Patent News for Thursday 9th January 2025

1. Federal Circuit: Pink Hip Implants Are Functional, Cannot Be Protected as Trade Dress

... patents. CeramTec GmbH v. CoorsTek Bioceramics LLC, No. 2023-1502 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 3, 2024). The cautionary outcome here is unsubstantiated ...

2. UW inventions change world - Ag UPDATE

As WARF celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2025, its significance on campus is widespread. With almost 4,400 patents on university-research ...

3. LEAK: Poland seeks to break deadlock on NGTs file - ENDS Europe

In advance of a working party meeting on 20 January, Poland has put forward changes to provisions on granting patents to crop varieties produced ...

4. Japan to expedite design patent reviews for startups to boost fundraising | MLex

Design patents, which under Japanese law now includes images, buildings and interiors (see here), can currently be fast-tracked when the JPO decides ...

5. How Recent Indian Patent Decisions On Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) Can Make Or ...

Perhaps, it has become a lifeline for many businesses. Indian Patent Laws regarding Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) have witnessed seismic shifts ...

6. Spotlight on 2024 CannaTech Innovation Award Winner: Quest Climate

Quest Climate has emerged as a leader in sustainable environmental solutions. With dozens of patents adorning the walls of their headquarters, ...

7. Bank of America Conducts All Internal Transactions Using XRP, Secures 83 Patents

This development is accompanied by the acquisition of 83 patents related to blockchain technology. The transition signifies an institutional shift ...

8. Federal Circuit Affirms Delisting of Teva Patents from Orange Boo

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court's delisting of patents from the Orange Book because the patent claims ...

9. VelocityEHS Named a Leader for EHS Software for the Sixth Time - TradingView

The team also earned seven patents from the U.S. Patents and Trademark ... With additional patents anticipated in 2025, the company continues ...

10. From patents to progress: Australia's $23B challenge - Part 3 - Lexology

In part 3 of From patents to progress, Aaron Le Poidevin looks at how Australia is going all in on a review of the country's research and ...

11. Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.). By Bloomberg Law Automation. Bloomberg Law Automation. Challenged claims of the ...

12. President Trump, Make Our Patent System Healthy Again - IP Watchdog

Indeed, applicants for patents were rarely denied entry outright because the inventions were too “abstract” since the other strict requirements of ...

13. Catalyst settles with Teva, staving off Firdapse generic until 2035 | Fierce Pharma

... patents in the FDA Orange Book. At the time, Teva alleged that those patents, due to run out between 2032 and 2037, were invalid and unenforceable ...

14. Trial Statistics Trends at the PTAB: 2024 Edition | Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

... patents were instituted. Specifically, 650 patents were instituted and 229 patents were denied institution. [8] This was a 6% higher institution ...

15. Robot dogs: Boston Dynamics and Ghost Robotics settle patent dispute | heise online

Boston Dynamics and Ghost Robotics settle disputes over patents for the Spot robot dog. Now they even want to work together and have big goals.

16. BlackStar CEO Warns on DeFi Risks, Highlights Regulated Blockchain Trading Patents

Positive. Company holds patents covering regulated securities trading on blockchain through broker-dealers; Patent portfolio valuation ...

17. Apple fights patent lawsuit over iPhone 15 camera tech - AppleInsider

... patents for full-color night vision imaging sensors. At the time, it was claimed that Apple had infringed on the patents, referred to as "Pixel ...

18. Earlier Patent Litigation Could Accelerate US Biosimilar Market Entry

Often, drug manufacturers hold patents for ingredients, known as primary patents. Other times, patents are filed based on the method of use or ...

19. Hydrogen-Based Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) Patent Landscape - GlobeNewswire

China leads in patent filings with 238 patents, followed closely by the U.S. with 189 patents, emphasizing the concentrated efforts in these ...

20. Li awarded A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize

Li holds 14 US patents with three others pending - Texas Tech University. Dr Changzhi Li, a ...

21. Denovo Secures ?1.96 Crore in Funding led by Campus Angels Network

Denovo holds a robust IP portfolio, including 2 granted patents and 9 pending patents across India, the USA, Europe, and other regions. Denovo's ...

