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2024年11月29日 星期五
有目的的解釋/purposive construction - 加拿大專利範圍解釋原則 - Whirlpool Corp. v Camco Inc., 2000 SCC 67 (supreme court 2000)
禁止多重附屬項依附多重附屬項的日本專利筆記
2024年11月27日 星期三
因果關係不同因此侵權不成立 - DoggyPhone LLC v. Tomofun LLC (CAFC 2024)
被告Tomofun的被告產品「Tomofun | Furbo 狗狗攝影機」(有兩個運作模式:standard mode、Dog Nanny mode),可參考網址https://www.yourator.co/companies/Furbo、https://www.bnext.com.tw/article/63884/tomofun-cto-charles。
2024年11月20日 星期三
Trademark Usage of Linux - 商標使用
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2024年11月19日 星期二
刪除請求項中商標名稱意外產生是否有禁反言的相關議題 - Eli Lilly & Co. v. Apotex, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2020)
2173.05(u) Trademarks or Trade Names in a Claim
The presence of a trademark or trade name in a claim is not, per se, improper under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph, but the claim should be carefully analyzed to determine how the mark or name is used in the claim. It is important to recognize that a trademark or trade name is used to identify a source of goods, and is not the name of the goods themselves. Thus a trademark or trade name does not define or describe the goods associated with the trademark or trade name. See definitions of trademark and trade name in MPEP § 608.01(v).
If the trademark or trade name is used in a claim as a limitation to identify or describe a particular material or product, the claim does not comply with the requirements of the 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph. Ex parteSimpson, 218 USPQ 1020 (Bd. App. 1982). See also Eli Lilly & Co. v. Apotex, Inc., 837 Fed. Appx. 780, 784-85, 2020 USPQ2d 11531 (Fed. Cir. 2020) ("Following Patent Office procedure, the Examiner in this case rejected the claims of the '821 application as indefinite because they improperly used the trade name 'ALIMTA.' In response to the rejection, Lilly canceled its claims reciting the trade name and pursued claims using the generic name for the same substance, which mooted the rejection. Additionally, as the district court observed, the Examiner 'explicitly noted that pemetrexed disodium was 'also known by the trade name ALIMTA' ' in the contemporaneous obviousness rejection."). The claim scope is uncertain since the trademark or trade name cannot be used properly to describe any particular material or product. In fact, the value of a trademark would be lost to the extent that it became the generic name of a product, rather than used as an identification of a source or origin of a product. Thus, the use of a trademark or trade name in a claim to describe a material or product would not only render a claim indefinite, but would also constitute an improper use of the trademark or trade name. If the applicant responds to such a rejection by replacing the trademark or trade name with a generic term, the examiner should determine whether there is sufficient support in the application for use of a generic term. See MPEP § 2163, subsection II.A.3(b).
If a trademark or trade name appears in a claim and is not intended as a limitation in the claim, the question of why it is in the claim should be addressed. If its presence in the claim causes confusion as to the scope of the claim, then the claim should be rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph.
2024年11月18日 星期一
加拿大專利適格性分析範例 - Canadian IP Office
- A computer-implemented method of analysing data from seismic measurements comprising:
- Performing seismic measurements;
- Receiving the data from the seismic measurements;
- Processing the data on a computer using algorithm X; and
- Displaying the results of the analysis.
- A system for analysing data from seismic measurements comprising:
- Sensors to measure seismic measurements;
- A module configured to receive the data from the sensors;
- A processor configured to apply the algorithm X to the data received from the sensors; and
- A display configured to present the results of the step c.
- A computer-implemented method of analysing data from seismic measurements comprising:
- Receiving the data from the seismic measurements;
- Processing the data on a computer using algorithm X; and
- Displaying the results of the analysis of step b.
- A computer readable memory having recorded thereon statements and instructions for execution by a computer to carry out the method of claim 3.
- A computer-implemented method of drilling for oil comprising:
- Receiving the data from the seismic measurements;
- Processing the data on a computer using algorithm X; and
- Drilling for oil based on the results of the processing.
- A computer readable memory having recorded thereon statements and instructions for execution by a computerised drilling system to carry out the method of claim 5.
- A computer-implemented method of digitally coding a video signal comprising:
- Receiving digital video data;
- Encoding, using a digital signal processor, the digital video data using algorithm Y; and
- Providing the encoded video data.
- A method of diagnosing whether a human subject is at risk for developing cancer, comprising:
- measuring the level of X in a biological sample from the subject; and
- comparing said level to the level of a non-cancerous reference sample, wherein an increase in the level of X relative to said reference indicates the subject is at risk for cancer.
- A method of diagnosing whether a human subject is at risk for developing cancer, comprising:
- receiving a report summarizing the level of X in a sample from the subject; and
- comparing said level to the level of a non-cancerous reference sample, wherein an increase in the level of X relative to said reference indicates the subject is at risk for cancer.
- Use of compound X to treat peptic ulcers.
- The use of claim 1, wherein X is for administration at a first dosage of 6 to 8 mg/day for a period of about 2 to 10 weeks, and a final dosage of 16 to 24 mg/day.
2024年11月6日 星期三
"本發明/present invention"用語是否形成限制?it depends ... - Absolute Software v. Stealth Signal (CAFC 2011)
根據上列舉專利範圍,各家專利寫法風格不同,但初步看來都是專利範圍很廣的專利。不僅是各方的專利,判決也介紹了雙方的軟體產品。
而本次主要討論的是說明書記載「present invention」影響專利範圍解釋的議題。
如此,因為Stealth的'269說明書使用"present invention"時還明確表示其中有兩個optional features,以及相關前後文的描述,CAFC解釋Stealth的'269專利範圍並不以說明書中"present invention"作為限制專利範圍的依據。
不過,真是峰迴路轉,即便CAFC給予"present invention"用語一點點救贖,但檢視專利'269內容,CAFC法官"就事論事"仍是認為"semi-rand rate"除了地方法院的解釋外,沒有其他解釋。