Patent News for Thursday 7th October 2021

1. Federal Circuit Further Eases Path for Obtaining Design Patents

This is an important design patent decision that substantially narrows the scope of prior art available for anticipation rejections in design patent cases. The ...

2. AI Upscaling Patents and 4K-Ready Dock Point To Future-Proof Switch System - TechTheLead

First, Nintendo patents were published which point to the company looking at potential 4K upscaling technologies using AI. As reported by VGC, the patents ...

3. Eckoh plc receives two further patents for ReverseContact Centre Authentication technology

Eckoh plc announced it has strengthened its international patent portfolio with two further patents, so its IP is now backed by a portfolio of 17 ...

4. Welcomed updates for Fiji's new Trade Marks Act, Patents Act and Designs Act - Lexology

The Paris Convention is adopted, which will ensure that Fiji is compliant with relevant international obligations for patent protection. Patents granted in the ...

5. Navitas Semiconductor and Live Oak II Announce Additional $18mm PIPE Investment and ...

With over 130 patents issued or pending, and significant trade secrets including a proprietary process design kit (PDK), Navitas believes it has a ...

6. Mason Graphite Announces Patent Grants in USA and Canada of Graphene / 2D Material

The process patents offer a modular, scalable production capability which Black Swan Graphene intends to exploit as market demand expands. Harry Swan, Chairman ...

7. Is the IQOS Import Ban a Fatal Blow to Altria? | The Motley Fool

The U.S. International Trade Commission recently ruled Philip Morris International's (NYSE: PM) IQOS heated tobacco device violates two patents held by ...

8. Global Biogas Patent Database 2021, Featuring Top 10 Most Productive Applicants by ...

The present database contains patents and patent applications granted or registered by patent offices around the globe in 1995 - 2021 in the field related ...

9. Can a machine be an inventor? - Lexology

Section 7 of the The Patents Act, 1977 of EPO enumerates the “Right to apply for and obtain a patent” and uses the word “person/s”. However, Stephen thaler ...

10. Role of Wireless ICT in Healthcare Market Report 2021 - Yahoo Finance

It also includes the survey of patents related to the discussed subjects. The report is written for service providers, IT departments of hospitals and other ...

11. Batch of twelve solicitors receive patents of precedence today - Law Society

Chief Justice Frank Clarke will preside at a ceremony in the Supreme Court at 10.45am for the granting of patents of precedence to: Mr Raymond Bradley,; Ms ...

12. What to watch out for in the SEP landscape - Lexology

Figure 2 shows that the number of declared patents in 10 years has more than tripled (by factor 3.5x). Figure 2: Number of declared patents. SEPs holders can ...

13. Analysis indicates that Access Advance is currently the top HEVC patent pool - IAM Media

However, Access Advance distinguishes itself for the critical mass of patents available through its pool, as well as its geographic scope and high volume of ...

14. IPR tricks of the trade: Contractual obligations v. PTAB trial practice | Reuters

Distributor B and/or new supplier C may, in turn, challenge supplier A's patents in a PTAB trial. A relatively new question must be asked: Assuming that the ...

15. Ericsson sues Apple in 5G patent dispute | TechRadar

Standards Essential Patents (SEPs) are innovations that have been contributed to industry standards, such as 5G, and can be used by anyone else provided ...

16. Agilent Sues Synthego Over Genome-Editing Technology Patents - Bloomberg Law

Agilent said Synthego 's genome-editing products infringe two patents related to CRISPR synthetic guide RNAs. Agilent is seeking damages for alleged ...

17. JPMorgan shares patents to spur low carbon technology development | Reuters

The bank is making several key patents related to how it efficiently cools and ventilates its massive data centers available to anyone using low carbon ...

18. Valqari patents window landing pad 'more accessible to drones, less accessible to thieves' - DroneDJ

Valqari has secured a patent in the US for its drone landing pad that can be mounted outside a window. The Chicago-based startup says this device would ...

19. Anti-Counterfeiting: Enforcing Design Patents at the Border - Lexology

The proposed Counterfeit Goods Seizure Act of 2019 (S.2987) would close this loophole by expressly adding “design patents” to the relevant Customs statute, ...

20. Sterlite Fights IP Theft Claims In Fiber-Optic Cable Battle - Law360

The company is seeking to have the two patents at issue revoked. Sterlite also filed written submissions on Monday arguing why the patents held by Prysmian ...

21. Four IP takeaways from Merck's $11.5 billion Acceleron acquisition - IAM Media

It also has two granted US patents – and pending applications elsewhere – for the drug's administration to treat PAH. These extend the drug's exclusivity period ...

22. SharkNinja Deals Major Blow to iRobot; Defeats Third iRobot Patent This Week - Herald-Standard

Earlier this week, the PTAB held that all asserted claims of two other patents from that lawsuit also are unpatentable. These three decisions leave only one ...

