Patent News for Thursday 16th January 2025

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

Case: Patents/Obviousness (Fed. Cir.) The Federal Circuit affirmed the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that claims of Lynk Labs Inc ...

2. Video game patents are not a way to monopolize game mechanics, but to recover ... - AUTOMATON

Legal department leaders of Capcom, Sega and Konami argue in favor of game-related patents as a way to battle growing development costs.

3. Gilead Sciences, US government settle patent case over HIV prevention drugs | Reuters

... patents. The government said in a pre-trial court filing it was entitled to up to $691 million in damages from Truvada and $311 million from ...

4. Patents not always priority for investors - Delano.lu

How many companies have patents in an investor's portfolio? The European Patent Office has published a new study that measures the Technology ...

5. China becomes first nation with over 4M domestic invention patents | english.scio.gov.cn

By the end of 2024, China held 4.76 million valid domestic invention patents, becoming the first country in the world with over 4 million patents ...

6. More companies going global for IP protection - Ecns.cn

In addition, 130,000 high-value domestic invention patents were authorized overseas last year, nearly double the number at the end of 2020. These ...

7. Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending January 10, 2025 | Alston & Bird - JDSupra

Entresto is protected by several patents, including the one at issue in ... Pharmaceutical Patents. + Follow x Following x Following ...

8. Case: Patents/Procedure (E.D. Cal.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Procedure (E.D. Cal.) A federal district court in California granted USA Products Group Inc. and an individual's motion to dismiss ...

9. Gilead Statement on Successful Resolution with U.S. Department of Justice and the ...

This litigation included the federal jury verdict that the government's patents are not valid and two federal court decisions affirming Gilead's ...

10. Over 110 Cooperation Documents Signed The BRI “Circle of Friends” in Intellectual Property ...

Meanwhile, the cumulative number of patent applications and authorized patents by BRI partner countries in China reached 285,000 and 182,000 ...

11. Samsung Electronics ranks top in U.S. patents for 3rd year - ???? ???? ??(Pulse)

Samsung Electronics Co. has retained the top spot as the company with the most registered patents in the United States for the third year in 2024, ...

12. Key Federal Circuit Patent Rulings Impacting Your Business – Recent… - Fenwick

... patents in prior action requires a traditional claim construction analysis to determine whether patent claims between the two actions are ...

13. Case: Patents/Summary Judgment (Fed. Cir.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Summary Judgment (Fed. Cir.) The Federal Circuit reversed in part, affirmed in part, and remanded the decision of the district of ...

14. Highlights of the Fourth Amendment to China's Patent Law (Effective as of 2021.6)

We look forward to a new protection environment of design patents. Design patent term extended to 15 years. For design patents filed on or after 1 ...

15. Acuitas Sues GSK Seeking Declaratory Judgment Of Invalidity And Non-Infringement Of ...

... patents. As a co-developer of Comirnaty®, Acuitas contends that without ... Acuitas seeks a judgment declaring non-infringement and invalidity of the ...

16. Gilead and US government settle to resolve HIV patent dispute - Fierce Pharma

Gilead has settled with the U.S. government to resolve the feds' last-ditch appeal of a case which involved the patents on Gilead's HIV drugs.

17. In the shadow of the Palworld lawsuit, Nintendo, Sega, and more Japanese gaming giants ...

... patents) from none other than the company's patent attorney, who argues ... Even so, when it comes to patents, Masumoto explains that the ...

18. Canon Inc. Places in Top-10 in U.S. Patent Rankings for 41st Straight Year, Ranks ... - Morningstar

Canon emphasizes the importance of obtaining patents not only in Japan but also internationally. It promotes patent filing based on regional business ...

19. Case: Patents/Jurisdiction (5th Cir.) - Bloomberg Law News

... patents for remote deposits of checks. United Servs. Auto. Ass'n v. PNC Bank N.A., 2025 BL 10662, 5th Cir., 24-40798, unpublished, 1/13/25.

20. China Reports Record Patent and Trademark Growth in 2024 - The National Law Review

China surpasses 4 million valid invention patents in 2024, with high-value patents growing 18.8% and trademark registrations up 9.1%

21. We're reading about lower-priced Zepbound, monkey shipments - STAT News

The Biden administration and Gilead settled a lawsuit over patents for HIV prevention pills.

22. New Rule From DEA, HHS Will Allow Some Opioid Treatment Via Telehealth

... patents for a pair of HIV prevention pills in a case that raised questions about the extent to which government-funded research should lead to ...

23. Star8's Tomahawk Patents Revolutionary EV Power System, Boosts Tesla Range by 102km

Star8 Corp. (OTC: STRH) subsidiary TOMAHAWK SRL has filed a patent application for its innovative 'Tomahawk DualTech' system, a breakthrough in ...

