Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). While the Report is comprehensive, it does not recommend any new action to address IP issues with NFTs.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This post is the third and final instalment in the “Africa IP Highlights 2022" series of posts highlighting some of the key developments in IP in Africa in 2022. As previously stated, the Africa IP Highlights 2022 is the result of collaboration between myself and and Doreen Adoma Agyei and Clarisse Mideva. Katfriend, Ifeanyi E.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2023

On 30 November 2023, the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) published the findings of a survey on “Intellectual Property Principle – What the IP Community regards as important” ( executive summary and slides ). The survey was conducted by response:AI, an independent market research firm.

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The IPKat

APRIL 26, 2024

Millions of people worldwide celebrate the essential role of IP rights in fostering creativity and innovation to drive human progress. This year's theme is ‘IP and the SDGs: building our common future with innovation and creativity’. IP is a powerful tool for human progress in addressing global challenges.

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Olartemoure Blog

MAY 7, 2024

How can I protect designs with patents? Design patents or Industrial Designs offer protection for novel designs, providing exclusive rights to the features of the visual qualities of the product or packaging. Design patents guard your innovations against imitation for up to 15 years depending on the jurisdiction of protection.

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Olartemoure Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

If you own IP in Colombia or abroad and are seeking financing and cash for your projects or company, this article is for you. Intellectual property (IP) is an increasingly important asset for businesses in today’s knowledge-based economy. This is where IP finance comes in.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 1, 2023

Substantial patent litigation activity occurred in the mRNA space in 2022, involving nearly all of the major mRNA and lipid nanoparticle (LNP) pioneers. Since this is the most significant happening in this space with respect to IP in 2022, this post will provide an overview of that activity as well as a summary exposure analysis.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 18, 2023

The Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) on Monday held a webinar featuring some big names in the IP world to clear up what the organization characterizes as misguided views on the use of Title 28 of the U.S. government statement of interest filed in a patent infringement suit against Moderna, Inc.’s patented invention.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). While the Report is comprehensive, it does not recommend any new action to address IP issues with NFTs.

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IP.com

JANUARY 24, 2022

Patenting an invention is a long, complex, and costly process that might not seem worthwhile, especially for small businesses or entrepreneurs. However, in many cases patents offer benefits that other. The post Patent Benefits: 4 Advantages of Patenting Your IP appeared first on IP.com - IP Innovation and Analytics.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Patent owner Longhorn IP has urged the Federal Circuit to overturn an $8 million bond imposed by an Idaho federal court under the state's law, claiming that the bond order was unconstitutional and an attempt to intimidate the company and deter it from bringing a semiconductor patent suit against Idaho-based Micron Technology.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 24, 2024

In a recent blog summarizing an extensive study from the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), we discussed just how impactful intellectual property (IP) rights, such as patents and trademarks, can be in securing funding for start-ups. By: Caldwell

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Patent Trademark Blog

MAY 26, 2023

Is it too late for you to file a patent? Did you miss a patent filing deadline? Or, did you not even know that patents had to be filed by a certain time after you begin selling your product ? Is there still a way to get IP if you’re too late to patent your products? Answers vary. There was no backup plan.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2024

In a nod to Mark Twain’s famous quote, the rumors of the death of IP Edge are greatly exaggerated. On the stats, it was a slightly below average week at both the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and in the district courts.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

We seek a qualified patent prosecutor to join our team at M&B IP. The ideal candidate should be a registered patent attorney or patent agent with a background. This is a full-time, permanent position located in New Jersey.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This might sound well and good—until you think about what it actually means for IP owners. Indeed, the foundational premise of the repair movement is that there is something inherently wrong when an IP owner exercises its right to exclude and imposes a repair restriction.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Nearly 50 former government officials and other well-known figures in the IP space signed onto a letter today penned by the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) urging President Biden to oppose the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) proposed extension of the COVID-19 IP waiver to therapeutics and diagnostics.

