All posts by Dennis Crouch

About Dennis Crouch

Law Professor at the University of Missouri School of Law.

Back Out of the Deference Labyrinth—a Response to Prof. Golden

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David Boundy

This is a response to Prof. Golden’s A Walk in the Deference Labyrinth: Further Comment on Facebook v. Windy City, Patently-O (Sept. 27, 2019).  In my view, Prof. Golden overlooked some things (the same things overlooked by the PTO in its brief).  When those additional factors are clearly in view, Prof. Golden’s labyrinth falls into nice straight lines of sight showing that the Chevron deference issue in Facebook v. Windy City is no labyrinth at all: the PTAB’s Proppant decision is not entitled to Chevron deference.

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Garmin: Applying Facts-to-the-Law vs Law-to-the-Facts

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Garmin USA, Inc., et al. v. Cellspin Soft, Inc. (Supreme Court 2019)

Question Presented: Whether patent eligibility is a question of law for the court that can be resolved on a motion to dismiss, notwithstanding allegations in a complaint that the asserted claims are inventive.

[Petition for Writ of Certiorari][Appendix].

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You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become a villain

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by Dennis Crouch

Inspired Development Group and Mitchell Prine v. Inspired Products Group (dba KidsEmbrace) (Fed. Cir. 2019)

Mr. Prine is the listed inventor of U.S. Design Patent No. D524,559 and several other super-hero related car seats. Prine formed Inspired Development and assigned patent ownership to that company. Prine then formed another company, KidsEmbrace, to sell the car seats with an exclusive license from Inspired Development.  KidsEmbrace was then bought-out by Boliari who later terminated the license agreement. Prine sued for the money -- suing for breach and unjust enrichment under Florida law.

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