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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Patents

August 27, 2019Patentai, inventorship, paidDennis Crouch

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“Lofty”: not precise, but precise enough for patent work

August 27, 2019PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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PTAB Precedent: Infringement Claim Filed before Patentee Owned the Patent Still Triggers 315(b) Timeline

August 26, 2019PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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USPTO Proposed Fee Changes

August 25, 2019PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Are you a Patent Troll, or merely Rhetorical Hyperbole

August 23, 2019PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Damages for Improvement Patents: Are the Georgia-Pacific factors sufficient?

August 22, 2019PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Chamberlain’s Garage Door Opener invalid as an Abstract Idea

August 21, 2019PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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“Customization Module” is a Means-Plus-Function Element; Indefinite Without Disclosed Algorithm

August 20, 2019PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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After Filing Statutory Disclaimer, Constitution Bars Court from Finding Claims Invalid

August 19, 2019PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Relating back to the Original Complaint

August 16, 2019PatentOil States, paidDennis Crouch

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Construe Claims First; Then Rule on Eligibility

August 16, 2019PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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“Substantially Equivalent” Disclosure Satisfies Written Description

August 15, 2019PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Preclusion at the USITC

August 14, 2019PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Our Product is Lossy and Slow — Therefore we Don’t Infringe

August 13, 2019PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Doctrine of Equivalents is on Revival

August 9, 2019PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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DoEPHETAN: Applying the “merely tangential” exception to the “prosecution history estoppel” limitation of the “doctrine of equivalents” expansion of the definition of infringement

August 8, 2019PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Which Area is Wider?

August 5, 2019PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Confusing a Stylized H

August 4, 2019PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Reexaminations and Final Decision Estoppel

August 1, 2019PatentpaidDennis Crouch

by Dennis Crouch

VirnetX v. Cisco Systems (Fed. Cir. 2019)[Decision]

This one here stems from a set of longstanding inter partes reexamination proceedings that Apple and Cisco filed against VirnetX's U.S. Patent Nos. 7,418,504 and 7,921,211 (establishing a secure internet connection). The examiner found the claims obvious/anticipated and the PTAB affirmed.

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Drug Pricing and Patents – Part I

July 25, 2019PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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