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Insightful Patent Law Blog Posts
New Standards for Design Patent Obviousness with the LKQ Corp. v. GM ruling
Imagine someone submitted a design patent for a glass bottle with a contoured hourglass shape. The top was…
Read MoreUSPTO 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 MorePERA and PREVAIL: Bipartisan Bills Aimed at Supporting Inventors and Innovation
Patent law has undergone drastic changes in recent years. From the Supreme Court’s landmark Alice ruling to the…
Read MoreCosmoKey v. Duo Security: Skipping Step One of the Alice Test
Have you ever used dual verification to sign into a device? If so, you might be familiar with…
Read MoreMinerva Surgical v. Hologic: Supreme Court Retains but Narrows Assignor Estoppel
Picture this: someone offers to assign you the patent for a cutting-edge technology that could change the world.…
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 MorePA Bar: Removing The Exclusivity Of “Patent Attorney”
[EDIT: The Pennsylvania House of Delegates voted down this measure in May 2019, mostly due to issues unrelated…
Read MoreUS Patent And Trademark Office Revises Guidance For Determining Subject Matter Eligibility
To start the new year, Director Iancu and the US Patent and Trademark Office continue what most people…
Read MorePatent Damages For Infringing Acts Outside Of The US
One of the bedrock principles of patent law is that it only applies territorially: A US patent holder…
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