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2 Sep 2008, 10:32 pm
KSR, In re Kubin, In re MedImmune, In re Duel and other crucial cases: how these court decisions are being interpreted and applied by the USPTO and the Board of Patent Appeals and Interference The status of Follow-On Biologics: the European Patent Office has already taken steps to introduce them into the marketplace.With growing demand for generic products in the US, can the FDA and USPTO be far behind? [read post]
21 Apr 2020, 6:01 am
By contrast, the people working on policy matters at the European Patent Office (under whatever president) and the United States Patent & Trademark Office under Director (and long-time patent trolls' lawyer) Andrei Iancu are pro-patent-holder extremists whose only policy idea is to have more patents, stronger patents, and ever more leverage for owners of patents that for the most part shouldn't… [read post]
11 Apr 2011, 9:12 am
Heintz, a partner in the Intellectual Property and Technology practice group at DLA Piper, sent in this article discussing patent harmonization among the European Patent Office, the Japanese Patent Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. [read post]
3 Jun 2022, 12:14 pm
Patent and Trademark Office announces that it has established a pilot program to prioritize examination of climate change patent applications; the Ninth Circuit remands a trademark cancellation claim to the district court after finding an improper application of Star-Kist’s precedent on standing; and Advocate General Szpunar tells the Court of Justice of the European Union that Amazon has not made a use of Louboutin trademarks under the meaning of EU law by… [read post]
11 Dec 2010, 3:43 pm
Many inventors have asked about obtaining patent protection in Europe, and I have had to explain to them that, presently, there is no such thing as a true ‘European Patent’ but that it is possible to file a single application in the European Patent Office (EPO) and obtain protection in selected member states. [read post]
16 Nov 2011, 8:09 am
Meeting for their Annual Trilateral Conference near Paris, France, the heads of the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) – collectively known as the Trilateral Offices – pushed forward earlier this week with efforts to further harmonize global patent systems. [read post]
27 Aug 2013, 10:07 pm
[emphasis mine]Again, "as such" alone doesn't really mean a huge difference between U.S. and European rules on patent-eligibility. [read post]
27 Sep 2023, 10:57 am
In early February, an opposition panel of the European Patent Office (EPO) declared the challenged claims non-novel, but did not take a specific position on (non-)obviousness. [read post]
9 Aug 2012, 8:07 am
See Electronic Delivery of Search Results From the United States Patent and Trademark Office to the European Patent Office, 76 FR 82279 (December 30, 2011). [read post]
13 Nov 2007, 12:00 am
Meanwhile new regulations are interpreted in a variety of ways ensure that trading in the European Union is seemingly never going to be on a level playing field. [read post]
14 Nov 2010, 8:33 pm
Patent and Trademark Office)... [read post]
16 Feb 2023, 12:18 am
The use of English in continental European patent litigation is already widespread:Most of the communication between in-house and outside counsel takes place in English.Therefore, even mock trials and rehearsals are often performed in English.Non-native speakers often plead to the Opposition Division and Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) in English.Formally, both the oral and the written parts of German court proceedings must be in… [read post]
19 Oct 2018, 2:17 am
We know from European surveys that only nine percent of these newcomers hold an IP right. [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 3:31 pm
Patent and Trademark Office. [read post]
22 Feb 2010, 2:46 pm
Answer: when the European Patent Office says it does". [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 2:00 am
Unitary Patent Patent protection in the EU can currently be obtained either by applying for patent protection separately in each member state, or by applying to the European Patent Office (EPO) for a European patent. [read post]
18 Mar 2009, 8:08 am
For example, the European Patent Office (EPO) will not act as an ISA for applications having one or more business method claims. [read post]
1 Apr 2008, 2:32 am
," Rob Burrows of Bristows notes that while a pharmaceutical patent containing broad claims may be desirable for the prevention of infringement by competing products, the patent might not contain the support necessary for a European Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) in respect of a particular combination product that falls within the claims and has proved to be successful commercially.Supplementary protection certificates were introduced in European… [read post]
22 Feb 2023, 3:48 am
PatentsChijioke Okorie commented on a ruling of the South African Constitutional Court, which discussed the common law doctrine of unclean hands and how it may apply in the context of patent infringement.Rose Hughes summarised the upcoming European Patent Office guidelines for examination, with the main updates being the new sequence listing standard, the Unified Patent Court, and new provisions regarding missing and erroneous parts. [read post]
13 Oct 2015, 11:42 am
Larry explained that a recent Efpia proposal suggested the creation of a Virtual Body composed of existing national SPC experts from national patent offices. [read post]
