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A few notes on USPTO Progress

August 25, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Cancellation of Progressive’s Business Method Patents Confirmed on Appeal

August 24, 2015PatentAIA Trials, anticipation, Claim Construction, obviousness, paid, PGR, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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Naming the Rule: Anticipating the Patent

August 23, 2015Patentanticipation, paidDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit: We don’t Decide Claim Construction in the Abstract

August 21, 2015PatentClaim Construction, paid, Personal JurisdictionDennis Crouch

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Working through Old Patent Applications

August 21, 2015Patentpaid, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit Gives PTO “OK” to Treat Hyatt as a Special Case

August 20, 2015Patentpaid, Trade Secrets, USPTO Director, VenueDennis Crouch

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It’s News to Anthony McCain

August 20, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Rarity: Federal Circuit Reverses Jury Verdict of Non-Obviousness

August 20, 2015PatentDamages, Licenses, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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New Rules on PTAB Trials

August 19, 2015PatentAIA Trials, Broadest Reasonable Interpretation, Claim Construction, IPR, paid, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Guest Post on Conflicting Claims: The Raw Statistics of PTAB Trials

August 19, 2015PatentAIA Trials, IPR, paidDennis Crouch

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Patentlyo Bits and Bytes by Anthony McCain

August 18, 2015PatentpaidAnthony McCain

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Micro Entities Rising Popularity

August 18, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Employment Agreement Breach: Failure to Assign Can’t be Fixed Because of Statute of Limitations

August 18, 2015Patentobviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit Stops Downstream Enforcement of Standard-Essential DVD Patents

August 17, 2015PatentLicenses, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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New Developments in ClearCorrect v. USITC

August 16, 2015PatentAffirmed Without Opinion, AIA Trials, Federal Circuit En Banc, paid, PGRDennis Crouch

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Patent Grant Rate by Technology Area

August 15, 2015Patentpaid, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Guest Post by Gary Griswold on Design Patent Damages

August 14, 2015PatentAIA Trials, Damages, design patent, Federal Circuit En Banc, paid, PGRJason Rantanen

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Tight Rules on Pre-Discovery Infringement Contentions offer Forecast for Patent Reform Provisions

August 14, 2015PatentLicenses, paidDennis Crouch

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Akamai v. Limelight: Federal Circuit Expands the Contours of Direct Infringement

August 13, 2015PatentFederal Circuit En Banc, paidJason Rantanen

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Peter Menell’s Patent Litigation Guide

August 12, 2015PatentClaim Construction, Damages, Licenses, paidDennis Crouch

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