IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Two such pressures that are frequently at odds with each other are the need to adequately protect the intellectual property that will be the basis for future revenue and investment, and the need to bring such revenue and investment into the business to allow for continued technology development and commercialization.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Bottom line in this new Minerva case — file your patent application before bringing a new product to a trade show. Minerva’s ‘208 patent claims a device for endometrial ablation and includes a 2011 priority filing date. Minerva Surgical, Inc. It was also pitched to a potential acquirer.

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IP Intelligence

JULY 19, 2024

Implications for Patent/Trademark Prosecutors and Holders The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued guidance on the use of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI, in Intellectual Property (IP) practices involving documents filed at the USPTO.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 24, 2022

However, if the Contractor fails to report any inventions to the contracting officer within two months of preparing the corresponding patent applications, the Contractor risks losing ownership of those inventions. The nations in which the Contractor seeks to file the patent application. important;}}.

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

337-TA-1264) — as a matter of first impression — that a patentee’s sale of an unpatented product made with a secret process can create an on-sale bar to the patentability of the process. Under the pre-AIA law, a patentee’s sale of an unpatented product made with a secret process can create an on-sale bar to the patentability of the process.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The act also establishes the rights for businesses and nonprofits to patent and commercialize inventions developed within the scope of the funding agreement. First, contractors have a duty of disclosure to their funding agency that is separate from the duty of disclosure for patent applications. Standard patent rights clauses.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

337-TA-1264) — as a matter of first impression — that a patentee’s sale of an unpatented product made with a secret process can create an on-sale bar to the patentability of the process. But the asserted patents have a priority date after the effective date of the AIA, so the AIA version of the §102 on-sale bar applies.

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