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USPTO issues final rule on Director Review of PTAB decisions
On October 1, 2024, the USPTO published a new final rule, Rules Governing Director Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions. 89 Fed. Reg. 79,744 (October 1, 2024). The final rule codifies many aspects of the PTAB’s revised interim Director Review...
The dark side of fake goods: consumers put health, safety, and the economy at risk while fuelling organized crime
Organized crime groups take advantage of worldwide demand for low-priced goods, misleading consumers into purchasing fake goods Approximately 86 million fake items were seized in the EU in 2022, with an estimated value exceeding €2 billion Counterfeit goods represent...
Welcome to Hangzhou! The AIPPI World Congress 2024
AIPPI World Congress 2024 opened its doors in Hangzhou, China, on Saturday, 19 October. All attending were warmly welcomed, and there was general excitement for the next few days of educational sessions, member meetings, and networking. Guoqing ZHANG, Vice Premier of...
UK IPO campaign highlights dangers of counterfeit vehicle parts
The campaign focuses on the serious risks these goods pose, warning that ‘Fake Always Breaks’ The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has launched a new national awareness campaign warning of the dangers of buying counterfeit vehicle parts The ‘Fake Always...
Crystalizing plant variety infringement protection in India
On September 20, 2024, the Delhi High Court ruled in Pioneer Overseas Corporation v. M/s Evercrop Agro Science & Star Agrotech Pvt. Ltd. (CS(COMM) 759/2024), a significant case addressing plant variety infringement under the Protection of Plant Varieties and...
Carbon capture patents rise by 65% to record high as companies seek to cut carbon footprint
73% of global patent application publications in 2021/22 were Chinese in origin UK lags behind other nations with only three patent applications published in the last year There have been a record 411 global patent applications for carbon capture and storage...
Guess who? Controversy over deepfake technology
ITV’s new show ‘Deep Fake Neighbour Wars’ has recently received a lot of media attention due to its use of deepfake technology. The show uses images of celebrities and superimposes those images onto the faces of the UKs best impressionists. The impressionists then act...
Evolving scope of patent claim amendment
The recent orders from the Delhi High court clarify that the claims can be amended by including the features from the description, thus redefining the permissibility of the claim amendments by the Indian Patent Act. The Delhi High Court, Intellectual Property Division...
Innovation stays strong: patent applications in Europe continue to grow in 2022
Patent applications at the European Patent Office (EPO) up 2.5% despite global uncertainties Record demand for patents reflects attractiveness of European market Digital and clean-energy technologies on the rise China and US are main engines of growth in patent...
Is ChatGPT for patent lawyers?
When I was young, Steve Jobs famously called computers “bicycles for the mind,” and the metaphor helped explain why computers are so useful to human beings. Bicycles help humans conserve energy from one step to the next, which is why they are the best walkers in the...
Alice Motions at the pleading stage in patent infringement litigations in the United States
Defendants in patent infringement cases filed in the United States by non-practicing entities (commonly known as “patent trolls”) typically move to dismiss such cases pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12 on patent eligibility grounds. The recent decision...
The wonder materials driving battery innovation
Every aspect of the battery lifecycle is experiencing innovation which is pushing batteries towards being arguably the most important technology of the 21st century. For this reason, our recently published Battery Insights & IP Trends special report analyses...
A killer comma (,) that crashed Boeings’ patent
Boeing the US aerospace giant ended up losing a very crucial patent due to a misplaced comma in the patent claim. Background: The patent under question was EP1798 872 dealing with the method of handling aircraft communication. The method discloses the use of different...
Turbulent times: Nike v Lululemon over FlyKnit patent portfolio
While trademark/trade dress and design patents are often used by sneaker brands to protect against similar sneaker designs released by competitors, utility patents have also been used to protect features of sneakers for over a hundred years. From Reebok’s patent for...
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