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USPTO Issues Guidelines for Inventions Created with AI
From articles in our news feeds to conversations with friends, the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems inescapable.…
Read MoreA Renewed Call: Repeal the Single Sentence Rule for Patent Claims
Like all elementary school graduates, I learned that a single sentence should be short. One source suggests that…
Read MoreNew USPTO Director Andrei Iancu’s Pro-Innovation Remarks
Following the last several years where Congress, the courts, and even the former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director were accused of…
Read MoreSupreme Court: Patent Infringement Lawsuits Only In State Of Incorporation Or Regular Place Of Business
The Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision (it does happen) today in TC Heartland LLC v Kraft Food Group…
Read MorePatent Month In Review: February 2017
Supplying a Single Part of Many in an Infringing Device Does not Give Rise to Infringement Liability The…
Read MoreQuick Hitter: Is It Really Obvious To Combine Those References?
One justification for a patent office rejection is the brick wall, “It would have been obvious for a…
Read MorePatent Month In Review September
Abstract Idea Step in Patentable Subject Matter: Animated Lip Syncing Not Abstract, is EligibleMCRO, Inc. v. Bandai Namco…
Read MoreUSPTO Adds Another Final Office Action Option: P3 Pilot Program
The USPTO recently announced a 6 month pilot program to give applicants another option for responding to final office actions. Here is…
Read More2016 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…
Read MoreFederal Circuit: Software Not An Abstract Idea—Is Patentable
Software patents are alive. Again. Many pundits have been saying it since the Supreme Court’s Alice decision on patentable subject matter in…
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