This article adds to the two-part series published by the Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal in August and September 2018. This third article continues the analysis of decisions by the U.S. Court of Appeals for...more
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic, Inc. has drastically limited the doctrine of assignor estoppel, requiring patent practitioners to reconsider assignment and other contractual provisions...more
On March 31, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced that it was using the authority provided to it under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ( the “CARES Act”) to extend...more
This second part of a two-part article discusses four decisions by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit finding subject matter eligibility under step 2 of Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, et...more
Post-Alice, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) is aggressively rejecting software claims under the Alice two-part test, the parameters of which many examiners are still trying to understand. Not...more
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