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The Uncertain Future of Section 101: Patent Eligibility in the Wake of Recent Supreme Court (In)Action
08 Apr 2025 14:26 GMT
… medical device-related innovations patent-eligible, suggesting that … demonstrating novelty (§ 102) and non-obviousness (§ 103). As a result … companies that frequently face patent infringement lawsuits from non … to novelty and non-obviousness may also bolster …
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Perfume brands fighting a ‘lost cause’ against cheap dupes, say lawyers
12 Apr 2025 11:47 GMT
… perfume formulation to have an “inventive step” during its creation. “I don … inventive step,” she said.
A brand owner might not even want to patent … copy the formulation once the patent has expired.” The maximum duration …
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Design Patent Obviousness
20 Mar 2025 04:42 GMT
… ) rights, including design patents for various components like … court held that the non-obviousness requirement under Section 103 … in utility patents when assessing design-patent obviousness.
There … analogous art to the patented design. Additionally, the …
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Federal Circuit Affirms ImmunoGen Patent Obviousness
13 Mar 2025 03:06 GMT
… many other countries that evaluate inventive step/inventiveness based on a … underscores the challenges faced by patent applicants, particularly in the pharmaceutical … to the determination of inventive step. Indeed, the European Patent Office granted to …
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Madras High Court at odds with Indian Patent Office over prosecution process following Signal Pharmaceuticals application refusal
12 Mar 2025 12:43 GMT
… examination and assessment of patent applicants’ arguments during … application for lacking inventive step and for failing … European patent applications, which would support the inventive step aspect … s claimed invention lacked inventive step. The court held …
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GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Patent Strategy: Securing Patent Protection for New Use of Old Drugs
12 Mar 2025 16:59 GMT
… facilitating repurposing. However, patenting repurposed drugs can be … consideration of patent prosecution strategies.
Patent Prosecution Strategies … are not patentable but may suggest patentable uses or … novelty and non-obviousness of the patent claims for …
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CNIPA declares patent for crystalline form of insomnia treatment invalid
10 Mar 2025 20:14 GMT
… because the patent portfolio built by the patentee around lemborexant … crystalline does not possess an inventive step over Evidence 1.
As … CNIPA delved into the patentability assessment of the crystalline … the effects, and the patentee did not submit control …
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Lack of support for smart-bra patent claim
03 Mar 2025 21:19 GMT
… owing to lack of inventive step.
London court rules patent of tech-enabled … – that the patent was invalid due to lack of inventive step, while also …
Judge Hacon found that the patent lacked inventive step and noted that the …
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The Precedent: The Federal Circuit Provides Guidelines for Challenging Expired Patents in Apple Inc. v. Gesture Tech. Partners, LLC
22 Feb 2025 07:09 GMT
… determinations of obviousness of patent claims.
Identified Issues
Did … Patent but reversed the PTAB’s finding of non-obviousness of … 366 (Numazaki) and Japanese Patent Application No. H4-73631 … franchise” ends once a patent expires, limiting jurisdiction to …
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Patent Eligibility: The Call for Supreme Court Clarity and for an End to Summary Affirmances
06 Feb 2025 00:27 GMT
… 101, the statute governing patent eligibility. Audio Evolution … other patentability requirements such as novelty and non-obviousness; (ii … companies to assess patentability, protect their innovations … now, leaving some patent holders, accused infringers …