24. Polypropylene (PP) Patent Landscape Report 2025: China Dominates ... - Business Wire

This report offers a comprehensive analysis of the patent landscape in Polypropylene (PP) technology, focusing on 27,337 patents filed from 2010 to ...

25. Avago's And Broadcom's Alleged Breach Of RAND Obligations For Standard-Essential ... - Mondaq

... patents declared to be essential to a technological standard (“standard ... patents. But the Defendants successfully obtained dismissal from ...

26. Patent-invalidity challenges continue to increase in China: CNIPA report - MLex

... patents, which are not subject to substantive examinations by the Chinese IP authority. ... patents, and the remaining 1,638 to invention patents. The ...

27. China Takes Lead in Global Growth of IP - Lexology

... patents to ensure the quality of the applications from the source, Shen said. Liu Bin, a lawyer at Beijing Zhong Wen Law Firm who specializes in ...

28. KUNA :: Patents crucial to protecting innovation, supporting national economy 16/01/2025

... patents and trademarks. In an interview to KUNA, Supervisor of Trademarks and Patents at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Rashed Al-Owaihan ...

29. Meril successful at EPO against Edwards Lifesciences in heart-valve battle - JUVE Patent

In a victory for Meril Life Sciences in the long-running dispute over heart valves, the Boards of Appeal have revoked one of several patents-in-suit ...

30. Kakao Enterprise announced on the 16th that it has registered a total of 17 patents in the cloud and..

Among the major patents registered last year was the "Resource Allocation Method and Device in Cluster Computing Systems" patent, a technology ...

31. AI-driven study reveals China's semiconductor surge - World IP Review

Standard-essential patents · Trade secrets · Unified Patent Court · Patents · Trademarks · Copyright · Jurisdiction reports. Rankings. About Rankings.

32. The Not-So-Safe Harbor for Research Tools: Lessons From the District of Delaware

Plaintiff BlueAllele accused defendant Intellia of infringing three patents related to gene-editing technology. Gene-editing refers to methods ...

33. How Jacquelyn De Jesu Is Shaping The Future Of Innovation With Shhhowercap - Forbes

... patents on her novel idea. Today, Shhhowercap holds seven patents. Filing for patents wasn't just a power move — it became a cornerstone of her ...

34. This Red-Hot Quantum Computing Stock Trades for Less Than $1. Is It a Buy Now?

The company's intellectual property portfolio includes four U.S. patents and six patents across 11 other countries, with five additional patents ...

35. Nokia snags Samsung with video codec patents, possibly VVC - Rethink

Nokia snags Samsung with video codec patents, possibly VVC. By Tommy Flanagan. Every now and then, a press release arrives on Faultline's desk to ...

36. Biomerica Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2025 Financial Results - BioSpace

Biomerica received notices of allowance for patents addressing Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Crohn's Disease, and Ulcerative Colitis. These ...

37. Apple Patents New Satellite Communication Technology for iPhones - MSN

Apple Patents New Satellite Communication Technology for iPhones ... Apple has secured a new patent, signaling its ambitious plans to enhance satellite ...

38. Stablix patents new PARP-1 inhibitors - BioWorld

Stablix patents new PARP-1 inhibitors ... Stablix Inc. has described new poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1; ARTD1) inhibitors reported to be useful ...

39. Gilead, US end court battle over HIV PrEP patents - BioWorld

... patents weren't valid. The settlement also gives the Foster City, Calif.-based biopharma a license to certain current and future government PrEP ...

40. Steven Alan Siegel, 75, of Mendham, received more than 50 patents for work at AT&T Bell Labs

Steven Alan Siegel, 75, of Mendham, received more than 50 patents for work at AT&T Bell Labs · Recommended for you · (0) comments · Welcome to the ...

41. USPTO Fee Report: Discounts Don't Cut It for Incentivizing New Patent Participants

... patents, which almost always expire before all maintenance fees are due, to help recover its costs. The report explains: “For most patents, the ...

42. USPTO releases fee study report to Congress

About the USPTO Search for patents Search for trademarks · US Department of Commerce · Accessibility · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use · Financial and ...

43. USPTO defends fee structure in report to Congress | MLex

... patents and lowering up-front costs. “Higher maintenance fees could be expected to cause fewer patents to be renewed and more patents to lapse ...

44. GM patents EV that can charge and power stuff simultaneously - Ars Technica

GM patents a dual-port charging system for EVs with vehicle-to-load. I'm not sure why you'd want to do both at the same time, but this EV could ...

45. Canon Places in Top 10 in US Patent Ranking - Printing Impressions

Canon ranked ninth in the number of patents registered in the U.S., placing it in the world's top 10 for 41 consecutive years.

46. ADZE Biotechnology Announces Patent Grant and Notice of Allowance from ... - FirstWord Pharma

Issuance of these patents will expand the scope of protection of ADZE's intellectual property, which includes US patents and patent applications, as ...