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Federal Circuit Confirms that Patents Must Meet Both the Written Description and Enablement Requirements of Section 112.

March 22, 2010PatentEnablement, Federal Circuit En Banc, First to Invent, Inequitable Conduct, obviousness, paid, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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Design Patent and Replacement Parts

March 22, 2010Patentdesign patent, paid, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Design Patents and Repair Parts

March 22, 2010Patentdesign patent, paidDennis Crouch

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False Marking: Lobbying against the Senate Bill

March 21, 2010PatentMarking, paidDennis Crouch

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False Marking: Starbucks Coffee Cup Insulator

March 21, 2010PatentMarking, paidDennis Crouch

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Therasense v. BD: En Banc Support from Law Professors

March 19, 2010PatentAffirmed Without Opinion, Federal Circuit En Banc, Inequitable Conduct, paidDennis Crouch

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 326

March 18, 2010PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Eighth Circuit: Federal Circuit Does Not Hold Appellate Jurisdiction over a Refusal to Compel Arbitration in a Patent Case

March 18, 2010PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Dr. Michelson Supports Patent Reform

March 17, 2010PatentLicenses, paid, USPTO Director, VenueDennis Crouch

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Settlement + Vacatur: Whitewashing an Invalidated Patent

March 17, 2010Patentanticipation, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Vacating an Invalidity Rulings as a Condition of a Negotiated Settlement

March 16, 2010PatentFederal Circuit En Banc, paid, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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March 16, 2010Patentpaid, USPTO DirectorJonathan Hummel

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Florist-Inventor Stuck With Admissions Made During Deposition and Loses on Summary Judgment

March 15, 2010PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit Jurisdiction over Declaratory Judgment Actions

March 14, 2010PatentLicenses, paidDennis Crouch

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Cost of the Patent Backlog and the Proposed Solution

March 12, 2010Patentpaid, VenueDennis Crouch

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes: Federal Circuit Judicial Nominees

March 12, 2010PatentFederal Circuit En Banc, paidDennis Crouch

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The BPAI’s Standard of Review for Examiner Rejections

March 11, 2010Patentobviousness, paid, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit Judge Kathleen O’Malley

March 10, 2010PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Best Mode Requirement Strikes Down Biotech Patent

March 10, 2010Patentanticipation, paidDennis Crouch

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