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Federal Circuit: Testing Vehicle Operators for Impairment is an Unpatentable Abstract Idea

December 30, 2015PatentAbstract Idea, anticipation, paid, Subject Matter Eligibility, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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December 29, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Patentlyo Bits and Bytes by Anthony McCain

December 28, 2015PatentpaidAnthony McCain

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Commil v. Cisco: Despite Supreme Court Win, Patentee Still Loses

December 28, 2015Patentpaid, Supreme CourtDennis Crouch

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University of Iowa Hiring an In-House IP Attorney

December 24, 2015Patentpaid, USPTO DirectorJason Rantanen

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Merry Christmas from the USPTO (and from us at Patently-O)

December 24, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Shukh Signals Petition for Certiorari in Futures-Assignment Case

December 23, 2015PatentFederal Circuit En Banc, paidDennis Crouch

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Free Speech: Prohibition on Registering Disparaging Marks is Unconstitutional, Federal Circuit Rules

December 22, 2015PatentFederal Circuit En Banc, paidDennis Crouch

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Assigning Future Interests: Federal Circuit Denies Review of FilmTec

December 21, 2015PatentFederal Circuit En Banc, paidDennis Crouch

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Amicus Briefs on Enhanced Damages

December 20, 2015PatentAIA Trials, Damages, First to Invent, obviousness, paid, PGR, reasonable expectation of successDennis Crouch

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Two-Step Printed Matter Doctrine: (1) Is it Printed Matter?; (2) Do we give it patentable weight?

December 17, 2015PatentAbstract Idea, anticipation, paid, Subject Matter Eligibility, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Proposed Changes to Federal Circuit Rules

December 16, 2015PatentMarking, paidJason Rantanen

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Federal Circuit denies en banc request

December 16, 2015PatentFederal Circuit En Banc, paidDennis Crouch

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Three Charts from the USPTO 2015 Annual Report

December 15, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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35 U.S.C. 289

December 15, 2015PatentLicenses, paidDennis Crouch

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Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple Inc., No 15-___ (design patent scope and damages calculation)(New Petition)

December 14, 2015PatentDamages, design patent, paidDennis Crouch

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Patentlyo Bits and Bytes by Anthony McCain

December 14, 2015Patentpaid, USPTO DirectorAnthony McCain

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Pending Supreme Court Patent Cases (Update)

December 14, 2015PatentAIA Trials, Broadest Reasonable Interpretation, Claim Construction, Damages, Federal Circuit En Banc, Marking, paid, PGR, Supreme CourtDennis Crouch

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Expanding the Framework for Enhanced Patent Damages

December 13, 2015PatentDamages, paidDennis Crouch

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Short Fiction for IP Attorneys

December 11, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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