming an artificial intelligence (AI) as the inventor. The application was filed on October 17, 2019, and is titled “Food Container”. It named the applicant as Stephen L.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2022

On April 13, 2022, the Federal Court of Australia, on appeal, reversed its 2021 decision that DABUS, an artificial intelligence (AI) machine, qualified as an inventor for a patent application under Australian law. Thaler has filed patent applications in several countries around the world for inventions created by DABUS.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

As the America Invents Act (AIA) turns 10, patent students across the country may be asking: if the law is already a decade old, why am I spending so much time learning pre-AIA law? We address these questions empirically by analyzing the effective dates of patents and patent applications currently being litigated or pursued.

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SpicyIP

MAY 10, 2023

Justice Singh further writes about the preferred appeals against the rejection orders wherein the Controller’s analysis on “inventive step” was not clear, and about the cases where re-grant oppositions were disposed of within an extremely short span of time. 965/DELNP/2006 and the patent office’s rejection order (dt.

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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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IP Watchdog

JULY 15, 2022

Clearing the air on labyrinthine subject-matter eligibility standards for computer-implemented inventions (CIIs), a Canadian Federal Court last month revisited the issue in Benjamin Moore & Co. Attorney General of Canada, 2022 FC 923.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Dr. Stephen Thaler (DABUS’s creator and owner) filed patent applications on these inventions that were filed around the world, listing Thaler as the applicant and listing only DABUS as the inventor.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A patent protects your intangible property from others’ use, but what happens when patent protection operates in a way that ensures no other innovators can build upon a patented invention? Here we see IP and competition law colliding with blocking patents wielded as an anti-competitive tool.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 10, 2023

Do You Need Multiple Patents for a Single, Multi-Use Invention? If your invention has multiple innovations or components, you may be wondering whether to file separate patent applications for each innovation or file one application for the entire invention.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Striking the middle ground between satisfying the strict basis requirement in Europe and avoiding patent profanity in the US, renders the decision of when to file a patent application all the more critical. The selected subject matter could not therefore be said to have basis in the application as filed. 3d 1241 (Fed.

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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 28, 2021

FTO agreements have now become common in certain sectors, particularly the IT sector, where there is extensive Patent Filing and risks involved in commercialization are being blocked by a competitor who holds a patented technology incorporated within some product. Seeking Patent Protection for the Technology.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The USPTO released inventorship guidance on February 12, 2024, for inventions assisted by artificial intelligence (AI). 2022), and this release provides guidance regarding the open question of human inventorship for inventions developed by a person working with the assistance of an AI system. Vidal , 43 F.4th 4th 1207 (Fed.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 23, 2024

On July 16, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued new guidance on the patentability of AI-related inventions. Although the USPTO emphasized that its guidance does not change the law of 35 U.S.C. §

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

As the America Invents Act (AIA) turns 10, patent students across the country may be asking: if the law is already a decade old, why am I spending so much time learning pre-AIA law? We address these questions empirically by analyzing the effective dates of patents and patent applications currently being litigated or pursued.

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Kashishipr

MAY 25, 2022

A patent refers to an exclusive right granted by the patent authority of a nation to the inventor or applicant of a unique invention. Patent Rights exclude others in the industry or market from manufacturing, using, selling, distributing, or importing the patented product or process. Types of Patent Search.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The case thus reaffirms the need for careful drafting of international patent applications in order to circumvent, as much as possible, the potential for invalidity due to the strict added matter standard in Europe and the UK. Final thoughts: Added matter versus patent profanity? PM argued that the amendment added matter.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Allgenesis also asserted settlement conversations as evidence of a likelihood of litigation for patent infringement when Allgenesis brings its product to market. However, the Federal Circuit rejected this argument and determined that Allgenesis did not establish that the Board’s decision will have preclusive effect.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This post will analyse the SB’s insights and the implications this judgement has on product-by-process patents given the recent trends of the DHC on the matter in the past year. Factual Basis of the Matter Arthrogen GMBH submitted a patent application for a method involving the use of gold particles to produce protein-enriched blood serum.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 28, 2021

2021 saw key decisions on claim supremacy, types of antibody claims, the data threshold for second medical use inventions and the AI inventor debate. ?? To comply with this, it used to be standard practice to merely replace "invention" with "disclosure" or similar thorough-out the description.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Like the dissenting judge on the panel, several of the opinions denying rehearing en banc faulted the panel majority for establishing a new “nothing more” test—if the claimed invention “clearly invokes a natural law, and nothing more, to accomplish a desired result”—for patent ineligibility. patent enforcement and litigation; c.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

ANI-OpenAI litigation. Call for Suggestions on the Draft Guidelines for Processing Patent Applications of AYUSH Systems and Related Inventions (February 28) IndiaAI, an initiative of the MeitY has invited comments on a report titled AI Governance and Guidelines Development. Arpita Agro Products Pvt Ltd & Ors.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Can you imagine the accolades someone would receive if they contributed to an invention that improves bacon? Well, it turns out that not all contributions count when it comes to being an inventor of a patent for a better method of precooking bacon. The ‘498 Patent was issued from this application in 2018. Iolab Corp.

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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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The IPKat

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The worst of these patent trolls pick up low-quality patents and take advantage of asymmetries in the economics of litigation to make quick cash. The root source of this situation, according to Lederer, is the patent prosecution process. Start with the sheer volume of patent applications. Who is the culprit?

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