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By Michael Borella -- On June 4, 5, and 11, the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held hearings on its recent proposal to revise 35 U.S.C. § 101, and in particular the current draft bill to do so.
Coverage of the ongoing patent reform debate in the Senate Judiciary Committee by the popular press has been alarmist and largely incorrect.
This week, the U.S. Senate will hold hearings on enhancing drone innovation and addressing cybersecurity concerns; reducing prescription drug prices; and developments in geothermal energy technologies.
It’s tough to fight on after losing an Alice appeal, but that’s just what most applicants are doing. An “Alice appeal” is an appeal of a patent rejection under 35 U.S.C. 101 for lack of statutory subject matter.
By Kevin E. Noonan -- The Federal Circuit handed down its decision in Regents of the University of Minnesota v. LSI Corp. on Friday, and perhaps not surprisingly (in view of its decision last summer in Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe v.
June 12-14, 2019 - Patent Fundamentals Bootcamp 2019: An Introduction to Patent Drafting, Prosecution, and Litigation (Practising Law Institute) - Chicago, IL July 17-19, 2019 - Patent Fundamentals Bootcamp 2019: An Introduction to Patent Drafting
Villena v. Iancu (Supreme Court Dkt. No. 18-1223), which is the 43rd patent eligibility case to be considered for certiorari since the notorious Alice Corp. decision, was denied cert. on June 10.
The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Doctrine of Equivalents: Tips for Plaintiffs, Defendants, and Patent Prosecutors" on June 18, 2019 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET).
Google’s U.S. patent application 20190124318—originally assigned to Lytro, an American developer of light-field cameras, before it went defunct in March 2018—was published in April 2019.
The Federal Circuit today ruled that The University of Minnesota (UMN)—an arm of the state of Minnesota—is not protected by state sovereign immunity from a number of inter partes review (IPR) petitions filed against UMN patents.