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Should translation requirements apply equally in patent law?
A recent High Court judgment in India highlights a potential procedural fairness question in patent examination regarding English translation standards. While patent applicants face rigorous translation requirements under multiple Patent Rules, with severe...
UPC validates second medical use patent in Sanofi v. Amgen antibody therapeutics ruling, finds non-infringement
The Düsseldorf Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has handed down a key decision in UPC CFI 505/2024, affirming the validity of a second medical use patent owned by Regeneron and licensed to Sanofi. The case involved alleged infringement by Amgen’s PCSK9...
Certainty for businesses and choice for consumers as UK maintains IP rights regime
No legislative changes mean businesses can continue operating under the existing exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime without any new requirements. The UK+ regime protects creators and innovators while ensuring fair competition in the marketplace and...
Annual Report 2024 of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office
The Annual Report 2024 of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office has been published today. It is available in English, German, and French on the Boards' website. Delivering decisions of the highest quality continued to be a central priority in 2024. As in...
Crystal Crop v. Safex: Delhi High Court on Doctrine of Equivalents and prosecution history estoppel in patent disputes
In Crystal Crop Protection Ltd. v. Safex Chemicals India Ltd. & Ors., CS(COMM) 196/2024, Neutral Citation: 2025:DHC:3382, decided on May 7, 2025 by Hon’ble Mr Justice Amit Bansal of the Delhi High Court, the court refused to grant an interim injunction, holding...
Patents matter for universities – Maria Barani reports
While patents are often seen as a costly and long-term investment, patents in fact support academic R&D activities, bring universities closer to the market and increase their visibility. At a time where public resources are scares and the application process for...
Rise of NFTs and fears over crypto carbon footprint push global blockchain patents to record high
Race to secure patents on expanding range of commercial uses There have been a record 9,973 global patents related to blockchain filed in the past year*, up from 3,810 two years earlier, shows new research carried out by leading intellectual property law firm Mathys...
Sterne Kessler releases report “Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions”
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox is pleased to announce the publication of Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions. The year-in-review report was edited by Director Jon E. Wright and authored by Directors Michael Joffre,...
The USPTO’s new Patent Public Search Tool and Website
On February 1, 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a new Patent Public Search Tool that purports to provide a “more convenient, remote, and robust full-text searching of all U.S. patents and published patent applications.” According...
Cybin announces grant of U.S. patent covering its proprietary compound CYB004 (Deuterated DMT) for the treatment of anxiety disorders
Composition of matter patent strengthens proprietary position of CYB004 as a deuterated DMT compound until 2041 Cybin Inc, a biopharmaceutical company focused on progressing “Psychedelics to TherapeuticsTM”, recently announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...
Innovation at the Winter Olympics. Rebecca Oliver reports
It’s almost 100 years since the first Winter Olympic Games, which took place in Chamonix, France in 1924. There were around 250 athletes competing across 16 events in 1924. The past century has seen huge growth in winter sports and this year, in Beijing, almost 3,000...
IP asset deals: a blessing or a curse? Andreas Wietzke reports
Earlier this month, software company Blackberry announced it was selling its non-core (those relating to mobile devices and wireless networking) patent portfolio to Catapult IP Innovations Inc. for $600 million. While the patents included in the portfolio don’t relate...
European cloud infrastructure vendor Sardina Systems joins Open Invention Network patent non-aggression community
Synergy Research and Canalys, technology market research firms, report that the cloud infrastructure market grew by $50 billion in 2021, to more than $170 billion in revenue. A substantial amount of plumbing in private, public and hybrid cloud infrastructure that...
ClearstoneIP launches new patent management technology for freedom-to-operate analysis
Silicon Valley Startup Digitizes FTO Workflows Setting a New Standard for Patent and R&D Teams ClearstoneIP, an intellectual property (IP) technology provider with offices in the U.S. and Europe, has officially launched Clearstone FTO, a cloud-based workflow...
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