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Content on Filewrapper includes updates on intellectual property case law, legislation and regulatory activity, and intellectual property law in the news.
Author: McKee, Voorhees & Sease is a Des Moines, Iowa, law firm.
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Recent Posts from Filewrapper
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Fourth Circuit: Plagiarism detection service is fair use of students' copyrighted papers
In a recent decision by the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the court decided that the anti-plagiarism service provided by iParadigms at turnitin.com, did not constitute copyright infringement of high school students' papers…
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En banc Federal Circuit to address potential patent misuse issues in license practices
The Federal Circuit has agreed to hear en banc an interesting issue with regard to the potential for patent misuse in licensing. The case is Princo Corp. v. ITC. At issue is the patent pool…
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Attendance at single trade show to display infringing product sufficient for personal jurisdiciton
In a case of first impression for the Federal Circuit, the court addressed the issue of how to apply Federal Rule 4(k)(2) (the Federal Court's long-arm statute) to a defendant. The court, in agreement with…
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Dependent claim can't be obvious when indepdendent claim is not; verdict vacated as inconsistent
In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit affirmed-in-part a district court's decision regarding obviousness, holding the defendant was not entitled to summary judgment that the asserted claims were invalid for obviousness. The court vacated the…
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Claim and continuation rules dead: thousands of practitioners breathe easier
In a Federal Register notice today, the USPTO has officially withdrawn the claim and continuation rule changes from the Code of Federal Regulations. This is consistent with a press release from Thursday announcing the rules…
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Manuscript filed with copyright office not necessarily publicly available as of filing date
In a decision Tuesday, the Federal Circuit held the USPTO had not provided sufficient evidence that an inventor's manuscript was publicly accessible, and therefore available as prior art under § 102(b), before the critical date…
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Today's eCommerce lesson: There's no upside to using others' trademarks in your website meta tags
Those who have a passing familiarity with website design are probably familiar with the concept of meta tags. Meta tags are pieces of data included in the HTML code of a webpage that provide information…
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Seventh Circuit: Notice requirement to Copyright Office when registration refused not jurisdictional
In a recent decision, the Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment that a plaintiff could not prevail in her copyright claim. The court first addressed whether the plaintiff complied with the…
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Programming note
As many have surely noticed, while we have covered the major issues that have arisen, the pace of posts here at Filewrapper has slowed down of late. This is a reflection of the recent demands…
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USPTO issues new section 101 guidelines for use until Supreme Court decides Bilski v. Doll
This week the USPTO has issued new guidelines to patent examiners on how to handle § 101 patentable subject matter issues in light of the Federal Circuit's ruling in In re Bilski. The guidelines are…