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USPTO Issues Proposed Rules on Discretionary Denial in PTAB Proceedings

One year ago, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that set forth several ideas related to America Invents Act (AIA) ... read more

Is Your Intellectual Property Under Attack?

While cybercrime grabs most of the headlines lately, counterfeiting and other forms of IP infringement continue to strike manufacturers. read more

USPTO Publishes Long-Awaited Proposed Rule on PTAB Changes

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that will be officially published in the Federal Register tomorrow and that addresses a subset of ... read more

What are patent rights?

The patent rights refer to the exclusive rights of the use of the inventions and innovations owned by the patent applicants (units or individuals), who are granted to, within a legal term limit ... read more

Thoughts on the USPTO’s NPRM: Not Bad But the Big Challenges Remain

Not only are there rumors that the Senate IP Subcommittee may be a matter of several weeks away from marking up the PREVAIL Act and voting it out of committee, but the USPTO has finally issued an NPRM ... read more

Indonesia – Patent And Design Updates.

The Indonesian Industrial Designs Act was originally expected to be completed in 2023, but has now been rescheduled to 2024. The latest news from the Design Office outlines the following key changes: ... read more

Don't Fear the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Are you afraid of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office? I was, when I began filing patent applications in the 1990s. All I knew was that I had an invention and patenting it was going to be ... read more

Arbutus Biopharma Wins Key Ruling in Patent Suit Against Moderna Over COVID-19 Vaccine Technology

Arbutus Biopharma Corporation recently announced a favorable outcome in its ongoing patent infringement lawsuit against Moderna, Inc. The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware sided ... read more

USPTO warns patent lawyers not to pass off AI inventions as human

April 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday told lawyers seeking patents that they must disclose any "material" part played by artificial intelligence in creating an ... read more

China’s world-leading patent applications being sped up, scrutinised to boost key industries

China is gradually becoming more efficient and speedier in reviewing its world-leading annual patent applications, in line with broader efforts to spearhead tech innovation amid a heightened ... read more

Revised Chinese patent examination guidelines modify rules on computer programs

Ruixian Liu of Kangxin Partners analyses the key changes under the latest edition of China’s Guidelines for Patent Examination, which particularly concern developments in new fields such as AI and big ... read more

India – Navigating Change: Unravelling The Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act, 2023.

Unravelling The Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act, 2023. Legal News and Analysis - India - Intellectual Property - ... read more