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Olartemoure Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

In this paper, we will explore the concept of tokenization of intellectual property (IP) assets and the use of stable coins for IP owners. Intellectual property (IP) assets, such as patents, trademarks, and copyrights, can be valuable assets for businesses and individuals. Tokenization of IP assets has several benefits.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 18, 2023

The concerns voiced by witnesses and congress members today centered around harm and cost to consumers as a result of technological protection measures (TPMs) and increased use of IP tools such as design patents to thwart competition for after-market parts.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office fees contribute to a difficult future environment for IP leaders. attorneys who follow a series of practice tips to build a well-managed, valuable IP portfolio can help alleviate this potential financial burden, says Vincent Brault at Anaqua. As potentially higher U.S.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MAY 16, 2024

Can you patent a consumer product? Even a slight improvement might make a consumer product worthy of a patent. You can choose not to pursue patents, but what would be your backup plan? Ready to patent your consumer product? Ready to patent your consumer product? Aren’t patents too expensive to enforce?

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

A new intellectual property (IP) organization launched today will be headed by former vice president of U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC), Frank Cullen, and features a Board of Directors comprised of bipartisan frontrunners in the IP realm. policy at the U.S. The Board includes former U.S.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 19, 2023

This week in Washington IP news, the House Science Committee looks at how artificial intelligence can be deployed to advance U.S.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Supported by a coalition of well-recognized individuals and trade organizations long supporting greater certainty in patent rights, the framework of IP principles is intended to serve as a guidebook for policymakers who want to address genuine issues currently facing the nation’s IP system.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

While none of these cases induced large numbers of amici to ask the Court to grant cert, they do represent several current issues in IP law that remain unaddressed.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2024

Basheer raised in his 2018 post on the Politics of Patent Citation. While the question made sense ever since I read the post, it started making more sense (and bothering me more) after working on the SpicyIP Open IP Syllabus where I witnessed a relative “over-accessibility” of US-European IPR scholarship. a question that Prof.

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 18, 2024

A licence is an agreement between you as the IP right owner and another party. IP can be ‘licensed-out’ or ‘licensed-in’. You can ‘license-in’ if you want to use another company’s IP to develop your own business and products. We also have country guides to help you protect your IP abroad.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Last week included the end of January, which meant district court filings spiked as they usually do at the end of the month, with 92 new patent filings, and plenty of terminations (66).

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Olartemoure Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

We share some of the patents that protect this inventions: CONVERTIBLE WHEELCHAIR AND SEPARATE LIFT MODULE FOR CONNECTING TO AND ELEVATING THE WHEELCHAIR US6866288B2 Inventor: Willis Martin Assignee: Martin Manufacturing Co LLC Date of Patent: Mar. Assignee: Pride Mobility Products Corp Date of Patent: Feb. Antonishak.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Several attorneys associated with patent monetization firm IP Edge are being referred to their state disciplinary bars, the Texas Supreme Court's Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, the U.S. district court without disclosing the interests of IP Edge, which stood to gain 90% of the gross recovery from the asserted patents.

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The IPKat

MARCH 11, 2024

The Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) held – in its recent judgment The KaiKai Company Jaeger Wichmann GbR (case C-382/21 P) – that the Paris Convention does not allow cross-IP priority claims in general, thus disagreeing with the Advocate General’s earlier Opinion (The IPKat here ). As a reminder, Art. As a reminder, Art.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This post is the third and final installment in the “Africa IP Highlights 2021 series” of posts highlighting some of the key developments in IP in Africa in 2021. This post is about patents and reforms in IP policy, legislation and administration. The first 2 posts covered copyright and trade marks.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 17, 2023

This week in Washington IP news, following the federal holiday to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Congress is not in session, but there are still some interesting events to put on your calendar, including the all-day listening session on United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)-U.S.

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IP Tech Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

Every year, on April 26, intellectual property organizations around the world observe “ World IP Day ” – an event established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to raise awareness of patents, copyrights, designs, and trademarks, and to celebrate the creativity and contributions of inventors, authors, artists and entrepreneurs.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Kat friend Iana Kazeeva provides an enlightening discussion on steps taken by the Russian government and courts with respect to IP following the invasion of Ukraine. The common denominator is the use of changes to the IP law as a political instrument towards states taking “unfriendly” actions against Russia.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Valuing physical objects is straightforward due to their tangible differences and quality comparisons, but intangible assets, such as intellectual property (IP) like designs, trademarks, and patents, pose a challenging task both in protection and quantification.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This week in Washington IP news, the House IP Subcommittee evaluates IP competition with China, and the House Space Committee reviews one year of the CHIPS and Science Act. Elsewhere, the 78th UN General Assembly holds a high-level meeting on pandemic preparedness and vaccine patents.

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