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Legal Lessons from Holiday Lights: Clarity in Patent Drafting

LexBlog IP

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. 7,784,961 Before sledding into the patent’s technicalities, the inventor of this Christmas cheer utilized a lesser-known path under U.S. patent law.

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"Using AI tools to help assess inventive step": A response to the CIPA journal article

The IPKat

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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[Sponsored] Registration Deadline Extended for the “Comprehensive Course on Patents” Organized by The IP Press In Collaboration with S. Majumdar & Co. (October 5-November 23)

SpicyIP

About The Course This comprehensive course on patents is designed to provide a thorough understanding of patent law, procedures, and practical applications in the intellectual property landscape. The services of the firm extend to all other foreign countries through their strong network of associates.

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REMINDER: Tryouts for the USPTO National Patent Application Drafting Competition Team – DEADLINE TOMORROW

IPilogue

Students interested in trying out for Osgoode’s PADC team must submit answers to our patent drafting skills exercise in a Word document with your name in the file name to iposgoode@osgoode.yorku.ca. About the Patent Drafting Competition. Invention statements will be released to teams on November 1, 2021.

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CALL FOR TRYOUTS – USPTO National Patent Application Drafting Competition

IPilogue

Students interested in trying out for Osgoode’s PADC team must submit answers to our patent drafting skills exercise by 3 pm on Friday, October 22, 2021. About the Patent Drafting Competition. Invention statements will be released to teams on November 1, 2021.

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CALL FOR TRYOUTS – USPTO National Patent Application Drafting Competition

IPilogue

Students interested in trying out for Osgoode’s PADC team must submit answers to our patent drafting skills exercise by 3 pm on Friday, September 23, 2022. The winner of each regional round will compete in the National Finals held at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. .

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Patent – a shield for modern biotechnology

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Thus, a legal safeguard should be provided to inventors for their inventions to keep their interest in science alive. What are the biotechnological inventions? This leads them to think about protecting their inventions from unauthorized use. What is patent?

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