Computer Modeling Breast Prosthesis Survives 12(b)(6) § 101 Challenge
A court has declined, at least for the moment, to hold patent-ineligible claims directed to making a computer model of a part, in this case, a breast prosthesis. ContourMed Inc. v. American Breast...
View ArticleSam B. Hall, Jr. Lecture & Award
I was honored earlier this week to receive the Sam B. Hall Jr. Civil Service Award at East Texas Baptist University from ETBU President Dr. J. Blair Blackburn, and to present the annual Judge Hall...
View ArticleAUTOR: Violeta Amapola Nava FUENTE: AGENCIA INFORMATIVA CONACYT Ciudad de México. 17 de marzo de 2016 (Agencia Informativa Conacyt).- Generalmente “palafito” no es una palabra muy usual en el día a día...
View ArticleFamous bad predictions. Noyce to Kildall: "the future is in digital...
The quote is taken from page 406 of the book by Harold Evans, They Made America Great. Little Brown, 2004.The chapter on Kildall gives us another example of someone who functioned as a sole inventor...
View ArticleCan a Computer Get a Patent?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been in the news this week. Yesterday's New York Times story about AI beating a human at Go earlier this month declared: The Race Is On to Control Artificial...
View ArticleThe Miserable Failure of the German 2014 Renewable Energy Law Reform
The German government has in its infinite wisdom dumped the successful feed-in tariffs and is transitioning to a model based on auctions instead. Now the latest report on investment levels in 2015 was...
View ArticleDigital Messaging and Data Processing Patent Claims Survive Section 101/Alice...
For the second day in a row, this blog focuses on a case upholding the patent-eligibility, under 35 U.S.C. § 101, of patent claims that recite processing and transmitting data. In Signal IP, Inc. v....
View Article32nd Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar
The Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Associations will be holding their 32nd Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar on April 21, 2016 in New York, NY. The...
View ArticleWebinar on Evidentiary Issues in PTAB trials
Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Building a Winning Evidentiary Record at the PTAB (and Surviving Appeal) -- Selecting and Tailoring Evidence, Timing of Submission by...
View ArticleWebcast on Second Generation Filing Strategies
Practising Law Institute (PLI) will be offering a one-hour webcast entitled "Obviousness, the CAFC, and Second Generation Filing Strategies" on April 1, 2016 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm (Eastern). Brian C....
View ArticleJMLS IP Lecture Series
Nathan Kelley, Acting Chief Administrative Patent Judge for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent and Trial Appeal Board, will give a presentation on "Two Views of the U.S. Patent and Trademark...
View ArticlePutting the pieces together on how to cure Alzheimer’s
The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive disorder of the human brain which over time reduces a person’s cognitive abilities to the point that they cannot carry out the...
View ArticlePutting the pieces together on how to cure Alzheimer’s
The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive disorder of the human brain which over time reduces a person’s cognitive abilities to the point that they cannot carry out the...
View ArticleComputer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2016-03-26
Court can order delivery up if domain name Michaels v. Michaels Stores Procurement Company https://t.co/ebmyC3Ipn7 -> Dear Madame Register of Copyrights: Please Support Take Down-Stay Down – Office...
View ArticleIdaho Noncompete Reform: Senate Passes Bill
Wikimedia Commons Updated (updates in italic) On March 22, 2016, the Idaho Senate voted 22-13 to pass a bill (H487) to modify Idaho noncompete law. (This follows the March 14 vote by the House to pass...
View ArticleCat selfies: the next copyright battle?
I admit that I am currently obsessed with non-human copyright. First monkey selfies, then I am writing an article on artificial intelligence and copyright. Now enter Manny, a cat that loves taking...
View ArticleHigh Value Patents: Does size matter when looking for better patents?
Intuitively, family size and diversity of international filings should be good indicators of value. We hypothesized that like independent claim count, the investment to produce a larger patent family...
View ArticleHigh Value Patents: Does size matter when looking for better patents?
Intuitively, family size and diversity of international filings should be good indicators of value. We hypothesized that like independent claim count, the investment to produce a larger patent family...
View ArticleCrean app para aprender zapoteco
AUTOR: Dioreleytte Valls FUENTE: AGENCIA INFORMATIVA CONACYT Por Dioreleytte Valis Juchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca. 21 de marzo de 2016 (Agencia Informativa Conacyt).- Alumnos del Instituto de Estudios...
View ArticleRemedies in Breach of Fiduciary Duty Cases
Earlier this month I wrote about the case of a dentist who had sued a consultant for breach of fiduciary duty and failed. The court in that case found that the allegations were insufficient to...
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