Hugh Stephens Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Screen Australia Drama Report At a time when streaming services (also referred to as subscription video on demand, or SVOD) are growing internationally at a frenzied pace, various countries are pondering how to deal with this phenomenon, particularly when it comes to local production.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Along with other new and increased fees, including the surcharge for late-stage continuation applications, the United States Patent & Trademark Office published a final rule on November 20, 2024, that establishes new fees for Information Disclosure Statements (IDS) that cite more than 50 references.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Reasoning Regarding the NDCA’s erroneous granting of JMOL of non-obviousness: Factual underpinnings of non-obviousness, e.g. , the Graham factors for obviousness and a POSITA’s motivation to combine prior art references, are issues of fact ordinarily for the jury.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 9, 2022

The new tool is entitled GhostDetect , and it works by analyzing a reference text that is known to be written by the author and a query text that is in question. Since the latter is the oldest, by a day, I opted to use that as the reference. What I found was interesting.

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Patently-O

MAY 24, 2024

Although the primary reference need not be “basically the same” as the claimed invention, the court still maintained that the obviousness analysis begins with a primary reference. ” And, like the primary reference, any secondary references must also be analogous art.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 2, 2024

The invention uses a radiation source, e.g., a linear accelerator (referred to as a ‘linac’), mounted on a pair of concentric rings to deliver a beam of ionizing radiation to the targeted area on the patient.” The instant dispute between Elekta and ZAP Surgical Systems, Inc.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Apple filed two IPR petitions, each challenging various claims of the ’479 patent as obvious in view of multiple prior art references. Background Corephotonics owns the ’479 patent, which is directed to creating “portrait photos.”

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

the case addresses the weight the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) should give to the intended purpose of a primary reference when evaluating a Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art’s (POSITA) motivation to combine that primary reference with secondary references. Teleflex Innovations S.A.R.L. , Qualcomm Inc. ,

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Board found that the Chen reference rendered obvious claims 1-3 and 9. The Board also found that Sierra’s motivation to combine Chen with certain GSM references was insufficient. Whether substantial evidence supports the Board’s finding of a lack of motivation to combine Chen with the GSM references?

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Patently-O

MAY 21, 2024

In utility patents, the test for analogous arts has two prongs, with the reference qualifying as prior art if either prong is met: Whether the prior art is from the same field of endeavor as the claimed invention, regardless of the problem addressed by the reference. May 21, 2024) (en banc). ” In re Jennings , 182 F.2d

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 12, 2024

Biosimilar Litigations include litigations relating to biosimilar/follow-on products of CDER-listed reference products. Litigations between biosimilar applicants/manufacturers and reference product sponsors as well as litigations between two biosimilar applicants/manufacturers are included.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 25, 2024

Just one year into the AIA, Chief Judge Randall Rader famously referred to the PTAB as a “death squad” at the 2013 American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) annual meeting because the invalidation rate was so high.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 27, 2022

It refers to the Wayback Machine as a “permanent public archive” though it is far from that. The letter also makes reference to a “DMCA legal case”, which is simply not a thing. However there are still other oddities. The fake lawyer identifies herself as a trademark attorney, but is handling a copyright issue.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Background In response to an infringement case filed by Provisur, Weber filed two inter partes review (“IPR”) petitions to invalidate two patents owned by Provisur, based on Weber’s operating manuals and additional references, which the Board instituted. Weber , slip op., The two patents (U.S. Patent Nos. Weber , slip op.,

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 6, 2021

I actually heard a friend of mine yesterday refer to it as half-cinated. The following is a transcript of my video Vaccinate Your Brand with Trademark Registration. As I record this episode, I’m in between my first and second dose of getting the Pfizer vaccine. It’s a hybrid of half-vaccinated.

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The IPKat

JUNE 2, 2024

After it was referred back in 2021, a few days ago the Grand Board of the European Union Intellectual Property Office finally issued its long-awaited decision concerning an application to register the figurative sign ‘COVIDIOT’ (below) as an EU trade mark for the following goods: Class 6: Metal clips. Class 28: Board games; Toys.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 7, 2024

A private sale may start an inventor’s one-year filing clock, but it likely won’t save a patentee from an intervening prior art reference. Specifically, the CAFC affirmed that a secret sale of a product would not be sufficient to pre-date a prior art reference under 35 U.S.C §102(b)(2)(B). 102(b)(2)(B). 102(b)(2)(B).

