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 • University of Missouri-Columbia • Law Professor • Blawg 100

Recent Posts from Patently-O

CAFC Hears En Banc Bilski Case
May 8th’s en banc oral arguments in Ex parte Bilski reveal a court clearly grappling with the difficult problem of defining the scope of patentable subject matter in a way that is both administratively workable…
Tafas v. Dudas: PTO Announces its Intent to Appeal
The Patent Office has filed a notice of appeal in the case of Tafas v. Dudas. This case involves the PTO’s attempt to limit the number of continuation applications and the number of claims per…
John McCain and Patents
John McCain today announced the members of his “Justice Advisory Committee” — a group of fifty leading attorneys and law professors in the country. Members include Ed Reines who is president of the Federal Circuit…
Canons of Claim Construction: Cancelled Claims Narrows Construction for Asserted Claims
PSN Illinois v. Ivoclar Vivadent, et al. (Fed. Cir. 2008) PSN’s patent claims a method of making porcelain veneers. PSN sued fourteen companies for infringement, most of whom settled early. The remaining defendants successfully argued…
Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 32
IP for Wireless & New Media: The World Research Group (WRG) is hosting its The 2nd Annual Summit on Intellectual Property for Wireless Tech & New Media — June 17–18 in San Francisco. It appears…
Purchasing Canadian Drugs & Patent Infringement
In the recent Litecubes case, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) held that a product may be considered “sold” in the US even though title is transferred abroad. [Background] A broad restatement…
Forging A Patent Document
18 U.S.C. § 497 creates a the felony crime of forging a patent document. According to the statute: “Whoever falsely makes, forges, counterfeits, or alters any letters patent granted or purporting to have been granted…
Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 31
In re Volkswagen(5th Cir. en banc). A self-titled “ad hoc committee of intellectual property trial lawyers in the Eastern District of Texas” have filed a brief in the pending VW case arguing on the substance…
CAFC Rejects Patent on Invention to Overcome the Second Law of Thermodynamics
In re Speas (Fed. Cir. 2008) In a short non-precedential opinion, the CAFC affirmed the PTO’s rejection of Speas patent application as both non-enabled and lacking utility. The application claims: "all devices and systems which…
False Marking
A US patentee can only recover damages for patent infringement activity that occur after the infringer is “notified of the infringement.” 35 U.S.C. 287(a). The major exception to this limit on damages is through marking…