SpicyIP

APRIL 8, 2025

in Intellectual Property and Competition Law at Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC) are now open! From Law to Leadership: How the MIPLC LL.M. in Intellectual Property and Competition Law isnt just about gaining legal knowledge. Patent Law , European and U.S. Copyright Law , European and U.S.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2025

A European Patent Office (EPO) opposition is often the first line of defense for a party seeking to invalidate a European patent. Oppositions must be filed within nine months of the patents grant, and they offer a centralized way to revoke or limit the patent in all designated states.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 29, 2025

2024 was a year of both big leaps and incremental advances in design law and practice globally. Years-long efforts came to fruition in the European Union and internationally with the Design Law Treaty, adopting significant advances and heralding greater global harmonization.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 27, 2025

This following law seeks to protect a different type of IPRs, such as trademarks, copyrights, and patents. The protection of innovative ideas, technological developments, and unique brand identities is largely dependent on intellectual property rights (IPR), which promotes economic expansion and innovation.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Patent and Trademark Office faces unprecedented challenges as recent executive directives force dramatic changes to its operations. A joint letter from the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) and American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) to Congress highlights that the patent application backlog is at a high point.

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Likelihood of Confusion

MARCH 19, 2025

Republished by Blog Post PromoterVia the Diva of Design Law, Sarah Burstein: This is a good example of how trade dress provides broader protection than design patents.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Malladi Drugs, SpicyIP Intern Bhuwan Sarine analyses the Court’s finding on the burden of proof in patent matters concerning revocation petitions. student at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. 64 of the Patents Act, 1970 (“the Act”). Bhuwan is a third year B.A., Petitioner”) under s.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2025

Pramudji Law Group PLLC, a Houston-based IP boutique law firm, is seeking a patent agent/patent attorney/patent engineer with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Physics. This position entails drafting and prosecuting patent applications and performing invalidity and infringement analysis.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 22, 2025

The Board of Appeal decision in T 0816/22 considered whether post-published phase III clinical trial data showing lack of efficacy can invalidate a second medical use patent that appeared plausible based on the data in the application as filed.

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The IPKat

MARCH 31, 2025

Trier in summer As readers know, the Katfriends at the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier are always busy organizing programmes and courses on all aspects of European law, including IP and digital and IT law. For those looking to get a deep dive in either subject, ERA is organizing two distinct summer courses this year.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 26, 2025

reversing-in-part the District of Delaware's post-trial rulings of judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) of noninfringement in favor of Shibuya. Shibuya Hoppman Corp.,

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2025

Rajya Sabha MP Haris Beeran wrote to the Minister of Health and Family Welfare on December 20, 2024, urging the Central Government to invoke Section 100 (1) of the Patents Act with respect to local production of the rare disease Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) treating drug Risdiplam. 72 lakhs for children (12 bottles) and Rs 1.86

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will increase patent fees and even create some new ones. Effective January 19, 2025, the U.S. A Final Rule, issued Nov. 20, instituted a 7.5% across-the-board increase with new utility applications increasing by about 10%.

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Intepat

APRIL 7, 2025

INTRODUCTION Patent legislation offers legal safeguarding for novel inventions once they have been patented by their creators. A patent , essentially a temporary monopoly, is bestowed upon the owner in exchange for disclosing the invention to the public. This system benefits both society and the inventor.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The Unified Patent Court ("UPC") and the unitary patent—which came into force in June 2023—were created at the request of European industry in order to benefit from a single title (the unitary patent) covering the territory of several European Union Member States (18 states to date), and a unified jurisdiction (the UPC) competent to sanction infringement (..)

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 11, 2025

The Ninth Circuit previously reversed the FTCs victory in a parallel lawsuit alleging federal antitrust violations over the same.

