• The Impact of Machine Learning on Patent Law, Part 1: Can a Computer

    Professor Abbott is the author of, among other works on the topic, ‘I Think, Therefore I Invent: Creative Computers and the Future of Patent Law‘, Boston College Law Review, Vol. 57, No. 4, 2016 (also available at SSRN), in which he argues that the law should embrace treating non-humans as... Continue reading

     
  • Intellectual Property (IP) Basic for Beauty Entrepreneurs

    Partner Tom Arno and Associate Loni Marrow co-authored, “Intellectual Property (IP) Basic for Beauty Entrepreneurs,” which was published in Global Cosmetic Industry. Excerpt: Intellectual property (IP) protection is important for every industry, especially beauty. First, IP allows you to prevent others from …

     
  • Lost Profits Patent Case Making Its Way to High Court

    Lost Profits Patent Case Making Its Way to High Court  Courthouse News Service US Supreme Court to hear Schlumberger fight over patent damages  Reuters BREAKING: Justices To Hear Patent Case Over Lost Profits Damages  Law360 Full coverage

     
  • Digital Audio Patent Holder Sues SiriusXM

    Digital Audio Patent Holder Sues SiriusXM  All Access Music Group Full coverage

     
  • Step One and Done to Patent Eligibility: Finjan, Inc. v. Blue Coat Systems, Inc.

    Microsoft,[vii] in which the Federal Circuit held the claimed invention to be patent eligible; and contrasted Finjan’s claims to those in several cases holding patent ineligibility.[viii] The court succinctly summarized a foundational principle of patent law—that a result, even if an innovative result, is not itself …

     
  • US Supreme Court Grants Cert in WesternGeco

    … occurring outside of the United States are categorically unavailable in cases where patent infringement is proven under 35 U.S.C. section 271(f). … week, but for now here is a link to today’s Supreme Court order list, courtesy of Scotus Blog, and here is a link to a story on... Continue reading

     
  • PTAB To Review Tyvaso Patents Despite Time-Bar Protest

    Law360, New York (January 12, 2018, 5:44 PM EST) — The Patent Trial and Appeal Board on Thursday granted Watson Laboratories Inc.’s request to review two United Therapeutics Corp. patents covering its hypertension drug Tyvaso, turning down arguments from United Therapeutics that the …

     
  • Lost Profits Patent Case Making Its Way to High Court

    The majority concluded that profits lost outside of the United States are unavailable as a matter of law despite the patent law’s express coverage of combinations abroad arising from U.S. exports. WesternGeco petitioned for rehearing en banc, which the court denied. It asked the Supreme Court to …

     
  • US Supreme Court takes on WesternGeco v Ion Geophysical

    Under 35 USC § 271(f), it is an act of patent infringement to supply “components of a patented invention,” “from the United States,” knowing or intending that the components be combined “outside of the United States,” in a manner that “would infringe the patent if such combination occurred within the …

     
  • Fed. Circ. Says SAP Can’t Get Fees In Patent Case

    Law360, New York (January 12, 2018, 5:15 PM EST) — The Federal Circuit on Friday affirmed a lower Texas court’s ruling denying attorneys’ fees for software firm SAP America Inc. after it beat trade secret claims from software developer Wellogix Inc., agreeing that the case wasn’t “exceptional” enough …