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Ethicon: What Powers Can the Director Delegate to the Patent Trial & Appeal Board?

February 8, 2016PatentAIA Trials, IPR, paid, PGR, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Patentlyo Bits and Bytes by Anthony McCain

February 5, 2016PatentpaidAnthony McCain

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When a Consultant Starts Work Before He Signs the Agreement

February 5, 2016PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Strictly Construing Amended Claims Against the Patentee

February 4, 2016PatentClaim Construction, Federal Circuit En Banc, paidDennis Crouch

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Six Hundred Million Dollars

February 4, 2016PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Claim Construction Leads to Nonsensical Result and thus Indefiniteness Holding

February 3, 2016PatentAbstract Idea, Claim Construction, Federal Circuit En Banc, paid, Subject Matter EligibilityDennis Crouch

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Pending Supreme Court Patent Cases 2016 (February 3 Update)

February 3, 2016PatentAbstract Idea, Affirmed Without Opinion, AIA Trials, Broadest Reasonable Interpretation, Claim Construction, Damages, Federal Circuit En Banc, Marking, paid, PGR, Subject Matter Eligibility, Supreme Court, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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@Mizzou: Administrative Patent & Trademark Hearings & Symposium

February 2, 2016PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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NewEgg Denied its Fees Again

February 1, 2016PatentClaim Construction, paidDennis Crouch

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On Appeal, Abuse-Deterrent OxyContin Patents are Invalid

February 1, 2016PatentAffirmed Without Opinion, anticipation, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE AMENDED DEFEND TRADE SECRETS ACT

January 31, 2016PatentDamages, DTSA, paid, Personal Jurisdiction, Trade Secrets, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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REPORT AND ANALYSIS OF RECENT AMENDMENTS TO S. 1890 (The Defend Trade Secrets Act 2016)

January 28, 2016PatentDamages, DTSA, obviousness, paid, Trade SecretsDennis Crouch

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Patentlyo Bits and Bytes by Anthony McCain

January 27, 2016Patentpaid, USPTO Director, VenueAnthony McCain

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Section 285 Does Not Support Deterrence Based Fee Enhancement; Next Stop Rule 11 Sanctions

January 26, 2016PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Prevailing Defendant’s Exceptional Case Restitution Limited to “Reasonable Attorney Fees”

January 25, 2016PatentClaim Construction, paidDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit: Board Must Explain its Decisions

January 22, 2016PatentAIA Trials, IPR, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Patent Term Adjustment: Erroneous and later Withdrawn Restriction Requirement Still Counts as a Section 132 Notice

January 22, 2016Patentpaid, USPTO Director, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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Inter Partes Review: An Unconstitutional Delegation of Judical Power

January 21, 2016PatentAIA Trials, IPR, obviousness, Oil States, paidDennis Crouch

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Technical Difficulties on Patently-O Today

January 21, 2016PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Anonymous Loan Shopping — An Unpatentable Abstract Idea

January 20, 2016PatentAbstract Idea, Affirmed Without Opinion, Enablement, First to Invent, paid, Subject Matter EligibilityDennis Crouch

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