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Erik K Pelton

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

We are seeking a law student for a paid IP/Trademark internship ($25/hr) from May 2025 to August 2025 (dates are flexible, minimum 10 weeks is required). Our intern will have an interest in Intellectual Property law; solid research and writing skills; and attention to detail and deadlines.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 4, 2025

23-2254 that a reissued patent receives patent term extension (PTE) based on the issue date of the original patent, not the reissue patent, agreeing with the district court. Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc., By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 4, 2025

This Article analyzes over 89,000 patents litigated over a twenty-year period to determine how the number of office actions to allowance during prosecution impacts rates of invalidity during subsequent litigation. Originally published in volume 38, issue 1 of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, February 2025.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

101, the statute governing patent eligibility. AED) filed a petition for writ of certiorari, challenging the Federal Circuits summary affirmance under Rule 36 of a ruling that invalidated its patents under the Alice/Mayo framework. Supreme Court has once again been urged to revisit 35 U.S.C. Audio Evolution Diagnostics, Inc.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 7, 2025

One of the main areas of intellectual property law development is the link between artificial intelligence and intellectual property rights (IPRs). Growing AI-related business activity, early case law, and legislative and international policy activities are making it more and more relevant in practice.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

recently filed a complaint in the Western District of Texas against NVIDIA Corporation (“NVIDIA”), Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) and RPX Corporation (“RPX”) (collectively, “Defendants”) for alleged patent infringement and violation of federal antitrust laws. Xockets, Inc. eBay world.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 19, 2025

Since one of the companies against which the suit was filed is in Mumbai, Dhanush applied Section 12 of the Letter Patent Act, which allowed him to sue the company along with the other respondents. The defense concluded that the case was without merits, thus not violating copyright laws. 1] Llaiyaraja v.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In this episode, Troutman Pepper attorneys Andy Zappia, Kim Coghill, and Bryan Smith discuss the new final rule issued for director review in post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). By: Troutman Pepper

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 1, 2025

This article continues our analysis of over 89,000 patents to determine how the number of office actions to allowance during prosecution impacts litigation outcomes. Last month we discussed how prosecution length impacts invalidity rates during litigation. Now we discuss how it impacts findings of infringement. By: Baker Botts L.L.P.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Patent term extension (PTE) under 35 U.S.C. § 156 is a statutory program that restores to a patent at least a portion of the term that was effectively lost while the covered product was undergoing regulatory review and could not be marketed.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 31, 2025

14, 2025), addressing whether a published patent application can serve as prior art in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings as of its filing date. 8,410,400 (the 400 patent), which covers LED-based. By: Hudnell Law Group The case arose from an IPR initiated by Samsung Electronics challenging claims of Lynk Labs U.S.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The past year has included some monumental developments in the world of IP - and adjacent to IP - that will affect law and practice for years to come.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

recent circular on procurement of drugs, non-obviousness test under the patents law, and the Hamburg Regional Court’s decision in Robert Kneschke v LAION e.V. Taming the ‘LAION’: Lessons for Harmonising AI and Copyright Law Unpacking the Hamburg Regional Court’s landmark ruling in Robert Kneschke v. The Show Must Go On?

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 6, 2025

Can foreign applicants file US utility patent applications? Inventors located outside the US can file US patent applications. Foreign inventors, however, must be careful to follow the patent laws of the country in which the invention was made. Are you a foreign business looking to apply for a US patent?

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 25, 2025

In 2024, design patent law encountered a couple of major changes: the implementation of a new design patent bar, and the upending of decades of obviousness law under 35 U.S.C. Looking back at last years design patent issuance statistics, we now take the time to determine whether, if at all, the issuance numbers.

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Patently-O

MARCH 19, 2025

Masur (Chicago Law) and Lisa Larrimore Ouellette (Stanford Law). 2025), which upheld patent claims even though they covered after-arising technology that was not described or enabled in the specification. As Dennis noted, the Federal Circuit appeared to depart from well-established prior law on the subject.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This is the question the European Parliament addresses for the first time in its Resolution on policy implications of the development of virtual worlds – civil, company commercial and intellectual property law issues, published on October 17, 2024, in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today officially withdrew its controversial proposed rule on terminal disclaimer practice.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Recently, the Indian Patent Office rejected a patent application by UPL Ltd. for lack of sufficient disclosure mandated under Section 10(4) of the Patents Act. In the context of this order, SpicyIP intern Deepali Vashist discusses the disclosure requirement under the Patents Act and what it means for the larger patent bargain.

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The IPKat

MARCH 19, 2025

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Adanna Onah on a recent UK Court of Appeal decision concerning patent amendments and the limits of post-grant claim scope adjustments. At first look, the phrase display of a computing apparatus seemed to point squarely at an electronic screen.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 25, 2025

2025) that clarifies how patent term extension (PTE) is calculated for reissue patents. On March 13, 2025, the Federal Circuit issued a decision in Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V. Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc., 23-2254 (Fed.

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