Category: Intellectual Property

Each year, IP Spotlight updates our readers who often ask: how long does it take for a patent or trademark registration to grant?  In previous years, we’ve done that by reviewing the USPTO’s annual Performance and Accountability Report. In 2022 the USPTO discontinued that report. Instead, the USPTO now publishes up-to-date pendency information on its Data Visualization Center….

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We achieved another milestone! On July 19, 2024, we hosted the Generative AI/Robot Patent Drafting (RPD) Workshop: Litigation-Grade and Prophetic Patent Drafting Edition. This was the 8th edition of our series. Attendees from around the world made the event memorable.  Here is what you missed:  🎨 Live Demonstration from Patently: Founders and patent attorneys, Heather…

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Sometimes a specific color is really important. Nothing highlights this more than the seemingly never-ending story of Cadbury’s fight to register the color purple (or more specifically, Pantone 2685C) in relation to its iconic chocolate products. The fight over the color started nearly 20 years ago in 2004, so those born in the same year can…

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Eight patent-related bills intended to restore U.S. innovation prowess by making invention rights more reliable and redress for infringement less arduous have gone to Capitol Hill in the past five years. The bipartisan RESTORE Patent Rights (Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive Patent Rights) introduced on July 30th can in a single…

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Genetic engineering which provides ways of changing the genetic structure of organisms in order to produce desired characteristics is seen as a new tool of medicine, agriculture and biotechnology. However, together with the scientific opportunities that can be provided by CRISPR, there are numerous legal and ethical questions, based primarily on the question of ownership…

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Approximately 85% of clinical trials fail to recruit enough participants, and 80% are delayed due to recruitment problems. High dropout rates further compromise the diversity and reliability of the trials​. The clinical trials industry also has other persistent challenges, such as high costs, lengthy timelines, and fragmented data management.  Traditional methods often involve manual processes…

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Globally, governments are grappling with the emergence of artificial intelligence (“AI”). AI technologies introduce exciting new opportunities but also bring challenges for regulators and companies across all industries. In the Asia-Pacific (“APAC”) region, there is no exception. APAC governments are adapting to AI and finding ways to encourage and regulate AI development through existing intellectual…

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For the first time, Peru has established a time restraint on the continuing recognition of a well-known trademark. The Indecopi has determined that the term within which a titleholder may invoke the rights inherent in that reputation is five years from the date of its recognition by the competent authority. When this period has elapsed,…

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You have a great idea for a product invention. You might even have a working sample or prototype of what you invented. Now, you want to get it out into the world and sell it. You might be tempted to take your invention to a trade show to see if you can generate interest from…

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With a press release of 22 May 2024, the Federal Council had informed that a draft on the revision of the PatA was submitted for consultation. It’s all about [t]ransparency in the area of patent rights in plant breeding. Sounds like a good thing, doesn’t it? But it’s bad. Very bad. And the title is…

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