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Month: September 2019
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The late Gilda Radner's character, Emily Latella, would consistently misapprehend something ("violins on television," "saving Soviet jewelry"), give a guest editorial on Weekend Update, and when corrected would say "Never mind!" While rare, all courts have such "never mind" moments, and the latest one for the Federal Circuit occurred in…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Albert Einstein once famously (albeit perhaps apocryphally) said that "[c]ompound interest is the most powerful force in the universe." Not to contradict the creator of 20th Century physics, but it is just as likely that the most powerful force in the universe is the power of unintended consequences. The Federal…
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By Michael Borella — June 23, 1880 WASHINGTON D.C. In a unanimous panel ruling, the Federal Circuit invalidated a patent owned by Salem, Massachusetts inventor A. G. Bell. On February 14, 1876, Mr. Bell was granted Letters Patent No. 174,465 to an "Improvement in Telegraphy." This patent was challenged in various proceedings by Mr. Elisha…
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September 9, 2019 – "The Evolving Patent Eligibility of Life Sciences Method Claims" (Practising Law Institute) – 11:00 am to noon (EDT) September 17, 2019 – "Best Practices for Patenting Chemical and Material Compositions" (McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP) – 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT) September 17, 2019 – "A Primer on the…
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding a program on "Trending Issues in Trade Secrets: 2019" from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm (ET) on September 19, 2019 at the USPTO's Clara Barton Auditorium in Alexandria, VA. Five panels will bring together experts from government, academia, the courts, and the private sector for in-depth…
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The Program in Intellectual Property Law, Center for Empirical Studies of Intellectual Property, and Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States at the Chicago-Kent College of Law will be holding its tenth annual Supreme Court IP Review (SCIPR) on September 21, 2019 from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm (Central) at the IIT Downtown…
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The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a CLE program on "Hot Topics in IP 2019" on September 20, 2019 from 11:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET) at the Hotel Du Pont in Wilmington, DE. The program will include presentations on the following topics: • Don't Be Abstract: Section 101 Through the Legislative…
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