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Guest Post by Kevin Ahlstrom: Closing the Gender Innovation Gap with Guided Inventor Sessions
(Guest Post by Kevin Ahlstrom, Associate General Counsel, Patents, Meta. This post is part of a series by the Diversity Pilots Initiative ,...
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What is in the Final Rejections: Eligibility
by Dennis Crouch Though there have been some improvements, initial office actions regularly require a fair amount clean-up and fine-tuning. This...
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Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act
The second major new Senate patent bill focuses on reconstructing AIA trials — particularly by reducing availability and power of inter...
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An Overview of Proposed Changes in the ‘Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023’
by Dennis Crouch Senators Tillis and Coons have released their “Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023” designed to overturn the...
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Claim Construction and the Power of Preferred Embodiments
by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit’s decision in Broadcom v. Netflix revolves around the construction of the claim term “drive...
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Certiorari Petition: Wakefield v. Blackboard – Challenging Judge Newman’s Competency
by Dennis Crouch This week, the Supreme Court is considering the re-filed certiorari petition of Franz Wakefield, dba CoolTVNetwork.com v....
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Judge Newman’s Standoff with the Federal Circuit: Refusal to Comply as Misconduct
by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit’s special investigation committee recently released an order in focusing on next steps in its...
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Reframing ITC’s Role: The Advancing America’s Interests Act
by Dennis Crouch This essay focuses on proposed Advancing America’s Interests Act (H.R.3535) which aims to limit NPE access to the ITC by...
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Proposing Locations for Southeast Regional Office
by Dennis Crouch The USPTO began establishing satellite offices a decade ago to expand beyond the traditional Alexandria (Washington DC)...
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En Banc: Is Obviousness Law or Fact?
by Dennis Crouch Roku’s recently filed en banc petition begins with an intriguing statement: “What should have been a...
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Recitation of a Previously Unappreciated Mechanism of Action Does Not Overcome Prima Facie Obviousness of Drug Combination
By Chris Holman In re Couvaras , 2023 WL 3984753 (Fed. Cir. June 14, 2023) A prima facie obvious combination of prior art chemical...
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Guest post by Prof. Robinson: How We Can Bridge the Innovation Gap
Guest post by W. Keith Robinson , Professor of Law, Faculty Director for Intellectual Property, Technology, Business, and Innovation, Wake...
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USPTO Advisory Committees: An Opportunity to Advocate for Beneficial Innovation
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced a call for nominations for membership in its esteemed Patent Public Advisory Committee...
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Providing a Detailed Explanation of the Evidence
by Dennis Crouch The decision in Parus Holdings, Inc. v. Google LLC , — F.4th — (Fed. Cir. 2023), underscores the importance of...
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The Supreme Court to Decide if Trump is Too Small
Guest Post by Samuel F. Ernst [1] As Dennis reported, the Supreme Court has granted certiorari in the case of Vidal v. Elster to determine...
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Apple v. Vidal: A Case for the Supreme Court on USPTO Discretionary Denial
Apple Inc. v. Vidal (Supreme Court. 2023) Under former director Iancu, the USPTO created a set of guidelines allowing the PTAB to deny IPR...
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Has Trademark Law Become a Parody?
by Dennis Crouch The Supreme Court recently issued its pro-trademark-owner opinion Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC and...
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Court Finds that it would be Inconvenient for Major Multinational Corporation (Microsoft) to Litigate in Texas
by Dennis Crouch In the recent case of In re Microsoft , 23-128 (Fed. Cir. 2023) , the Federal Circuit once again granted a writ of mandamus...
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Nike’s Patent Saga Highlights Controversial PTAB Practices
by Dennis Crouch The pending petition in Nike v. Adidas asks the Supreme Court whether it is proper for the Patent Trial & Appeal Board...
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Judge Newman on Saving Patent Law
by Dennis Crouch Washington Post has published a long article titled, “Colleagues want a 95-year-old judge to retire. She’s suing them...
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Guest Post: Jillian Grennan, Charting New Paths in Innovation: Reflections from Harvard’s Innovation Economics Conference
(Editor’s note: (This post is part of a series by the Diversity Pilots Initiative , which advances inclusive innovation through...
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Questioning Conventionality and Redefining Process in Patent Eligibility Law
by Dennis Crouch In CareDx v. Natera , an intriguing amicus brief was recently filed by the Honorable Paul Michel (Ret.) and Professor John...
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The Silent Echo: Supreme Court’s Non-Engagement with the Federal Circuit in Amgen v. Sanofi
by Dennis Crouch Prof. Chris Holman recently characterized Amgen v. Sanofi as an “ endorsement of the Federal Circuit’s current...
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Guest Post: Piers Blewett, Bridging the Gap: IP Education for All with SLW Academy
Editor’s note: this post is part of a series by the Diversity Pilots Initiative , which advances inclusive innovation through rigorous...
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Challenges of Proving Inventorship: Corroboration of All Inventive Facts
by Dennis Crouch Medtronic, Inc. v. Teleflex Innovations S.A.R.L. , — F.4th — (Fed. Cir. 2023) The case involving...