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How to Improve Patent Quality for Everyone—Fast
Patents require reliability so they can incentivize investments in new technologies, their primary though little-noticed ...
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Federal Circuit Clarifies § 101 Patent Eligibility for Composition-of-Matter Claims
In a significant decision, the Federal Circuit reversed the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) finding that claims of U.S. Patent ...
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Diamond in the Rough: Federal Circuit Polishes § 101’s Abstract Idea Test
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded a determination by the US International Trade Commission regarding subject matter ineligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The Court ...
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Affirms Published Patent Applications Become Prior Art on Their Filing Date
Lynk Labs, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. concerns an appeal of a decision from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) that upheld the ...
$27 Million IP Verdict: Texas Jurors Find Copycat Infringed Whirlpool's Patent
A Texas jury has awarded more than $27 million in damages and lost profits to Whirlpool Corp. after a Chinese manufacturer copied its KitchenAid mixer design in a patent infringement lawsuit.
1st Patent For Electrolyte-Infused Vodka Earned By MD's Lytos: Reports
A MD vodka infused with electrolytes just earned a "game-changer" patent. Distilled in Columbia, a Towson grad founded the ...
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Avoiding the hindsight trap in the context of a patent obviousness analysis
While courts have often warned that hindsight bias should be avoided when assessing whether a patented invention would have been obvious to ...