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No Motivation to Make a Worse Product – Therefore Patentable?

October 6, 2015PatentLicenses, motivation to combine, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Patent Market Tracker

October 5, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Patent Trolls and Great Inventors

October 5, 2015Patentanticipation, paidDennis Crouch

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Shukh v. Seagate: Fired Inventors and their Former Employers

October 2, 2015PatentFederal Circuit En Banc, paidDennis Crouch

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Non-Transitory Patent Claims

October 1, 2015Patentpaid, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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No Appeal for Errors in Instituting IPR

September 30, 2015PatentAIA Trials, IPR, paidDennis Crouch

Achates References v. Apple (Fed. Cir. 2015)

At the conclusion of its Inter Partes Review Proceeding (IPR), the Administrative Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) concluded that several claims of Achates' patents were invalid. U.S. Patents No. 5,982,889 (claims 1-4); and No. 6,173,403 (claims 1-12 and 17-19).

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Patent Grants Per Fiscal Year (USPTO)

September 30, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Design Patent Damages

September 29, 2015PatentDamages, design patent, paidDennis Crouch

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Method Patent Claims

September 29, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit Sends Bad-Faith-Patent-Assertion Case back to State Court

September 28, 2015PatentAffirmed Without Opinion, First to Invent, Licenses, paid, Supreme CourtDennis Crouch

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The Lost ‘Art’ of the Patent System

September 27, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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35 U.S. Code § 314 – Institution of inter partes review

September 27, 2015PatentAIA Trials, IPR, paid, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Shire Wins Vyvanse Case, but Supplier Escapes Liability

September 24, 2015Patentobviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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High Priced Generic Drugs

September 23, 2015Patentpaid, Trade SecretsDennis Crouch

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Said Element

September 22, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Patent Landscape Report

September 22, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit: Damages Expert Credibility is a Question for the Jury

September 21, 2015PatentDamages, First to Invent, Licenses, paid, VenueDennis Crouch

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Can the U.S. Government Infringe a U.S. Patent? (The U.S. Government Says it’s Impossible)

September 20, 2015PatentAffirmed Without Opinion, Licenses, paidDennis Crouch

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USPTO News

September 19, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Court Maintains Laches Defense for Back Damages in Patent Cases

September 18, 2015PatentDamages, Federal Circuit En Banc, paid, Supreme CourtDennis Crouch

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