IPilogue

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

With a few weeks’ worth of law school, Google, and a healthy dose of procrastination, I went down a rabbit hole of plant patents and breeders’ rights to see if I could be fined or arrested for propagating some of my pothos cuttings. allows entire plants to be patented, Canada does not. Although the U.S. Further reading: .

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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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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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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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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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SpicyIP

MARCH 9, 2025

A quick glance at last week analysis of wrongful obtainment in the Indian patent landscape, discussing Delhi High Courts jurisdiction in ANI vs OpenAI, and the implications of a MoU between screen writers and music composers. Keep up with the ever changing world of IP with SpicyIPs Weekly Review! Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan discusses this issue.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The Supreme Court has not granted a writ of certiorari in any patent cases this term, and has now denied certiorari in two dozen. The remaining four patent petitions are listed roughly in order of their likelihood of being granted certiorari (in my opinion). 21-406 (reverse payment patent settlement). Neapco Holdings LLC , No.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of the posts on IPO’s patent application rejection of HIV drug Dolutegravir, another judgement in the long-running Section 3(k) saga, this time on the patentability of business methods and the DHC IPD’s Annual Report 2023-24. Anything we are missing out on?

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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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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 9, 2024

INTRODUCTION A trademark can be registered for the purpose of securing diverse graphic and non-graphic unique symbols and indicia to distinguish the products or services of a trader from that of others. This article discusses the domain of trademark registration, which is useful for businesses and individuals in order to protect their brand.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

How to Use Patent Public Search (PPUBS). Wouldn’t it be great if you can find how many patents have been obtained by a patent attorney or agent? Using the new tool by the USPTO called Patent Public Search (PPUBS), you can search for patent grants by practitioner name. Which patent database should you search?

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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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Patent Trademark Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

Does it make sense to get a patent in China? One of the most frequent questions I get about getting a patent in China is whether anyone should even bother. Why file a patent overseas when you cannot enforce it? Keep in mind that I am a US patent attorney. Need to file a patent in China?

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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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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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LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2023

Navigating Korean Patent Law Changes: Accelerated Examination, PTEs, and Court Decisions @media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-642e0f5b9c76d4054{display: Maximizing Patent Term Extension(PTEs) Korea’s patent term extension (PTE) is flexible in enabling the potential for multiple extensions.

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Will arguments be necessary in your utility patent application? Nine out of ten utility patent applications will get rejected at least once. So, yes, arguments will be required in the vast majority of utility patent applications. Many will get rejected multiple times. Examiners are human. at least for now.

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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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Patently-O

AUGUST 4, 2021

A world first – South Africa recently made headlines by granting a patent for ‘a food container based on fractal geometry’ to a non-human inventor, namely an artificial intelligence (AI) machine called DABUS. Each of these three jurisdictions found sufficient reasons in these formalities to reject DABUS’ patent applications.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 4, 2021

New Patently-O Law Journal article by Colleen V. Chien, Professor of Law and Co-Director, High Tech Law Institute, and Janelle Barbier and Obie Reynolds, both second-year JD students; all at Santa Clara University School of Law. Figure 2: 2021 Pending Patent Applications Pre- vs. Post-AIA (Point Estimate).

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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 8, 2021

It is very important to assess the same, morally, ethically, and legally, in the light of accepted norms laid by the Patent Laws in different major jurisdictions. However, a modified form of life may be considered a patentable subject matter. Whether or not Patents over Life Forms should be Granted?

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Such AI-assisted inventions present a new set of legal issues under patent law. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a long-anticipated Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions. On February 13, 2024, the U.S. The Guidance begins with the premise that only natural persons can be named as inventors on U.S.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 1, 2024

We are pleased to bring to you this sponsored post by IP Press on the extension of the registration deadlines for their Comprehensive Course on Patents, in collaboration with S. The IP Press presents the third cohort of the Comprehensive Course on Patents. Majumdar & Co.who are experts in the field of Patents.

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Kashishipr

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The evergreening of patents is a common element of pharmaceutical patents. The evergreening of patents is a common element of pharmaceutical patents. The most crucial method that global medicine enterprises use is drug evergreening of patents.

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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. A key part of the patent landscape, the Orange Book provides a reference list of therapeutics that the U.S.

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 28, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office announced that the PTO would be revisiting the test for patent subject matter eligibility. A patent protects an invention. Things that are not patentable (by judicial exceptions) include laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas. Alice Corp. 208, 216, 219 (2014).

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The IPKat

JANUARY 23, 2024

Here are the nominees and winners: Best Patent Law Book The nominations, in no particular order, were: • Der patentrechtliche Schutz von Daten und seine Grenzen; Landscheidt, by Fabian Landscheidt. Patent Portfolio Management, A Practical Guide, by Ho Frattasi. The Proportionality Test in European Patent Law, by Léon Dijkman. •

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Patently-O

APRIL 23, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office announced the winner of this year’s National Patent Application Drafting Competition (NPADC), the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. I would encourage any law student interested in pursuing a career in patent prosecution to consider participating in the competition next year.

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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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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit is set to consider the use of terms like “patented,” “proprietary,” and “exclusive” in commercial advertising can be actionable under § 43(a)(1)(B) of the Lanham Act when their use is not entirely accurate. Crocs largely prevailed in those actions.

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Kashishipr

JULY 7, 2021

The first is trade secrets, and the second is patents. Since the same has not been patented, it has never been revealed publicly. Choosing between Patents and Trade Secrets. There is a thin line between patents and trade secrets, and therefore, choosing between either of the two is a fundamental decision for all entities alike.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Over the course of 2024, the patent law landscape has continued to evolve as significant court rulings and emerging technologies shaped its direction. By: Irwin IP LLP

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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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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 21, 2024

Last year, the Federal Circuit surprised many observers of patent law in In re Cellect LLC, 81 F.4th Patent & Trademark Office decision cancelling an earlier filed patent for “obviousness-type” double patenting (“ODP”) over a series of later filed patents in the same family.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2022

Business owners often ask whether they should protect their intellectual property with a trade secret or a patent. A patent protects an invention. Thus, there is some overlap between what can be protected by a trade secret or a patent. The invention must meet several requirements in order to be patentable.

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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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JD Supra Law

JULY 25, 2024

Under the patent laws, the term of a patent may be increased for delays by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) during the application process. Conversely, the USPTO can reduce a patent term adjustment to account for delays caused by the patent applicant. See 35 U.S.C. § See 35 U.S.C. §

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