Kashishipr

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

One of such defenses is the doctrine of inequitable conduct, which is referred to as a breach of the duty of being honest or acting fraudulently in conduct while dealing with the Patent Office. Hence, inequitable conduct may occur, for example, if one bribes researchers to lie as to the original date of the invention.

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TraskBritt Intellectual Property

JUNE 10, 2021

An applicant secures a patent after successfully prosecuting the patent application at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). When the USPTO believes an application embodies an invention worthy of a patent, the USPTO grants a Notice of Allowance. Patentability Search.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 3, 2024

Concerns Expressed by the Delhi High Court As quick background, an appeal was filed by Man Trucks and Bus SA against the Controller’s order dated March 18, 202, rejecting its patent application for “Particle separator and method for separating particles of an exhaust stream of an internal combustion engine.”

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Chinese Utility models can provide an alternative to invention patents and supplement them too. Unlike invention patents, utility models are not examined. Most people incorrectly assume these “junk” patents are worthless because they are granted without any substantial examination.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Draft version The requirement to amend the description of a European patent application in line with the scope of the claims is a peculiarity of European patent prosecution. of the Guidelines, which refers to description amendments, has been reworded slightly. emphasis added). Section F-IV, 4.3

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

selected address issues such as SPC protection for combination products, double patenting, prosecution history estoppel and the influence of declarations made by the patentee in parallel proceedings, the possibility for national courts to request technical opinions from the EPO under Art. The decisions we (arbitrarily!)

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SpicyIP

APRIL 10, 2024

Further, the Court held that even assuming the Controller’s decision was on merits, since the Court had undertaken an independent assessment of the suit patent’s validity, the Controller’s decision (referred to here as decision of “hierarchically lower Court”) cannot be cited to reverse the same.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 26, 2021

A quirk of European patent prosecution is the requirement for the description to be amended in line with allowed claims. The aim of the applicant will always be to minimize description amendments as much as possible, given the potential for the description to be used to interpret the claims post-grant (e.g.

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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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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Ask the inventor to explicitly describe why the invention is more than the expected sum of its parts. Clients often ask how much detail they need to provide when working with an attorney to draft a patent application for an invention that includes software. Third, the Court discussed Solutran, Inc. Elavon, Inc., [6]

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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.

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The IPKat

JUNE 13, 2024

The cover article of the May 2024 edition of the CIPA Journal proposed a new test for inventive step using AI. The CIPA journal article proposes to use an AI derived measurement of semantic similarity between the claims and the prior art as a new test for inventive step.

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Will arguments be necessary in your utility patent application? Nine out of ten utility patent applications will get rejected at least once. So, yes, arguments will be required in the vast majority of utility patent applications. Many will get rejected multiple times. Examiners are human. at least for now.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Therefore, by granting the interim injunction in the present matter on the above rationale, the court has raised the bar for the defendants planning to resort to the plea of invalidity to oppose application of interim injunction, in future litigations. . The Drug and the patent. Background . Relying on Novartis v.

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

On page 4, the report stated that such a platform shall lead to, among other things, partnerships in ‘IP creation’ It states how various countries are using data and their associated IPs as a strategic asset for global dominance (refer to page 5). It is not clear what this refers to though. On page no.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Patent Prosecution refers to the process whereby an applicant files an application before the Patent Office for the grant of a patent. This process necessarily consists of several steps to ensure that only ‘patentable’ inventions are granted protection.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Under the new guidelines, “hemp” refers to cannabis and its derivatives containing no more than 0.3% Patent Prosecution. Patent protection is generally available for cannabis and cannabis-related innovations on the same basis as any other innovation, presenting relatively few obstacles for applicants.

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Nelligan Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes Key changes to patent prosecution in Canada will come into effect October 3, 2022. These changes will impact the patent prosecution process in Canada by introducing excess claims fees, requests for continued examinations and conditional notices of allowance. Requests for Continued Examination.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 18, 2023

That is to say, ‘applicants’ are interested stakeholders here, and focusing on issues faced by applicants alone, just one of the many stakeholders, does not equate to understanding the patent oppositions mechanism as a whole. of the total published applications. ’. of patent applications)?

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

This post explains some of the decision’s consequences and explores potential patent prosecution strategies. In that case, Gilead Sciences sequentially filed separate patent applications, leading to patents with different expiration dates, claiming inventions that were obvious variants of each other.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Patent prosecution, portfolio, and strategic patenting considerations. Patents have contributed significantly to the advances in science and technology that make lithium-ion batteries more affordable and efficient today. The costs of obtaining and maintaining a global patent portfolio can quickly add up.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

IP includes any creation of the mind, including inventions, literary and artistic works, symbols, names, images, and designs, and various forms of IP protection cover these different categories. A comprehensive IP strategy must cover all bases – prosecution, enforcement, defense, and transactions.

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