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The Patentee’s Risk of Multiple-Jeopardy

October 27, 2014PatentAbstract Idea, Claim Construction, paid, Subject Matter Eligibility, VenueDennis Crouch

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Software as an Abstract Idea

October 27, 2014PatentAbstract Idea, anticipation, paid, Subject Matter EligibilityDennis Crouch

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Reduced Average Patent Life

October 26, 2014Patentdouble patenting, paidDennis Crouch

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US Government Volunteers to Pay for Infringement by Japan Airlines

October 24, 2014PatentFederal Circuit En Banc, Licenses, paidDennis Crouch

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The Number of U.S. Patents In Force

October 23, 2014PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Upcoming Events and Recent Job Postings

October 23, 2014Patentobviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Sorting Out Sections 284 and 285

October 22, 2014PatentDamages, Federal Circuit En Banc, obviousness, paidJason Rantanen

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Supreme Court: A Good-Faith-But-Incorrect-Belief that the Patent is Invalid

October 22, 2014Patentpaid, Supreme CourtDennis Crouch

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Considerations for International Inventions – Foreign Filing Licenses

October 22, 2014PatentFirst to Invent, Licenses, paidDennis Crouch

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Proving Non-Obviousness with Ex-Post Experimental Evidence?

October 21, 2014Patentanticipation, Federal Circuit En Banc, motivation to combine, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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The Vast Middle Ground of Hybrid Functional Claim Elements

October 20, 2014PatentAffirmed Without Opinion, Federal Circuit En Banc, paid, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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Another Prosecution Bar Case, but With a Twist

October 17, 2014Ethics, Patent, ReexaminationpaidDavid

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How is Patent Litigation like Baseball?

October 17, 2014PatentAbstract Idea, anticipation, paid, Subject Matter EligibilityJason Rantanen

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Director Michelle Lee

October 16, 2014Patentpaid, Trade Secrets, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Guest Post by Prof. Shubha Ghosh: Are South African Yellow Canaries a Question of Law or Fact?

October 16, 2014PatentClaim Construction, paid, USPTO DirectorJason Rantanen

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Teva v. Sandoz and Claim Construction Deference

October 15, 2014PatentClaim Construction, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Inventing Solutions to Global Disease & Poverty

October 15, 2014Patentpaid, Trade Secrets, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Allison, Lemley & Schwartz on Patent Litigation

October 14, 2014PatentAbstract Idea, anticipation, Enablement, obviousness, paid, Subject Matter Eligibility, Written DescriptionJason Rantanen

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The Role of Patents in the Emerging Market for Venture Lending

October 14, 2014PatentAbstract Idea, paid, Subject Matter Eligibility, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Nobel Prize in Patent Law

October 13, 2014PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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