Warren has requested that the United States Patent and Trademark Office investigate Keytruda from Merck.

Senator Elizabeth Warren of the United States recently wrote to the head of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to express her concern that continued efforts to patent Merck & Co.'s (MRK.N) blockbuster cancer treatment Keytruda may constitute an abuse of the patent system.

Innoviti receives a US patent for its secure QR communication system

For the safe transfer of payment information from a consumer-facing product – such as a terminal, website, or mobile app – to a payment processing server for authorization, communication security is critical. Customers' identities can be stolen, merchant identities can be changed,...

OQ Technology granted a patent for its IoT 'wake-up' technology

The US Patent and Trademark Office has given OQ Technology, a worldwide 5G IoT satellite operator, a patent for its IoT 'wake-up' technology.

With each satellite being able to link with thousands of sensors, the function may be altered in step with the increase in the number of ...

UAE is Expecting 20 Percent Rise in Patent Applications

The United Arab Emirates has introduced a new law concerning the industrial property in the region with the aim of boosting the confidence of investors and stimulating innovation. 

The country’s Ministry of Economy is expecting a rise in the number of patent applications by 2...

Clearview AI to get a US Patent for Technology Advancement in Facial Recognition

Clearview AI is a software that goes through people’s social media accounts to match the faces of wanted individuals by law enforcement agencies to their pictures already available in government databases. The company is now set to receive a federal patent by the United States.

Ho...

Boehringer Ingelheim gets an injunction against sale of Empagliflozin

Boehringer Ingelheim, a MNC firm has obtained two separate interim injunctions against Dr Reddy’s and MSN Labs for selling their versions of Empagliflozin, an anti-diabetes drug in India. Both these pharma companies have recently launched a low-priced version of the anti-diabetes drug,...

Dr Reddy's Labs launches copy of anti-diabetes pill, Boehringer Ingelheim to take legal action for patent infringement

Dr Reddy's Labs has launched copies of Jardiance, a popular anti-diabetes pill which is sold by a German drug manufacturer called Boehringer Ingelheim. Experts believe that the launch of the copies of this drug can bring about a controversy, as the drug has valid patent in India until 2025. B...

Nippon Steel files lawsuit against Toyota and Baoshan for patent violation

Nippon Steel Corp. has filed lawsuits against Toyota Motor Corp. and Chinese steelmaker Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. The steelmaker has alleged infringement of a patent which is a key steel product for electric vehicles.

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• Nippon steel fi...

Find Out How the North America Patent Infringement Litigation Financing Market Is Growing At A CAGR of 6.38% from 2021 to 2029

When law firms or individual lawyers have the opportunity to contest high-profile intellectual property (IP) cases or precedent-setting IP cases in court, especially those relating to patent infringement, many times they require funding. The significant levels of costs along with increased risk i...

UK: BRITISH LITHIUM APPLIED FOR A PATENT WITH EXTRACTION INVENTION

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• The company ‘British Lithium’ has applied for a patent with the extraction invention
• Andrew Smith said that, they are very delighted that, their first patent is now pending

The company British Lithium has achi...

NEWGEN SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD PATENTS INVENTION FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION IN INDIA

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• Newgen Software Technologies Limited has patented an invention that facilitates electronic communication.
• Artificial Intelligence is used for categorizing the messages and for facilitating the communication.

Newgen Softwar...

JAPAN PATENT OFFICE REJECTS TRADEMARK FOR INDIGENOUS ‘AINU’ PEOPLE

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• Japan Patent Office rejects trademark for indigenous ‘Ainu’ people.
• The application for "AINU" was filed in March 2020 for products such as smartphone cases and computer mice.
• The move by the individ...

UFLEX CHEMICALS BUSINESS SECURES INDIA PATENT

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• UFlex Chemicals business has secured India patent.
• UFlez Chemicals has patented the process to derive Epoxy Ester resin.

In accordance with the provisions of the Patents Act, 1970, the chemicals business of UFlex has secur...

COM OLHO IS FIRST INDIAN COMPANY TO PATENT ADVERTISING FRAUD DETECTION

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• Com Olho is the first company in India that has patented Advertising Fraud detection.
• Advertising industry sees the advertising fraud as a serious concern as digital advertising is increasing nowadays.

One of the fastest-g...

LG ELECTRONICS TO CONNECT ELECTROLUX IN A LANDMARK DEAL FOR REFRIGERATOR ICING TECH

• LG Electronics said Monday it has inked a license agreement with European electronics company Electrolux to provide its copyright protected icing technology for French door refrigerators.
• The Swedish consumer appliance manufacturer Electrolux entered into a patent licensing dea...

WAYS OF CRAFTING PATENT STRATEGY

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• There are many products for whom patent are important.
• In the late 1990s, organizations like Autodesk, Adobe and Intuit managed to protect their discoveries with patents and flourished.
• The courts, later acknowledged software pa...

MORE THAN 60,000 PATENTS REGISTERED BY LG ELECTRONICS

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• As a result of heavy investment, LG Electronics has registered more than 60,000 patents overseas.
• The company established a team for filing patent work in 1977.
• Total 87,773 number of patents registered in the country an...

PTO USA considers if Artificial Intelligence needs patents

Artificial Intelligence has penetrated in all aspects of life, personal and professional. AI computers today are capable of driving cars, as well as planes, in addition, they can also perform surgeries. In other words, Artificial Intelligence is replacing human intelligence in various subject dom...