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USPTO Seeks Input On Experimental Use Exception To Patent Infringement And Possible Legislative Action

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On June 28, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Notice requesting public comments on the current state of the common law experimental use exception to patent infringement and whether Congress...more

Jenner & Block

Protecting Confidential Legal Information: A Handbook Analyzing Issues under the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product...

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I. THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE - Historically, the attorney-client privilege developed upon two assumptions: (1) good legal assistance requires full disclosure of a client’s legal problems; and (2) a client will only ...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Two Concurrent but Very Different Cert Petitions Seek Supreme Court Review of “Laws of Nature” Exception

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For more than a decade, this blog has covered the topic of patentable subject matter. Over the years, we’ve addressed various issues regarding business methods, abstract ideas and other various topics. The “laws of nature”...more

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First-to-File Rule Must Be Followed Unless Compelling Circumstances Justify Exception

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Vacating and remanding a district court’s decision not to transfer a case, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted a petition for a writ of mandamus because the district court did not consider whether the...more

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Patent Prosecution Tool Kit: Invoking an AIA Exception to Prior Art, 1.130 Declarations

Arguably, no other provision of the America Invents Act (AIA) is more important than 35 U.S.C. § 102. It defines what activities preclude patentability and what documents are available as prior art. Applications having an...more

Smart & Biggar

The Experimental Use Exception under the Recently Amended Canadian Patent Act

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Canada recently introduced new legislation (The Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2) which brought about several changes to the Patent Act affecting the scope of protection available under Canadian patents. Included in the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Framing Your Pitch: A Lesson from the TTI v. IBG Cases

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently issued three interesting, related opinions interpreting and applying the “technological invention” exception to Covered Business Method Review (“CBM Review”). These...more

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USPTO's Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Roundtable on Dec. 5, 2015

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On December 5, 2016 the USPTO will hold its second Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Roundtable to discuss issues in patent eligibility. The USPTO published a list of eighteen questions in anticipation of the event, dealing...more

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Judge Mayer’s Concurrence in IV Shows the Problem with Judicially Created Exceptions

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The press is all abuzz with reactions to Judge Mayer’s concurring opinion bluntly stating that “claims directed to software implemented on a generic computer are categorically not eligible for patent.” Intellectual Ventures...more

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U.S. Tax Implications of Offshore Migration of Intellectual Property

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Challenges of Transferring IP Offshore - What constitutes intellectual property (“IP”) has long been a contested issue in tax practice, but generally includes intangible assets as wide-ranging as patents, copyrights,...more

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