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Foley & Lardner LLP

Patenting Power Plays For AI Drug Discovery

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In April 2024, BioPharmaTrend published a comprehensive review of the past and current state of artificial intelligence (AI) drug discovery, using the 2012 advent of modern deep learning as a starting point. The review...more

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Russian Decree Undermines Value of Certain Patents; USPTO Cuts All Ties with Russian Patent Office

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The Russian government has issued a decree to deny compensation to patentees from “unfriendly states” when their patents are used for Russia’s national security purposes. Additionally, the US Patent and Trademark Office has...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO News Briefs

USPTO Launches New Patent Search Tool - In a press release issued earlier this year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced the launch of a new Patent Public Search tool.  The Office notes that the new patent...more

The Volkov Law Group

Putin’s Puppets Pick on Peppa Pig: Intellectual property rights are collateral damage in the economic war between Russia and the...

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As we’ve reported elsewhere in our blog, the U.S., EU, and other nations recently have enacted significant economic sanctions against Russian individuals and entities in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia is...more

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USPTO Cuts Russian IP Ties

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On March 22, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it was breaking its final ties with Russia’s intellectual property agencies. Specifically, the USPTO has terminated engagement with officials...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO Provides Advice Regarding Dealings with Rospatent

Earlier this month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was terminating engagement with officials from the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) and Eurasian Patent Organization...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO Terminates PPH with Rospatent and Terminates Engagement with NCIP

Last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was terminating engagement with officials from the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) and Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO), per...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - October 2020: Patent Prosecution Highway: The JPO and USPTO

Major patent offices around the world have long been aware of backlog and redundancy issues facing the global patent landscape.  As previously reviewed, the Patent Prosecution (PPH) program aims to accelerate examination...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - October 2020: Protecting Innovation in Asia

Business factors typically drive many strategy decisions in terms of patent prosecution in foreign jurisdictions. Factors that influence these decisions might include the likelihood of foreign competition, the size of foreign...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - October 2020

The October 2020 issue of Sterne Kessler's Global Patent Prosecution newsletter discusses the factors you need to consider when filing strategies to protect your innovations in Asia and reviews the benefits for using the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Patent Prosecution Tool Kit: Global Design Patent Guide

Product design holds tremendous monetary value globally. This often leads to successful designs falling victim to knock-offs that can damage brand loyalty and reduce revenue. Design patents, which protect the ornamental...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution - May 2020: WIPO's COVID-19 IP Policy Tracker

What does Amazon making children shows like "Peppa Pig" available for free during the COVID-19 crisis have in common with the current operating status of the Companies and Intellectual Property Authority in Botswana? Well,...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution - December 2019: Prosecuting Bioinformatics Patent Applications in the United States

This article discusses challenges in prosecuting bioinformatics patent applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Bioinformatics generally refers to an interdisciplinary field in which computer...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution - December 2019

Prosecuting Bioinformatics Patent Applications in the United States, Europe, and China - The bioinformatics market is a multi-billion dollar industry, expecting to nearly double in a few years. However, seeking patent...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution - November 2019: New Patent System in Hong Kong - Original Grant Patent Route

On December 19, 2019, the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department (HKIPD) will launch a new patent system as the result of the Patents (Amendment) Ordinance 2016 and the Patents (General) (Amendment) Rules 2019. Under the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution - November 2019: Patent Law Amendments in Singapore - Closure of Reliance on the Foreign Examination...

A recent change in Singapore has done away with the ability of an applicant to rely on a positive foreign examination result or the international preliminary report on patentability (IPRP) to request supplementary...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - September 2019

Use of Post-Filing Data to Support Patentability - The use of post-filing data to support patentability can be a mechanism to alleviate time pressures related to first-to-file patent regimes. However, the admissibility of...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution - July 2019: Foreign Filing Requirements in the United States

This article discusses foreign filing requirements in the United States. Assuming the United States is the country of invention, the following questions are explored: (1) who needs to seek permission to file a patent...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - July 2019

Survey of Foreign Filing Requirements in the United States, China, and Europe - Many governments require approval of technical subject matter described in patent applications in the form of a foreign filing license prior...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - June 2019

Despite marijuana’s illegal status in most countries, the patent arms race for cannabis has already begun. Indeed, analysts have projected that in North America alone the cannabis industry will grow from $9.2 billion in 2017...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution - May 2019: Strategic Use of the Patent Prosecution Highway

At last count, there are 27 Global and IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) participants with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Since the PPH provides a no fee way to speed up the examination process for...more

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