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Federal Circuit Rejects Professor’s Attempt to Patent Cold Fusion Technique

December 10, 2004Patent, Patent Cases 2004Enablement, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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35 U.S.C. Section 103 Amended to Encourage Cooperative Research

December 10, 2004Patent, Patent LegislationFirst to Invent, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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USPTO Budget

December 9, 2004PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Eolas v. Microsoft On Appeal

December 9, 2004Patent, Patent Cases 2004Claim Construction, Licenses, paidDennis Crouch

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Supreme Court Upholds Fair Use Defense in Trademark Case: Finds that some consumer confusion is compatible with fair use

December 8, 2004Patent, Patent Cases 2004paid, Supreme CourtDennis Crouch

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New Blog Covers Decisions of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

December 8, 2004Articles and Publications, PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Free Telephone Roundtable Today on Patent Damages

December 8, 2004Conference or CLE, PatentDamages, paidDennis Crouch

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Commerce Department Inspector General Releases Report Critical of Patent Office Examiner Goal and Appraisal System

December 8, 2004Articles and Publications, PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Conclusory Statements by Patent Examiner are Inadequate to Support Motivation to Combine References

December 7, 2004Patent, Patent Cases 2004Affirmed Without Opinion, motivation to combine, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Commerce One Auctions Patents: Public Interest Groups Complain

December 7, 2004Articles and Publications, PatentLicenses, paidDennis Crouch

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Snippets

December 7, 2004Articles and Publications, PatentMarking, paid, Trade SecretsDennis Crouch

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European Patent Organization Continues to Spread

December 7, 2004Articles and Publications, PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Amazon wins patent suit . . . for now: Pinpoint’s case dismissed without prejudice

December 6, 2004Patent, Patent Cases 2004paidDennis Crouch

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Blog: Word of the Year

December 6, 2004Articles and Publications, PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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CAFC: Expert Testimony Essential for Finding of Infringement

December 6, 2004Patent, Patent Cases 2004paidDennis Crouch

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Willful Patent Infringement: An Empirical Look

December 6, 2004PatentpaidDennis Crouch

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Means-Plus-Function Claims Lose at the Federal Circuit

December 5, 2004Articles and Publications, PatentClaim Construction, paidDennis Crouch

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35 U.S.C. 103(a): Disclosure of alternative embodiments does not constitute teaching away.

December 2, 2004Patent, Patent Cases 2004motivation to combine, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit Begins Announcing Panel Composition One Week Early

December 2, 2004Articles and Publications, PatentClaim Construction, paidDennis Crouch

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Carlos Gutierrez nominated as Secretary of Commerce

December 2, 2004Patent, Patent Cases 2004paid, Trade SecretsDennis Crouch

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