Changes to the Canadian Patent System
Canadian Patent Office to implement new rules impacting fee structure for excess claims and RCE’s, PCT translations, and WIPO sequence listing standards
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Canadian Federal Court Applies New Test for Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
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Chinese Patent Litigation: Leveraging Specialized IP Courts
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A Comprehensive Look at Data Privacy
Learn the basics on Data Privacy, protected information, current and proposed regulations, and data breach best practices.
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Duty of Disclosure Before USPTO Highlighted in Federal Register
The notice provides ample guidance for all parties under the duty to disclose, including whom the duty of disclosure applies to and the equivalence of the duty of disclosure to the Patent Office to all other branches of government and commercial actions.
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Chinese Utility Models, Strengthening and Supplementing Intellectual Property Protection in China
Chinese Utility models can provide an alternative to invention patents and supplement them too.
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Federal Contracting; Contractor Disclosure to Funding Agencies and Agency March-in Rights
Funding agencies have taken a very narrow approach when interpreting the four categories listed above from 35 U.S.C. § 203. Accordingly, contractors should understand how march-in rights function in theory, but it is historically unlikely to assume an agency would exercise this power without further legislation. Ultimately, contractors should focus on furthering their research and ensuring proper disclosure practices to their funding agencies, as it is historically unlikely that a funding agency will exercise their march-in rights and compel contractors to license any of their subject inventions.
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Intellectual Property Rights and Federally Funded Research
Under typical Phase 1 contracts with the Department of Defense (DoD), such as the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), default ownership of domestic and international intellectual property rights belong to the Contractor. However, if the Contractor fails to report any inventions to the contracting officer within two months of preparing the corresponding patent applications, the Contractor risks losing ownership of those inventions.
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USPTO Extends Combined Patent Search Pilot Program with Japanese Patent Office
The United States Patent Office has announced an expansion of the Collaborative Search Pilot Program beginning November 1, 2022. This announcement signals the beginning of phase three of the pilot program, which will last until 2024.
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Why intellectual property rights are important for startups seeking funding from investors
When seeking funding from investors, it is important for startups to have a strong intellectual property strategy in place.
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