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Month: May 2020
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By Kevin E. Noonan — In the Supreme Court's recent clarifying campaign through the Federal Circuit's U.S. patent law jurisprudence, one section of the statute, 35 U.S.C. §112(a) has been noticeably left unscathed. Indeed, avoidance of this statutory section continues a pattern that has existed since the 1952 Patent Act was enacted. It is not…
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Claims for an Interactive 3D Virtual Environment Found Patent Ineligible By James Korenchan — In the field of computer gaming, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recently granted Defendants' Rule 12 motion alleging that claims 1, 3, and 6 of U.S. Patent No. 8,228,325 (the '325 Patent) are invalid as claiming…
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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Patent Offices and Federal Courts – May 27 UPDATE By Donald Zuhn –- In a notice posted on its website earlier today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was further extending the time to file certain patent-related documents and to pay certain required fees, but only for…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The human tendency to identify with tribes of "like" humans (related by family, place of origin, or religion, among other bases) was perverted during the Twentieth Century (and in some places remains so today) into the idea of "purity" along racial lines. The foolishness of this thinking, insofar as it…
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Life Sciences "Top 53" By Donald Zuhn — Last week, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) and Harrity Analytics announced the release of the 37th annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (see "Top 300 Organizations Granted U.S. Patents in 2019"). Patent Docs readers may recall that the U.S. Patent and…
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May 26, 2020 – "Innovation and Incentive Systems" (Federal Circuit Bar Association) – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (EST) May 26, 2020 – "Licensing and Collaborations: Common Pitfalls and Best Practice" (Lexology Webinars, iam, and Potter Clarkson) – 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (EDT) May 26, 2020 – "Modern Patent Research: Capitalizing on Information Across…
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The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a remote program entitled "Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities" on May 28, 2020 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (EST). Patrick Keane of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC will moderate a panel consisting of Uren Chen of Qualcomm Inc.; Ron Dimock of Gowling WLG; Laura Sheridan of…
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LexisNexis and IPWatchdog will be offering a webinar entitled "How to Develop and Maintain a World Class Patent Portfolio" on May 28, 2020 at 12:00 pm (ET). Gene Quinn of IPWatchdog, Prof. James Gerard Conley of Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Prof. Holger Ernst of WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Jens…
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KPMG and Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner will be offering a webinar entitled "Innovating Our Way Through the Coronavirus Pandemic" on May 27, 2020 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (CT). Amol Gavankar of KPMG, Piers Blewett of Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, Jim Sulciner of Sulciner Group, and François deVilliers of Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner will discuss…
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The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a remote program entitled "Innovation and Incentive Systems" on May 26, 2020 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (EST). Laura Masurovsky of Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP will moderate a panel consisting of Eb Bright of the Alliance of U.S. Startups & Inventors for Jobs…
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