On May 13, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Bowman v. Monsanto Co., 569 U.S. ___ (2013), which concerned whether and how patent exhaustion applies to self-replicating patented articles. Monsanto...more
5/15/2013 - Bowman v Monsanto Genetically Engineered Seed Infringement Monsanto Patent Exhaustion Patents SCOTUS Seeds
On May 10, 2013, the Federal Circuit issued its en banc decision in CLS Bank Int’l v. Alice Corp. (Case No. 2011-1301), a closely watched dispute regarding the standard for patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The per...more
5/15/2013 - CLS Bank CLS Bank v Alice Corp Computer-Related Inventions Patent-Eligible Subject Matter Patents
On Friday, February 8, the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments en banc in CLS Bank v. Alice Corp. (Case No. 2011-1301), a closely watched dispute regarding the standard for patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The...more
2/21/2013 - § 101 Alice Corporation CLS Bank CLS Bank v Alice Corp Computer-Related Inventions Patent-Eligible Subject Matter Patents Petition For Rehearing Software USPTO
Attempting to strike a balance between the competing concerns of privacy and fraud protection, the California Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act does not apply to online retailers that collect...more
2/5/2013 - Apple Class Action Credit Cards Internet Internet Retailers Personally Identifiable Information Retail Market Song-Beverly Credit Card Act ZIP Codes
On December 10, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) jointly presented the “Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs) Activities Workshop.” This publicly-held workshop signaled a recognition by...more
12/21/2012 - DOJ FTC Innovation Licenses Patent Assertion Entities Patent Trolls Patents
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