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Federal Circuit: Software is not Patent Eligible unless Claimed as a Process or Physical Object

May 22, 2015PatentAbstract Idea, Enablement, paid, Subject Matter EligibilityDennis Crouch

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AIA Applications Working Through the System

May 21, 2015PatentFirst to Invent, paidDennis Crouch

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Patent Quality.

May 20, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Copyrighting Your Patent?

May 20, 2015PatentCopyright, Enablement, First to Invent, paidDennis Crouch

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Fee Shifting as Patent Policy Lever: How to Ensure Sufficient Torque

May 19, 2015PatentClaim Construction, Damages, Inequitable Conduct, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Patent Law Quiz:

May 19, 2015Patentanticipation, obviousness, paid, Trade SecretsDennis Crouch

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Apple v. Samsung: Design Patents Win

May 18, 2015PatentAffirmed Without Opinion, Claim Construction, Damages, design patent, Licenses, paidJason Rantanen

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Broadening and Narrowing Claims Post Issuance

May 15, 2015PatentAIA Trials, Claim Construction, Federal Circuit En Banc, IPR, paidDennis Crouch

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Data: Counting Fee Shifting Cases

May 14, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit: 271(a) Does Not Include Joint Tortfeasor Liability

May 13, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Emerging Trends Post-Octane Fitness

May 13, 2015PatentAIA Trials, paid, PGR, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit Finds Scope of Non-Amended Reissue Claims Improperly Broadened

May 12, 2015PatentAffirmed Without Opinion, Claim Construction, Federal Circuit En Banc, paid, VenueDennis Crouch

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Statutory Interpretation and the Exhaustion Issues in Lexmark v. Impression Products

May 12, 2015PatentFederal Circuit En Banc, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit Chooses Quantity over Quality in Fight over Electro-Mechanical Stimulation Device Patent

May 11, 2015PatentDamages, Enablement, First to Invent, paidDennis Crouch

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Publishing Design Patent Applications: Time to Act

May 8, 2015Patentanticipation, design patent, obviousness, paidJason Rantanen

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Eon v. AT&T and the role of “Pure Functional Claiming”

May 8, 2015PatentAbstract Idea, Affirmed Without Opinion, Claim Construction, Enablement, paid, Subject Matter EligibilityDennis Crouch

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Biosig v. Nautilus: Indefiniteness on Remand

May 6, 2015PatentClaim Construction, Enablement, paidJason Rantanen

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Are Specific Information-Processing Claims Abstract Ideas?

May 5, 2015PatentAbstract Idea, First to Invent, paid, Subject Matter EligibilityJason Rantanen

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USPTO First Action Timing

May 3, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Louisiana Challenge’s AstraZeneca on Antitrust Claims for Asserting Invalid Drug Patents

April 30, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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