2016 May Patent Law Update

By Stephen B. SchottPRIORITY DATES OF EARLIER APPLICATIONSImmersion Corp. v. HTC Corp, Civil Action No. 12-259-RGA, (D.Del 2015)This case is now on appeal to the Federal Circuit and could have wide ramifications. The statute at issue is 35 USC 120. An application for patent … in an application previously filed in the United States…shall have the same effect……

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