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Guest Post by Prof. Risch: Functionality and Graphical User Interface Design Patents

November 17, 2013PatentAbstract Idea, Damages, design patent, paid, Subject Matter Eligibility, USPTO DirectorJason Rantanen

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PTAB Backlog

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A Few Upcoming Events

November 16, 2013Patentanticipation, paid, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013

November 15, 2013PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Hricik on 101

November 15, 2013PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Cisco on the Wrong Side of Xenophobia and Anti-Religious Jury Tactics

November 15, 2013PatentDamages, First to Invent, paidDennis Crouch

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November 14, 2013PatentAIA Trials, IPR, paidDennis Crouch

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Independent Justification for Appellate Standing over Administrative Patent Challenges – Part II

November 14, 2013PatentAIA Trials, IPR, paidDennis Crouch

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A First IPR Decision on the Merits

November 14, 2013PatentAIA Trials, Broadest Reasonable Interpretation, Claim Construction, First to Invent, IPR, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Should you Transform Your Pre-AIA Application to an AIA Application?

November 14, 2013Patentanticipation, double patenting, Inequitable Conduct, paidDennis Crouch

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Independent Justification for Appellate Standing over Inter Partes Reviews

November 13, 2013PatentAIA Trials, IPR, paid, PGR, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Guest Post – PAEs under the Microscope: An Empirical Investigation of Patent Holders as Litigants

November 12, 2013Patentobviousness, paid, USPTO DirectorJason Rantanen

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Substantial Evidence Rule Kills PTAB Appeals

November 11, 2013PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Disuniformity

November 11, 2013Patentpaid, USPTO DirectorJason Rantanen

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The Landscape of Proposed Patent Law Amendments – A Comparative Look

November 7, 2013PatentLicenses, paidDennis Crouch

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Bits & Bytes from Jonathan Hummel

November 7, 2013Patentanticipation, Damages, paid, Trade Secrets, USPTO DirectorJonathan Hummel

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Summary of Oral Argument in Medtronic v. Boston Scientific by Prof. La Belle

November 6, 2013PatentEnablement, Licenses, paidJason Rantanen

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Exhausting Method Claims

November 6, 2013Patentanticipation, First to Invent, paidDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit to PTO: Apply KSRs Broad Basic Mandate

November 1, 2013Patentmotivation to combine, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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