IPWatchdog
Posts cover news and developments in intellectual property law.
Author: Gene Quinn is the founder of IPWatchdog.com and a patent bar review lecturer at the Practising Law Institute, a nonprofit continuing legal education organization.
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Recent Posts from IPWatchdog
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Argument Day in Bilski at US Supreme Court
Later today the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Bilski matter. It is not an overstatement to say that the fate of much future innovation rests squarely on the Supreme Court…
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Making the Case Against First to File
NOTE: This was originally written as a comment to my article Much Ado About Nothing Over First to File. It is posted here as an article with the permission of Ron Katznelson. ************************ I generally…
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Much Ado About Nothing Over First to File
Just about 24 hours ago I posted an article relating to my changing position with respect to first to file, and already there is something of a firestorm. I understand there are those who feel…
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Secretary Locke Promises Strongest IP Protection in the World
I am just getting back from two days at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, having attended the 14th Annual Inventors Conference. There is much to report, and much to write about, and I…
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Kappos Talks Patent Reform at USPTO Inventors Conference
The 14th Annual Inventors Conference is presently ongoing at the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia. The conference started yesterday and continues today. I am here at the USPTO presently, and I…
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Gene Quinn Declared Patent Twit of the Week
I just so happened to stumble across an interesting article declaring me Patent Twit of the Week. Normally one would not be proud of being declared a “twit,” but I have to say that I…
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Bilski: Eyewitness Report and Expert Analysis
n Monday, November 9, 2009, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the much anticipated Bilski case, which could well decide once and for all whether business methods and software remain patentable…
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Fired Up: Challenging the Constitutionality of the Patent Act
The Plaintiffs allege that because human genes should not be patented. Hardly something that anyone can argue. The only trouble is that this is not what the US Patent Office allows, and it is not…
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Honorable Mention: Nanobots – An Invention of the Future
Inventors Digest, in cooperation with IPWatchdog, is showcasing several essays deserving of honorable mention. The first in this series appears below. Inventors Digest held a youth innovation essay contest, in part to celebrate National Inventors…
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District Court Rules ACLU Gene Patent Challenge May Proceed
In one of the worst opinions I have ever read from any federal court, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled earlier today that the ACLU challenge against the…