Patently-O
Is described as "the most popular patent law blog and a daily read for thousands of attorneys and agents from every major IP firm, innovative corporation, and TC at the USPTO."
Author: Dennis Crouch is a law professor and patent attorney at the University of Missouri Law School in Columbia. He also authors Patent Law Jobs by Patently-O.
Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Patent Law • Science & Technology Law • Federal Circuit Court • University of Missouri-Columbia • Law Professor • Blawg 100
Recent Posts from Patently-O
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Patent Prosecution Tips: Drafting Preambles
In a recent posting on Patently-O, I asked for advice on whether it is a better practice to use a generic preamble (e.g., "A method comprising") versus a more detailed preamble (e.g., "A method for…
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Patently-O Bits and Bytes
Pirates: The EU Parliament now has two members from the Swedish Pirate Party. The Pirates platform is based on weakening copyright laws and eliminating patents. The first line of the party website reads: "The Pirate…
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Abandoning software patents?
Editorial by Ciarán O'Riordan, Exective Director of End Software Patents Scope On Monday, November 9th, the Supreme Court will hear the case of Bilski's business method patent. Being the first review of patentable subject matter…
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Trademark Cancellation: Presumption of Validity includes Presumption of Acquired Distinctiveness for Marks Registered under Section 2(f)
Cold War Museum v. Cold War Air Museum (Fed. Cir. 2009) In 2004, the appellant registered the service mark THE COLD WAR MUSEUM under Section 2(f) after providing evidence that the mark had acquired distinctiveness…
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Federal Circuit: When are Subsidiaries Covered in a License Agreement?
Imation v. Koninklijke Philips Electronics (Fed. Cir. 2009) At its heart, this case is simply one of contract interpretation. Philips and Imation (via 3M) had originally cross-licensed a set of patents relating to CD and…
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Challenging the Constitutionality of Gene Patents: Ass'n for Medical Pathology v. USPTO
Association for Medical Pathology & ACLU v. USPTO & Myriad, 09-cv-4515 (S.D.N.Y. 2009) Earlier this year, a group of organizations and individuals filed suit against the USPTO, Myriad, and individual directors of the University of…
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Stays Pending Reexamination
The following guest post is by Matthew Smith The grant rate of motions to stay is highly judge-dependent and (somewhat less obviously) district-dependent. The table below shows the approximate grant rate of contested motions to…
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Supreme Court Clustering of Patent Cases
The last time that the Supreme Court directly addressed the issue of subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 was in the early 1980's. In the waning days of the pre-CAFC era, the Supreme…
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Mayo v. Prometheus: Medical Methods and Patentable Subject Matter at the Supreme Court
Mayo v. Prometheus Labs., (on petition for writ of certiorari 2009) The Mayo Clinic has filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to hear its case challenging the patentable subject matter of Prometheus Labs' patents…
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Bits and Bytes
The new website Found Persuasive looks to be an excellent addition to the online patent discussion. The authors promise a practical discussion of "patent prosecution strategies and templates for the patent practitioner. Patent attorneys Michael…