Corteva, Inari settle lawsuit over seed patent dispute
In its lawsuit, Corteva accused Inari Agriculture Inc. of taking Corteva’s patent-protected seeds, making slight genetic modifications and preparing to commercialize them under its own name.
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When is an AI-assisted invention eligible for a patent?
It’s a fine line to walk for applicants with artificial intelligence-assisted inventions who want to secure a patent.
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‘It’s a societal challenge’: Why patent law has a diversity problem
According to data collected through the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law, there are more patent attorneys and agents named Michael in the U.S. than there are racially diverse women.
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10 years after America Invents Act, IP lawyers have mixed feelings on challenge provisions
The America Invents Act sought to make the patent filing process easier, enabling American entrepreneurs and businesses to get inventions to the marketplace more quickly with fewer costs and unnecessary litigation. While that’s proven true for some, other members of the innovation community say those goals have been hit or miss over the last decade.
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Innovation needed to bridge patent diversity gap, attorneys say
A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate in March seeks to quantify the lack of diversity among patent holders. The Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act of 2021 — or IDEA Act — would require the USPTO to collect inventors’ demographic information, including race and gender.
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U.K. company sues Lafayette business BioBond for trademark infringement over BioCoat product
The plaintiff fears that the BioBond product will cause confusion and reputation damage for it in the U.S., where it sells a product under the BioCote trademark.
McGinnis: Intellectual property in the age of privacy laws and AI
Laws regarding privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity are evolving, and artificial intelligence is challenging established norms of intellectual property creation, protection, and enforcement.
Inari raises another $103M for gene-editing technology, but legal dispute looms with Corteva
A Boston-based biotech company with large operations in Indiana has closed on a $103 million funding raise, bringing its cumulative fundraising to more than a half-billion dollars for the eight-year-old company.
Nevada company sues Lilly for breach of contract over Alzheimer’s drug
A Nevada-based biotech company is suing Eli Lilly and Co., saying the Indianapolis-based drugmaker is refusing to pay royalties on patented technology it claims is used in Lilly’s pending new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
Purdue wins $32.5M in patent-infringement lawsuit
A Texas jury this week awarded Purdue University $32.5 million in damages in its patent infringement lawsuit against an international microelectronics company.
Judge overturns $176.5M jury verdict against Lilly in patent infringement suit
A federal judge has overturned a $176.5 million jury verdict against Eli Lilly and Co., finding that the Indianapolis-based drugmaker did not infringe on the patents of a competitor in developing a treatment for migraine headaches.
Corteva sues startup rival Inari for patent infringement
Corteva Agriscience Inc. is suing a Massachusetts startup, saying the company has taken Corteva’s patent-protected seeds, made slight genetic modifications and is preparing to commercialize them under its own name.
Trademark scams on the rise: How attorneys can help clients as scammers get more complex
Elizabeth Baumhart has been a practicing trademark attorney for about five years now. In that time, she’s learned to put a bold, underlined warning on every file notification email she sends to clients. The warning: Be on the lookout for scams.
Florida attorney previously suspended in IN suspended again for violating multiple professional conduct rules
A patent attorney with a history of deceitful misconduct has been suspended without automatic reinstatement after violating multiple Indiana Professional Conduct Rules related to a business he opened in Florida under an alias.
IndyBar: Blow up the MPEP Sections Discussing Drawings
The rules that govern patent drawings deserve an overhaul.
IN Southern District awards $15M in attorney fees, expenses in MDL patent case
Defendants in a multidistrict patent case that involved more than 200 attorneys and staff across 15 law firms, including an Indianapolis law firm, have been awarded a combined $15 million in attorney fees and expenses.
Hartz: What’s intellectual property got to do with war in Ukraine?
Do you or your clients have operations or sales in Russia? It is not a popular place to be doing business right now. The physical conflict in Ukraine has spread to economic and political countermeasures, including various private companies voluntarily withdrawing from the Russian market. But the Russian government is striking back at U.S. and other companies who are pulling out of the market by modifying the Russian intellectual property systems.
Purdue University files patent-infringement suit against Google
Purdue University’s Purdue Research Foundation is suing Google LLC over Android software that Purdue says incorporates patented technology for smartphones.
Purdue faces off against European chip maker over two patents
One of Europe’s largest chip makers wants a federal judge to order Purdue Research Foundation to turn over documents concerning two patents that are the focus of a different lawsuit.
High court: Congress erred in patent dispute board setup
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Congress erred when it set up a board to oversee patent disputes by failing to make the judges properly accountable to the president.
Inventing opportunity: IP attorneys see more patent filings during pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic killed millions worldwide and uprooted livelihoods and industries in the past year. But at least one industry has emerged relatively unscathed, if not stronger. Some Indiana intellectual property attorneys have seen an increase in patent requests and inventions during the pandemic as individuals utilized their creative skills while quarantining.
Hartz: New procedures on the way from recent (and future?) IP legislation
Amid all the news around the new year, you might have missed that the variety of changes to federal intellectual property laws, the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) and the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (CASE Act).
Perry and Cahr: Important new laws will have ripple effect for IP owners, practitioners
A final surprise for 2020 emerged from December’s marathon omnibus spending and COVID-19 relief negotiations. Congress included a trio of notable and hotly debated intellectual property measures in its multi-trillion-dollar spending and relief package which could fundamentally alter the manner in which intellectual property owners protect and enforce their rights.
Schell: American Axle and issues with Section 101 patent eligibility
Should SCOTUS fail to take up the matter now or fail to address broader issues and provide a more cogent framework for Section 101 patent eligibility in its determination, I expect the next round of significant news on the subject to be Congress stepping in and acting.