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Obviousness as a Question of Law

March 9, 2012PatentAIA Trials, IPR, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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What Judges Think of IP Litigators

March 9, 2012PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Addressing the USPTO Backlog

March 8, 2012PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Recording Assignments and Security Interests in Patents: Australia’s new Personal Property Securities Register

March 8, 2012PatentLicenses, paid, Personal JurisdictionDennis Crouch

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Two surveys on international IP law and IP Transactions

March 7, 2012PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Guest Post: Checking the “Staats” – in Broadening Reissue Practice, We Are Stuck in the “Doll”-drums

March 7, 2012PatentAffirmed Without Opinion, AIA Trials, Federal Circuit En Banc, Licenses, paid, PGRDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit Continues Split on Patentable Subject Matter

March 6, 2012PatentAbstract Idea, anticipation, Claim Construction, First to Invent, obviousness, paid, Subject Matter EligibilityDennis Crouch

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Guest Post: The February of FRAND

March 6, 2012Patentanticipation, Enablement, Licenses, paidDennis Crouch

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Guest Post: It’s Time for a Reliable System to Determine Who Owns a U.S. Patent

March 6, 2012PatentLicenses, paid, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Microsoft and Nokia sue Apple for Patent Infringement (via a Holding Company)

March 5, 2012PatentDamages, paid, VenueDennis Crouch

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Contingent Fee Patent Litigation

March 4, 2012PatentFirst to Invent, paidDennis Crouch

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Copyright: Lawfirms Sued for Submitting Prior Art to the USPTO

March 2, 2012PatentCopyright, Licenses, paidDennis Crouch

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GE Wins Wind Turbine Patent Appeal – USITC Must Now Determine Whether to Block Mitsubishi Wind Turbine Imports

March 2, 2012PatentClaim Construction, Damages, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Richard Taranto: Next Federal Circuit Judge

March 1, 2012PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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IBM’s Patent Abandonment Strategy

March 1, 2012PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Patently-O in the Courts: Tropp v. Conair Corporation

March 1, 2012PatentFederal Circuit En Banc, paidDennis Crouch

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Intellectual Ventures Flexes Some Patent Muscle

February 29, 2012PatentLicenses, Marking, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Deference to BPAI: Federal Circuit Affirms Ruling that Monsanto’s Late-Filed Claims Win Priority over Pioneer’s Issued Patent

February 29, 2012PatentAIA Trials, Claim Construction, Federal Circuit En Banc, paid, PGRDennis Crouch

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Political Candidates Sued for Patent Infringement

February 28, 2012PatentLicenses, paidDennis Crouch

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Patently-O Bits & Bytes by Lawrence Higgins

February 28, 2012PatentClaim Construction, Damages, double patenting, obviousness, paidLawrence Higgins

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