The IPKat

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The key legal test is whether a skilled person could perform the invention. It is thus generally not necessary to describe how the invention was first derived. Nonetheless, the inventive story behind a novel compound may still play a crucial role during patent prosecution and/or subsequent litigation.

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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 20, 2023

US patent attorneys wishing to understand certain peculiarities of European patent drafting need look no further than the recent Board of Appeal decision in T 2171/21. The case law relating to pointers and selection inventions is well established CLBA, II-E-1.6.2c) ). 3d 1241 (Fed.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This jolly invention lights up each branch individually, featuring a central bus wire nestled near the trunk, branching into 5 to 10 light circuits, each sporting 10 to 20 bulbs. As such, patent practitioners should avoid terms such as “large,” “optimized,” “similar,” and “user-friendly.”

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 30, 2023

PM sought revocation of the patent, and BAT counterclaimed infringement of the patent by PM's heat-not-burn IQOS ILUMA device. During proceedings, BAT submitted an amendment to the claims in an attempt to overcome invalidity for inventive step. Final thoughts: Added matter versus patent profanity?

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SpicyIP

JULY 13, 2023

Image from here Issues related to patent quality are pressing and worrying, even a standard measure of monitoring patent quality has been difficult. Of late, even in the EU, there has been an increased focus on the quality of patents in response to the rise of business models centered around patent litigation.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This case also raises questions about the value of explicitly stating the problem solved within the patent document, and perhaps directly in the patent claims. The statutory obviousness test requires a comparison of the claimed invention and the prior art from the perspective of a person having ordinary skill in the art (PHOSITA).

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