PUMA v. EUIPO: Rihanna’s Instagram post invalidates shoe design
Patents are a golden shield not only for the inventors but also for the ever-growing corporate world. However, there is one mistake that many inventors make that could risk their chances of securing a patent. In this article, let's analyze anticipation laws of patents...
Key Charpentier/Doudna CRISPR patent upheld by China National Intellectual Property Administration
Patent CN201380038920.6 upheld in response to invalidation challenge Dublin, Ireland, 26 March 2024 – ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property co-owned by Dr Emmanuelle Charpentier, today...
PTAB upholds validity of all claims of OpenSesame’s patent
OpenSesame is a leading-edge technology company located in Portland, Oregon. In 2010, it invented and filed a patent application for an unconventional remote learning system titled “Open and Interactive E-Learning System and Method.” After a thorough examination, that...
Strengthening IP rights in Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine to support EU accession
EU4IP, a new EU-funded cooperation project on intellectual property (IP) matters, was launched by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), in partnership with the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia (Sakpatenti), the State Agency on...
Two patent attorneys join the partnership at Withers & Rogers
Two talented, young patent attorneys have been promoted to the partnership at European intellectual property firm, Withers & Rogers, as part of its ongoing strategic expansion. The newly promoted partners are Helen Henderson and Nicola Anderson, who joined the...
Reddie & Grose reveals new Chairman together with a raft of senior promotions
London, Cambridge & Munich, 3 April 2024 – Reddie & Grose LLP, the internationally renowned firm of European and United Kingdom patent, trademark, and design attorneys, is excited to announce the appointment of Steve Howe as its new Chairman, alongside a...
Powell Gilbert promotes two partners across UK and Ireland
The addition of Bryce Matthewson and Peter FitzPatrick brings the total number of partners to 15 for the leading IP litigation firm LONDON, 2 April 2024 — Leading IP law firm Powell Gilbert has announced the promotions of Senior Associates Bryce Matthewson and Peter...
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Reddie & Grose announce partner retirements
LONDON, 6 February 2024 – The European intellectual property law firm Reddie & Grose announces the upcoming retirement of two of its longest-serving partners today. Patrick Lloyd and Simon Goodman, who first joined the firm as trainees in 1987 and 1988...
The Irish Government announces referendum on joining the UPC
The Irish Government has announced that it will hold a referendum on joining the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in June 2024. This news moves Ireland closer to becoming the 18th EU country to join the UPC and unitary patent (UP) system. The news was widely welcomed by the...
Wedlake Bell kicks off 2024 with two new partner hires
Esther Gunaratnam and Sanjvee Shah join the firm in February. February 2024 — City firm Wedlake Bell has announced the arrival of two new partners into its IP and Commercial and Private Client teams. The firm continues to put growth at the top of its agenda having...
Chips and justice: PepsiCo’s battle over potato variety in India
PepsiCo, the world's second-largest food and beverage corporation, has finally won the long-term court battle against a group of Indian farmers concerning IP rights over its registered potato variety. Recently, the Hon’ble Delhi High Court Division Bench set aside a...
Colleen Tracy James joins Cahill’s New York office as Intellectual Property Litigation Partner
NEW YORK, January 29, 2024 – Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP announced today that Colleen Tracy James has joined the firm as a partner in the litigation group in New York, strengthening its Life Sciences Patent Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation...
Peter J Armenio joins Cahill’s New York office as Intellectual Property Litigation Partner
NEW YORK, January 24, 2024 – Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP announced today that Peter J Armenio has joined the firm as a partner in the litigation group in New York, strengthening its Life Sciences Patent Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation practices. Mr...
Delhi Court holds undue delay in passing the final order by the Patent Office is arbitrary
The court opined that this manner of dealing with a patent application was extremely arbitrary and whimsical and when the judgment was reserved on 29 September 2014, there was an obligation on the Hearing Officer to pass orders within a reasonable period. The time of...
UK banks lag US banks in innovation – only 290 patents filed in the last decade
The UK’s biggest banks have filed just a fraction of the patent applications of their American counterparts over the last 10 years, with the top five UK banks collectively applying for just 290 patents while the top 3 US banks collectively applied for 5,027, says...
Department of Justice (DOJ) litigator rejoins Finnegan
WASHINGTON, DC, January 22, 2024 — Finnegan is pleased to welcome Dan Roland back to the partnership. Dan returns to the firm from the US Department of Justice (DOJ), where he was a trial attorney and served as lead counsel in the Civil Division, National Courts...
German patent team at HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER continues to grow
At the beginning of 2024, HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER expanded the German patent team by four experienced and well-known new additions to the Düsseldorf site. The Düsseldorf patent team under the Managing Partner, Klaus Haft, will now comprise 26 lawyers and patent attorneys....
ERS Genomics and StemSight sign CRISPR/Cas9 license agreement
License agreement provides StemSight access to CRISPR/Cas9 technology to be applied in development of cell therapies for corneal blindness Dublin, Ireland, and Tampere, Finland, 17 January 2024: ERS Genomics Limited (‘ERS’), the CRISPR licensing Company, which was...
Bolstering Taylor Wessing’s market-leading international IP practice with Giles Crown appointment in London
Taylor Wessing is pleased to announce the appointment of Giles Crown as a partner in its international IP practice, bolstering its highly regarded IP service offering with his wealth of experience and wide-ranging repertoire. Giles will be joining the firm in February...
New ECTA Patent Committee: mission, vision, and destiny
ECTA has created a Patent Committee. This is quite a surprising move considering that ECTA has the reputation of being an association specialized in other IP rights, particularly trademarks. At first glance, it is surprising that a reputed trademark association like...
Novartis v. Natco Pharma Limited: pre-grant opponents in patent examination process
Patent law is characterized by a delicate balance between fostering innovation and ensuring that patents are granted on meritorious grounds. Central to this balance is the mechanism of pre-grant opposition, designed to facilitate a rigorous examination of patent...
Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) joins Open Invention Network community
Contract manufacturing is nothing new for OEMs across a spectrum of industries. The increasingly complex parts being assembled, and the exacting standards required to do so effectively make it daunting to manufacture a robust and reliable piece of consumer...
Carpmaels & Ransford announces new Senior Associate promotion
Rachel Taylor was promoted to Senior Associate as of 1 January 2024 Carpmaels & Ransford is pleased to announce the promotion of Rachel Taylor to Senior Associate, effective from 1 January 2024. Rachel joined Carpmaels & Ransford in 2005 before qualifying as a...
FinLocker issued patent to assess a consumer’s readiness for a product or service using consumer-permissioned data
The patent is the seventh patent issued to FinLocker since 2017 to protect, aggregate, and analyze potentially sensitive data for the purpose of guiding and preparing consumers to achieve their financial goals, including homeownership. ST. LOIS, MO — January 9, 2023 —...
Embracing DOCX and enabling AI: the future of patent filings at the USPTO in 2024
After several, long delays, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) seems to be finally moving forward with implementing the DOCX format requirement for certain patent applications. In its effort to modernize and streamline its systems, the USPTO is...
Thaler v. Comptroller: the UKSC rules that AI cannot be an ‘inventor’
To the surprise of no one, the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) has finally ruled that an artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be an inventor for the purposes of UK patent law. This judgment accords with the decisions of the lower courts in the UK and the initial ruling of the...
Sterne Kessler elects six new directors in 2024
Washington, DC – January 4, 2024 – Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox is proud to announce that six attorneys have been elected to the directorship effective January 1, 2024. The six attorneys who have been promoted to director are David W Haars; Christopher M...
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