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In a patent infringement action involving a long list of big-name defendants, a plaintiff learned that what you say to the Patent Office during the patent prosecution process can come back to haunt you in court when you try to enforce your patent rig… Read More

Intellectual property law is often thought of as something that protects “practical” things like machines, software, and medicines. But it can also protect elements of fashion. Following is a brief discussion of some of the types of intellectual… Read More

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has reversed a rejection of a patent application for using an open-ended numerical range in a claim. The matter of Ex Parte Qiu (Appeal 2020-001512) involves a patent application for a chemical compound (shown… Read More

The Federal Circuit has ruled that the preamble in a claim in a patent application can be limiting when it supplies “essential structure” and the body of the claim does not define “a structurally complete invention.” SIMO Holdings Inc v Hong… Read More

Semiconductors are crucial components for most electronic equipment. Currently, China lags in this aspect because it does not have a prominent chip maker and depends on semiconductor technology from other countries. For example, in 2020, Qualcomm sup… Read More

As the Washington Post has reported, access to COVID-19 vaccines is highly unequal around the world: The Washington Post found that 45 percent of all vaccine doses administered so far have gone to just 16 percent of the world’s population in what t… Read More

Chinese companies have filed the most number of patents in 2020 at the European Patent Office. Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology patents had the biggest jump in filings last year, which is unsurprising given the global health concern brought on by th… Read More

The Federal Circuit has ruled that a method for creating a floral arrangement on an electronic display screen is abstract and thus not eligible for patent protection. The case of In re Sturgeon involved an appeal from the US Patent and Trademark Offi… Read More