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The Legacy of A.B. Dick and Motion Picture Patents: How these 100+ Year Old Ruling Reshaped Patent Law

Patently-O

Third party ink seller Sidney Henry sold ink to a buyer of the machine, despite knowing of the restriction, and was sued for contributory patent infringement. Lexmark argued that these restrictions should be enforceable through patent law, similar to the reasoning in A.B. ” quoting Motion Picture Patents. .”

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Moderna sues Pfizer for mRNA Patent Infringement: when optics and profits reveal real issues in modern IP law usage

IPilogue

Moderna and Pfizer battleā€™s over the inventive process of their respective mRNA COVID-19 vaccines revisit the negative associations of profit, monopolies, and optics in patent litigation. Moderna claimed that they had registered foundational mRNA patents between 2010 and 2016. This exposes some concerns about our patent laws.

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Patent Law Exam 2023: Are you Smarter than a Law Student?

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch The following is my patent law exam from this past semester. When EL filed his patent application, he named himself as the sole inventor. However, he is now questioning whether Jane or Lisa should also be listed as inventors. Question 3. What do you think?

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Federal Court Rules that Artificial Intelligence Cannot Be an Inventor under the Patent Act

Delaware Intellectual Property Litigation Blog

In Thaler , the Court confronted, analyzed and answered the question of ā€œcan an artificial intelligence machine be an ā€˜inventorā€™ under the Patent Act?ā€ After analyzing the plain statutory language of the Patent Act and the Federal Circuit authority, the Court held that the ā€œclear answer is no.ā€ at *17-18.

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Amici Back Jump Rope Company in Supreme Court Case

IP Watchdog

Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund and the Fair Inventing Fund filed briefs in support of the jump rope company while DivX filed in support of neither party.

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The Scope of Comparison Prior Art in Design Patent Infringement

Patently-O

2022) raises a number of important design patent law questions, including an issue of first-impression of the scope of “comparison prior art” available for the ordinary observer infringement analysis under Egyptian Goddess, Inc. Gear patent and Accused infringer below). by Dennis Crouch. Gear, Inc.

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Inventorship Correction Affirmed for Patent on Intermodal Container for Transporting Gaseous Fluids

Patently-O

The patent at issue, originally naming a single inventor (Steve Campbell), claims a lightweight intermodal container system for transporting refrigerated gaseous fluids. 256 to correct inventorship on an issued patent. This ruling aligned patent law with the Court’s prior decision in Petrella v.

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