22. Excipients Welcome: Federal Court Upholds Formulation Patent Extensions - Lexology

... Patents Act 1990 (Cth) (the Act), dismissing Cipla's attempt to ... patents into pharmaceutical substance patents post-grant. This led ...

23. Osborne Clarke hire keen to make IP 'work harder' for clients - Managing IP

Patents. Osborne Clarke hire keen to make IP 'work harder' for clients. Max ... Topics. NewsUnited KingdomPatentsLife sciencesOsborne Clarke (UK).

24. Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Patent Landscape Report 2025: - GlobeNewswire

The PVC Technology report provides a comprehensive patent landscape analysis, examining 49,233 patents filed from 2010 to 2023 across key ...

25. Musk's AfD campaign support Dispute over patents - Table.Briefings

Musk's AfD campaign support + Dispute over patents. Ukraine Contact Group: End-time mood at the US base in Ramstein; Musk's AfD election campaign aid: ...

26. IP Guardian Announces Insights on Patents as Key to Startup - openPR.com

For startups, patents can demonstrate to investors that the business has something new, unique and valuable to offer. Something that cannot easily be ...

27. Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.). By Bloomberg Law Automation. Bloomberg Law Automation. Challenged claims of Daedalus ...

28. New Year, New Patent Term | McCarthy Tétrault

Canadian patents have a standard term of twenty years, reflecting a long-established balance between rewarding inventors for innovations and ...

29. Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Settles Patent Litigation Case With Teva Pharmaceutical

... patents. If approved by the FDA, Teva will not market its generic ... The parties will terminate all ongoing patent litigation between Catalyst/SERB and ...

30. Rivian files patent application for heated lens to remove precipitation from vehicle lamps

July 30, 2021. In "Announcements". Federal Appeals Court agrees Audatex patents invalid in IP dispute ...

31. Case: Patents/Validity (Fed. Cir.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Validity (Fed. Cir.) The Federal Circuit affirmed as modified the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board rejecting ...

32. Nike sprints ahead in shoe patent race - World IP Review

Patents · Nike sprints ahead in shoe patent race. kovop / Shutterstock.com. 9 January 2025NewsPatentsMuireann Bolger. Nike sprints ahead in shoe ...

33. Behind the case: how Latham & Finnegan secured $115m biotech win - Managing IP

Patents. Behind the case: how ... Topics. InterviewsUnited StatesPatentsBehind the caseFinneganLatham & WatkinsMorris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell.

34. Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.). By Bloomberg Law Automation. Bloomberg Law Automation. Some challenged claims of Eight ...

35. VelocityEHS Named a Leader for EHS Software for the Sixth Time - StreetInsider

With additional patents anticipated in 2025, the company continues to accelerate risk reduction, exemplifying Velocity's commitment to harness the ...

36. Meta Gets Partial PTAB Win On 2 Electronic Device Patents - Law360

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has found that Meta Platforms Inc. was able to show that some claims in a pair of Eight kHz LLC patents were not ...

37. IP Guardian Announces Insights On Patents As Key To Startup Success And Investor Confidence

How Patents Drive Investor Interest And Startup Success Sydney, New South Wales - January 9, 2025 - IP Guardian, a trusted name in patent and ...

38. Hatch-Waxman 201 | Fish & Richardson - JDSupra

PTA can be added to any number of patents related to a drug product and depends only on prosecution at the USPTO. In contrast, patent term extension ( ...

39. Haisco Pharmaceutical patents new PARP-14 inhibitors - BioWorld

Haisco Pharmaceutical patents new PARP-14 inhibitors ... Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. has disclosed quinazolinone derivatives acting as poly(ADP ...

40. Case: Patents/Obviousness (Fed. Cir.) - Bloomberg Law News

The court affirmed decisions of the PTAB that challenged claims of patents that claim methods and systems for assigning processor cores among ...

41. Bank of America Conducts Internal Transactions on XRP with 83 Patents!!! - Binance

Not only is Bank of America alleged to be using XRP for its daily operations, but this financial giant has also filed 83 patents related to the ...

42. AI and patent eligibility: practitioners predict 2025 tech trends - Managing IP

... Patents. Because of the split ruling, stakeholders were left without any clear guidance. The ruling also allowed Australia's IP office, IP ...