23. SharkNinja Deals Major Blow to iRobot; Defeats Third iRobot Patent This Week

HK) and an innovation leader in the consumer floor care industry, today announced that just days after invalidating all asserted claims of two patents ...

24. Acer Therapeutics nabs new US patents for ACER-001 formulation - Seeking Alpha

Acer Therapeutics nabs new U.S. patents for ACER-001 formulation. Oct. 07, 2021 8:48 AM ETAcer Therapeutics Inc. (ACER)RLFTFBy: Mamta Mayani, SA News Editor.

25. LIPAC Oncology Secures Broad Patent Protection for Proliposomal Paclitaxel Compositions ...

... which includes formulation patents granted in the European Union, Japan, ... IP portfolio and complements the formulation patents we have already been ...

26. Apple received 52 patents today, including one for a future HomePod with touch controls ...

Apple won 52 Patents today covering a possible next-gen HomePod with Touch Controls, an iPhone mini with a Wrap-Around Display and more. … Apple was also ...

27. 5G Patents: Ericsson sues Apple - Pirate Press

In a bid to recoup what it considers to be proper fees for its 5G patents, Swedish telecom firm Ericsson has sued Apple in a Stockholm court.

28. Case: Patents/Claim Construction (E.D. Wis.) - Bloomberg Law

Case: Patents/Claim Construction (E.D. Wis.) Oct. 7, 2021, 9:56 AM. A federal district court in Wisconsin granted Best Bee Brothers LLC and RSP Inc.'s ...

29. 4 Key Takeaways - Anti-Counterfeiting: Enforcing Design Patents at the Border - JD Supra

Mr. Potter participated in a panel discussion addressing “Anti-Counterfeiting: Enforcing Design Patents at the Border.” In numerous countries, customs and ...

30. Judges Appear Hung Up on Standing in Moderna Vaccine Appeals - Bloomberg Law

Patent tribunal upheld two Arbutus vaccine-related patents · Arbutus argued Moderna hasn't suffered injury, no standing.

31. Pfizer Sues Sinotherapeutics to Block Copies of Xeljanz XR - Bloomberg Law

Pfizer said Sinotherapeutics ' proposed generic version of 11-milligram Xeljanz XR infringes one of its patents on the blockbuster arthritis drug.

32. Are Intellectual Property issues impeding growth of innovation and entrepreneurship in India ...

"America registers the largest number of patents every year. And that's because their normal lives are actually normal, which isn't the case with Indians ...

33. JPMorgan Chase, Micro Focus, and Majid Al Futtaim join the Low Carbon Patent Pledge to ...

The new signatories are adding patents to the Pledge, contributing new solutions that will accelerate our transition to low carbon energy sources.

34. EDTX Jury Clears Sony In Game Graphics Patent Trial - Law360

The patents-in-suit are U.S. Patent Nos. 6,362,822 and 7,061,488. Infernal is represented by Eric W. Buether, Christopher M. Joe, Kenneth P. Kula, Matthew P.

35. Samsung can challenge patents despite agreement, Fed Circ says | Reuters

(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics can continue to challenge patents owned by an Australian startup at a U.S. government tribunal despite an agreement they ...

36. ONLINE: Patents and the Public Interest in Pandemic Vaccine Policy - Isthmus | Madison, Wisconsin

media release: 2021 Kastenmeier Lecture: A virtual panel discussing“Patents and the Public Interest in Pandemic Vaccine Policy”. 4 p.m., Friday, October 8, ...

37. U.S. and Japan dominate patents for chip material favored by Tesla - Nikkei Asia

Sumitomo Electric has an advantage in patents related to the crystal structure of silicon carbide, while Mitsubishi Electric is strong in semiconductor device ...

38. InvestHorizon | Relevance of IP (Patents) for financing - EBN

This webinar will discuss the role of patents and other forms of intellectual property for high-tech ventures. We will especially address the importance of ...

39. Federal Circuit to WD Tex.: Denial of Transfer Motion was Clear Error, Abuse of Discretion - JD Supra

Juniper pointed out that Brazos is a self-described patent assertion entity that does not conduct any business other than asserting patents and argued that ...

40. Judges Appear Hung Up on Standing in Moderna Vaccine Appeals - Bloomberg Law

Moderna says Arbutus could demand patent royalties on its Covid vaccines if patents are affirmed. Standing for a petitioner to appeal a PTAB ruling requires ...

41. Auto Tech Startup RoboTire Closes Series A Round - WRDW

RoboTire was founded in 2018 and has multiple patents and patents pending for its automotive systems. "We see RoboTire as transformative – not only for the ...

42. Judges Appear Hung Up on Standing in Moderna Vaccine Appeals (1) - Bloomberg Law

Moderna says Arbutus could demand patent royalties on its Covid vaccines if patents are affirmed. Arbutus shares whipsawed as investors struggled to predict how ...