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This chart tracks the date, drug, reference-listed company, applicant, and indications of publicly available drug launches resulting from Abbreviated New Drug Applications and 505(b)(2) Applications. By: Robins Kaplan LLP

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 16, 2024

In general, a trademark refers to a brand name used in connection with goods, while a service mark is one that is used in connection with the provision of services. Trademark lawyers are often asked: “What’s the difference between a trademark and a service mark?” By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Regardless, the Federal Circuit found that Neenah and the Board adequately explained that the basis for having Kronzer be the primary reference is that adding a white pigment to the layers of Kronzer’s transfer sheet would improve the transfer sheets for application to dark fabrics.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 15, 2024

It is referred to as the Non-Compete Clause Rule. Everyone is talking about the new rule approved by the Federal Trade Commission on April 23 (published on May 7 and set to take effect – pending legal challenges – on September 4, 2024 ).

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Erik K Pelton

JULY 23, 2024

There are five elements in this sliding scale and their respective strength (strongest to weakest): Coined trademarks (completely new and made up terms) Arbitrary trademarks (real words that are unrelated to the goods or services at issue) Suggestive trademarks (words that relate to the goods or services, but that are not descriptive of them) Descriptive (..)

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The “real question” is “why a person of ordinary skill in the art would have combined elements from specific references in the way the claimed invention does.” In fact, they make no reference to sacral neuromodulation.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Biosimilar Litigations include litigations relating to biosimilar/follow-on products of CDER-listed reference products. Litigations between biosimilar applicants/manufacturers and reference product sponsors as well as litigations between two biosimilar applicants/manufacturers are included.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 28, 2022

She licensed the photo to Vanity Fair magazine for use as an artist reference. First off today, John Fritze at USA Today reports that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that pits photographer Lynn Goldsmith against the estate of artist Andy Warhol. The case deals with a photograph taken by Goldsmith in 1981 of the musician Prince.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

2006), Incept argued that when a prior art reference describes a genus and the challenged claim recites a species of that genus, anticipation turns on whether the genus was of such a defined and limited class that one of ordinary skill in the art could have “at once envisaged” each member of the genus. Relying on Eli Lilly & Co.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

At trial, Columbia submitted draft jury instructions stating that “[t]he term ‘prior art’ refers to prior designs of the same article of manufacture or of articles so similar that a person of ordinary skill would look to such articles for their design.”

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Erik K Pelton

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Many people misuse them to refer to an entire category of goods: All tissues are not Kleenex® brand! Their packaging says “Kleenex brand tissues” to make it clear that Kleenex is not the name for all tissues and to help people avoid using the “Kleenex” name generically.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 27, 2024

In the fall of 2019 , Brazilian law enforcement agencies launched the first wave of anti-piracy campaign ‘Operation 404,’ referring to the well-known HTTP error code. Prison for Flash IPTV Operator The operator of Flash IPTV, who is referred to by the initials A.W.A.P.,

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TorrentFreak

JULY 10, 2024

The game also popularized the IO extension for games, a reference to the input/output computing term, not the Indian Ocean territory from where it originally derived its initials. Takedown The takedown notice references an anti-circumvention claim, suggesting that the pirated versions disabled the JavaScript sitelock.

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The IPKat

JULY 15, 2024

According to the Board of Appeal in T 0116/18 (the referring Board in G 2/21 ), a technical effect must merely be "conceptually comprised" in the broadest technical teaching of the application as filed ("encompassed") ( IPKat ). The application as filed referred to three polymorphic forms in equal terms. 2 of G 2/21 meaningless ".

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

6,061,551 (the “’551 Patent”), a patent that the ’444 Patent incorporated by reference. The Board issued its final written decision determining claim 3 to be unpatentable as obvious over Tayloe in combination with TI Datasheet (another prior art reference). and finally, the “refer to” language in [5.] 551 Patent, col.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 19, 2024

The patent application was for this method, and neither the judgement nor the IP Patent Search Documents (refer the Form 2 for the patent application here) mention a specific use of these antibodies. In this case, the DHC examined whether “treatment” solely refers to a “method of treatment” under Section 3(i).

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 23, 2024

Their case was referred to the Taichung District Prosecutor’s Office in Taiwan and following an investigation, authorities targeted addresses in Taichung City and Yunlin County early last month. ” CIB also references two additional suspects; who they are and what roles they played in the operation go unmentioned.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Gibson, the creator of The Shadow, referred to Batman as a “clowned-up version of The Shadow.”. The copycat origins of Batman are largely forgotten and left behind, something that is made as an inside reference when the two share a story with each other. Still, the similarities were enough that Walter B.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

and various USPTO rules cited in the MPEP, all of which refer to natural persons and pronouns. For example, specific to AI, MPEP 2106.03 The USTPO held that the “inventor” must be a natural person and cannot encompass machines (e.g., neural networks) by reviewing case law, sections of the U.S.C.,

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Bettel, in his statement, said that the university found that he had undertaken an “original work” but that it could be considered, “a form of plagiarism” due to the way he included references. That’s a far cry from the allegations that the paper was three-quarters from non-cited sources.

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