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Claiming: Special Care with Terms of Degree

August 30, 2016PatentClaim Construction, Damages, First to Invent, Licenses, paid, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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On Reddit, folks are wondering if Patent Examiners Wish they Thought of That

August 29, 2016PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Bits and Bytes from the PPAC Meeting

August 25, 2016PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Plagiarism Actions

August 24, 2016PatentDamages, paidDennis Crouch

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Defining OtterBox for Tariffs

August 24, 2016PatentClaim Construction, Oil States, paidDennis Crouch

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DuPont v. MacDermid Printing: The importance of a Patentee’s Pre-Filing Statements

August 23, 2016PatentAIA Trials, First to Invent, motivation to combine, obviousness, paid, PGR, reasonable expectation of successDennis Crouch

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USPTO Launches Cancer Moonshot Challenge

August 22, 2016PatentAIA Trials, paid, PGR, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Summary Judgment on Anticipation

August 19, 2016Patentanticipation, paidDennis Crouch

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Publication of the Patent Case Management Judicial Guide (3rd edition)

August 17, 2016PatentClaim Construction, Damages, paidDennis Crouch

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Expanding the Scope of Ex Parte Reexaminations MidStream

August 17, 2016PatentAffirmed Without Opinion, AIA Trials, IPR, paid, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Obviousness of the New Mixture

August 16, 2016PatentAIA Trials, IPR, motivation to combine, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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A Specification’s Focus on Particular Embodiment Not Limiting if Other Embodiments are also Expressly Contemplated

August 15, 2016Patentpaid, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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En Banc Query: Must the PTO Allow Amendments in IPR Proceedings?

August 13, 2016PatentFederal Circuit En Banc, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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GEA Process: Appealing IPR Termination Decision

August 11, 2016PatentAIA Trials, IPR, paidDennis Crouch

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Apple v. Samsung: Justifying Profit Disgorgement

August 11, 2016PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Patent Law Jobs

August 10, 2016PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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The Limited Role of Common Sense in the Obviousness Analysis

August 10, 2016Patentmotivation to combine, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Some thoughts on Broadest Reasonable Interpretation

August 9, 2016PatentBroadest Reasonable Interpretation, Claim Construction, paidJason Rantanen

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Enhancing Damages in Halo v. Pulse

August 9, 2016PatentDamages, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Indefiniteness: Terms Cannot be Moving Targets

August 8, 2016PatentClaim Construction, paidDennis Crouch

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