The IPKat

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

2025 National Patent Application Drafting Competition The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office invites law students and students studying patent law to participate in the 2025 National Patent Application Drafting Competition. For further information, click here.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 11, 2022

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued a study entitled “Patent eligible subject matter: Public views on the current jurisprudence in the United States.” By: AEON Law

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Samridhi Chugh and Manya Gupta write about this order, explaining how the Court appears to have convoluted the issues surrounding the interplay between trademarks, disparagement, and free speech, rather than clarifying them. It involved the plaintiff’s registered trademark, “SUPREME”. In this post by Kartikeya S.,

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), expressing concern about policymaking on drug patents and drug prices being driven by a narrative rooted more in policy goals than in actual data. Earlier this month, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) sent a letter to the U.S.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 9, 2025

Highlights Moving Towards a Wrongful Obtainment Standard Part I Wrongful obtainment is a less explored area of patent law in the Indian context. Patent Office orders have partially answered what it means to wrongfully obtain a patent but are inconsistent in adjudicating wrongful obtainment claims.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 27, 2021

21-406 (reverse payment patent settlement). 21-195 (impact of foreign use on trademark rights in the US); Australian Leather Pty. 21-513 (impact of foreign use on trademark rights in the US); Federal Trade Commission , No. Belmora LLC, et al. Bayer Consumer Care AG , No. Deckers Outdoor Corporation , No.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2023

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 28, 2023

Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH failed to prove its patent analyzing client leads was anything more than an unpatentable abstract idea, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board said Monday.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

The second report seems more detailed, as it has information on various categories of IP cases as compared to the first report which mentioned only patent appeals, original patent petitions, and trademark appeals. A total of 1977 cases across patents, copyrights and trademarks, were received from the IPAB in 2022.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

As a member of World Trade Organization (WTO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), Thailand allows applicants to file patents and trademarks in multiple PCT member countries simultaneously, making it easier and expanding.

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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.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 1, 2024

On June 28, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Notice requesting public comments on the current state of the common law experimental use exception to patent infringement and whether Congress should consider codifying the experimental use exception through legislative action.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2021

Loosely similar to divided infringement in patent law where no one person infringes but their conduct together does. McKenna, Trademark Spaces There is a space on a product where TMs go—on the back of a computer in the center, as a logo on clothing. TM: Mark A. Lemley and Mark P. But others are harder. Stitching on pockets?

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Similar treaties already exist in the area of Patents (Patent Law Treaty of 2000) and Trademarks (Trademark Law Treaty of 1994 and Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks of 2006). By: AEON Law

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The post Trademark Tales of Terror: Evil Dead – Not Just a Reference to Failed Trademarks appeared first on King Business and Patent Law.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

But the inverse is true of patents currently being prosecuted: ~94+ of applications currently pending before the USPTO, we estimate, are governed by the AIA. 2021 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 34. Prior Patently-O Patent L.J. Our data can be found at: [link]. Pre-AIAPatents ). COVID-19Impact).

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 27, 2023

On January 26, 2023, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) conducted a public roundtable, during which various attorneys and industry experts discussed their thoughts on the intersection of patent law with non-fungible tokens (NFTs). By: ArentFox Schiff

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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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IP Law 360

JUNE 14, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal said Tuesday that it's time to consider the next big changes in patent law after the America Invents Act, while also pushing smaller agency changes through as soon as possible.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The post Trademark Tales of Terror: The Masked Horror – Michael Myers appeared first on King Business and Patent Law.

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Intepat

MARCH 13, 2025

In India, the protection of architectural designs falls under three main categories of the Indian IP regime, namely copyrights, designs and trademarks. The integration of IoT-enabled designs and smart technologies adds another layer of complexity as the same would fall in the domain of patent law.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 14, 2023

Yes, sometimes a sound is so closely associated with a business or is intended to be such a brand identifier it can be trademarked. There are some sounds that can’t be registered as trademarks, though, because sound trademarks are subject to the same requirements as “regular” word or design trademarks.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 1, 2025

patent law. The court issued about 70 precedential patent cases along with a handful related to other IP doctrines (primarily trademark). To continue reading, become a Patently-O member. Continue reading this post on Patently-O. Already a member? Simply log in to access the full post.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The post Trademark Tales of Terror: Leatherface and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre appeared first on King Business and Patent Law.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 6, 2021

patent law. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) decision that refused to allow Thaler's two patent applications to proceed because he listed DABUS (an AI machine) as the inventor. The decision was rendered by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Thaler v.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The post Trademark Tales of Terror: Freddy Krueger Stalks the Nightmares of Bootleg Merchandise Vendors appeared first on King Business and Patent Law.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The post Trademark Tales of Terror: Friday the 13th and the Trouble with Jason Voorhees appeared first on King Business and Patent Law.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JULY 11, 2022

A key part of the patent landscape, the Orange Book provides a reference list of therapeutics that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved, making it convenient for physicians to find generic equivalents.

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The IPKat

JULY 22, 2022

In 2006, work on simplifying procedures for the protection of industrial designs started in the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) , which has evolved into the draft for the proposed DLT. plants, animals, and microorganisms), and knowledge systems.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

Essential Benefits of Trademark Registration – Part 8 This is the eighth in a series of posts about the benefits of having your trademark registered. Domain Name Protection Trademark registration extends its protective umbrella to your domain name.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

But the inverse is true of patents currently being prosecuted: ~94+ of applications currently pending before the USPTO, we estimate, are governed by the AIA. 2021 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 34. Prior Patently-O Patent L.J. Our data can be found at: [link]. Pre-AIAPatents ). COVID-19Impact).

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IP Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

trademark law. trademark owner can recover damages for infringing sales outside the U.S. trademark owner otherwise would have made. trademark law “provide[s] a remedy for a foreign defendant’s use of a plaintiff’s U.S. trademark abroad only if that use is likely to cause confusion in the United States.”

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Patently-O

JANUARY 10, 2023

Boundy practices at the intersection of patent and administrative law, and consults with other firms on court and administrative agency proceedings, including PTAB trials and appeals. Prior Patently-O Patent L.J. 2021 Patently-O Patent Law Journal 34. He may be reached at DBoundy@PotomacLaw.com.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Guidance on artificial intelligence's implications for patent law, which the White House has directed the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to produce, could illuminate important issues, according to attorneys, but the tight timeline and evolving technology might limit what the office can say.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Litigation – Patent . Patent Law . Technology Law . Copyright Law . Trademark Law . Firms included in the 2023 Edition of the “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with consistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Appellate Practice .

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2024

Is it about the exclusive right to use a trademark – “butter chicken” or the “look and feel” of a restaurant?; According to Indian Express , the dispute concerns trademark rights over the dish. But unlike patent law, where false designations of inventions are punishable, false advertising has lower standards.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 6, 2021

In Curver , the Federal Circuit found that a design patent for a “Pattern for a Chair” was not infringed by a basket having a very similar pattern, reasoning that baskets and chairs are not found in analogous art fields. There is an old maxim in patent law, which states: “That which infringes if later, anticipates if earlier.”

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