Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 9: USPTO Responds to GAO Report; Stewart Welcomes National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees; CAFC Defines 'Ground' for IPR Estoppel Statute

"This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Federal Circuit issues several precedential decisions, including one ruling defining the "ground" that a patent validity challenger could have reasonably raised in IPR proceedings for purposes of the IPR estoppel statute; Nvidia announces that it will release a downgraded version of its H20 AI chip for the Chinese market; the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office notes that its challenges in balancing time, cost and quality in the patent examination context are "well-documented" following the GAO's report on examination quality;"

"the U.S. Trade Representative acknowledges that this week's U.S.-UK trade deal will secure supply chains for U.S. pharmaceutical exports; Tesla's "ROBOTAXI" trademark application is refused registration for being merely descriptive of the goods it will cover; an internal memo shared with news outlets shows that the government of India is thinking about reviewing copyright law within the artificial intelligence; and WHO announces a sublicensing agreement between the Medicines Patent Pool and a Nigerian diagnostics company that will increase manufacturing capacity in Africa."

Several precedential Federal Circuit decisions were issued, including one that defined the "ground" a patent validity challenger could have reasonably raised in inter partes review proceedings for purposes of the IPR estoppel statute. Nvidia announced plans to release a downgraded H20 AI chip for the Chinese market. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office noted well-documented challenges in balancing time, cost, and quality in patent examination following a GAO report. The U.S.-UK trade deal aims to secure supply chains for U.S. pharmaceutical exports. Tesla's ROBOTAXI trademark application was refused as merely descriptive. India is considering reviewing copyright law in light of artificial intelligence. WHO sublicensed rights to expand diagnostics manufacturing capacity in Africa. Readers can submit dog photos to [e-mail].

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