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Category Archives: Patent Law
Patent Law, Trademark Law – Updates on patent trolls, the Winklevoss twins, Kim Kardashian, and Jeremy Lin
Here are updates on things we have covered in the past. President Obama is aware of the problem of patent trolls, although he did not mention any particular solution to the problem. The Winklevoss twins did not appeal the 9th Circuit … Continue reading
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Patent Law – The Patent Troll Update: News and Strategy – Fall 2012
As 2012 turns in 2013, patent trolls continue to get an increasing amount of coverage, including the following: Plainsite.org compiles a list of entities that could be considered patent trolls. Scientific American on patent trolls. The FTC holds a hearing … Continue reading
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Patent Law – The Patent Troll Update: News and Strategy – Summer 2012
Here’s the latest on news and views on the patent troll front (for our last update, see this): A Boston University study finds that patent trolls cost American companies $29 billion in 2011 (for the actual study, see this). The Electronic … Continue reading
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Patent Law – The Patent Troll Update: News and Strategy
Patent lawyers have known about patent trolls for a while, but it’s only been lately that the mainstream media and public at large have paid real attention to the existence of and effect of patent trolls. Therefore, as an ongoing … Continue reading
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Patent Law, Trademark Law – Updates on Christian Louboutin, inequitable conduct, and Chris Bosh
With 2011 coming to an end, this is a good time to check in on updates on some of our favorite blogposts of the past: Christian Louboutin’s quest to trademark the color of his shoe soles, pleading inequitable conduct in … Continue reading
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Patent Law – Business method software patents undermined by Cybersource case
The recent court ruling in the Cybersource Corporation v. Retail Decisions, Inc., case is a warning that those seeking to patent software-related inventions need to explain how the invention incorporates the use of a machine such that it is patent-eligible … Continue reading
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Patent Law – Proving an inventor’s inequitable conduct gets harder
When an inventor applies for a patent, the inventor is supposed to inform the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) of all material prior art. What that means, in very simple terms, is that the inventor has a duty to inform … Continue reading
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Patent Law – Tyler, Texas once again denied as a venue for a patent infringement case
In recent years the Eastern District of Texas, based in Tyler, has been a popular venue for parties filing patent infringement cases. Theories behind this range from a jury pool that presumably is friendly to parties asserting property rights and local … Continue reading
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