Fed Circuit Holds Claims Directed to Milk Not Patent-Eligible Under §101

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On February 13, 2023, in ChromaDex, Inc. v. Elysium Health, Inc.,[1] the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its first opinion of the year dealing with patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. §101.  Unsurprisingly, the Fed Circuit held that the claims lacked patent-eligible subject matter, and concluded the claims were merely isolated formulations of …

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UPC Set to Commence June 1, 2023

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At long last, the Unitary Patent (UP) and the Unitary Patent Court (UPC) are set to begin on June 1, 2023.  This has been a long-awaited process, which has seen the roll-out delayed not once, not twice, but three times.  The UP is expected to a major effect on foreign patent prosecution strategies since, by …

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Registered Trade Dress Protectible Even if Many Features of Product Design Are Functional

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The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled on November 9, 2022, in SoClean, Inc. v. Sunset Healthcare Solutions, Inc.,[1] in a decision involving trade dress, a sub-category of trademark law.  SoClean owned a registration for the trade dress of the sanitization devices under U.S. Trademark Reg. No. 6,080,195 (“’195 registration”).  SoClean sued Sunset …

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USPTO Terminating Agreement with Rospatent

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Just as the war in Ukraine resulting from Russia’s invasion has passed 100 days, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced it will terminate its agreement with its Russian counterpart, the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property, ​Patents and Trademarks (aka Rospatent), effective December 1, 2022. Rospatent will no longer function as either …

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