Recent Business Method Patentable Subject Matter Rejections

February 21, 2007PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Are Patents Property: Zoltek v. US

February 21, 2007PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Government Contract Infringement Must Be Pursued in Federal Claims Court

February 21, 2007PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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CAFC Denies Challenge to Patent Ownership

February 20, 2007PatentClaim Construction, paidDennis Crouch

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Enhanced Damages: No ‘Prevailing Party’ after Rule 41(a) Voluntary Dismissal

February 19, 2007PatentDamages, Licenses, paidDennis Crouch

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Microsoft v. AT&T: Unlicensed Export of Patented Software

February 19, 2007PatentLicenses, Oil States, paidDennis Crouch

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Patent Reform: Tax Shelter Patents

February 19, 2007PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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How Long Do I Wait for a First Office Action

February 19, 2007PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Prosecution Data: US Priority Date to Issuance

February 19, 2007PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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BPAI ‘Informative’ Opinion on Business Method Patents

February 16, 2007PatentAbstract Idea, Affirmed Without Opinion, paid, Subject Matter EligibilityDennis Crouch

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Patent Reform is in the Air

February 16, 2007PatentBroadest Reasonable Interpretation, Claim Construction, paidDennis Crouch

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Prosecution Data

February 15, 2007PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Cargill v. Canbra: Extensive Prosecution Increases Likelihood of Inequitable Conduct

February 14, 2007PatentClaim Construction, Inequitable Conduct, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Love Means Business at the PTO

February 13, 2007Patentpaid, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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District Court Patent Pilot moves Forward

February 13, 2007PatentpaidDennis Crouch

Darrell Issa is a retired Army captain, patentee, and a former business owner (Remember the “viper” car alarm). Mr. Issa is also a member of the House of Representatives (R-Orange County).

On January 12, the House passed Issa’s patent court pilot program:

H. R. 34: To establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges.

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