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The decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Aatrix Software, Inc. v. Green Shades Software, Inc. clarified that although Section 101 of the US Patent Act is ultimately a question of law, it may involve subsidiary fact questions that may preclude a Section 101 decision... Continue reading
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UC Hastings College of the Law Professor Robin Feldman, who has written articles about gene-editing technology patent law, says it is important to look at the long-term impacts of the technology. “In general, with gene editing, we are at the dawn of a new medical technology,” she says. “We know... Continue reading
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The Automotive Body Parts Association (ABPA) brought a declaratory judgement action against Ford Global Technologies (Ford), the holding company for much of Ford Motor Company’s patent portfolio. ABPA argued that design patents are inappropriate for auto-body parts and, in the alternative, that …
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3 Sonos Gets Judge To Kill Home Audio Patent Under Alice; 4 Patent Agent Emails Merit Privilege, Texas Justices Say; 5 Ex-Andrews Kurth IP Partner Joins Haug Partners In NY. © 2018, Portfolio Media, Inc. About | Contact Us | Legal Jobs | Careers at Law360 | Terms | Privacy... Continue reading
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One of the most fundamental aspects of patent law is that patents should only be awarded for new inventions. That is, not only does someone have to invent something new to them in order to receive a patent, is must also be a new to the world. If someone independently... Continue reading
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Next week is PatCon, the largest annual gathering of patent law, economics, and business professors. This year’s conference takes place at University of San Diego on Friday & Saturday, March 2-3, and features Joe Matal, Carter Phillips, Patent Pilot Program judges, PTO economists, prominent local …
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In addition to announcing its results, InterDigital highlighted what looks set to be a significant benefit for patent licensing businesses from the new US tax law which was passed in December. As well as seeing a reduction in its corporate tax rate to 21% (from 35%), a significant chunk of... Continue reading
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As we’ve discussed before on this blog, cannabis can be and is being patented. It is important to remember that patents are a balance between competing social values. In classical legal theory, patents exist to encourage innovation by offering innovators a limited monopoly in return for making …
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