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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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IPR: Proving Patentability before Amendment

December 9, 2015PatentAffirmed Without Opinion, AIA Trials, anticipation, Claim Construction, IPR, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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The First Patent Litigation Explosion

December 8, 2015PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Guest Post by Prof. Contreras – CSIRO v. Cisco: The Convergence of RAND and non-RAND Royalties for Standards-Essential Patents

December 7, 2015PatentDamages, Enablement, Licenses, paidJason Rantanen

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Pending Supreme Court Patent Cases

December 7, 2015PatentAIA Trials, Broadest Reasonable Interpretation, Claim Construction, Damages, Federal Circuit En Banc, Marking, paid, PGR, Supreme CourtDennis Crouch

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Trade Secret Law

December 6, 2015PatentDTSA, paid, Trade Secrets, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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