June 28, 2006
Following recommendations of the Solicitor General, the US Supreme Court yesterday agreed to hear the KSR v. Teleflex case which apparently hinges on the motivation/suggestion/teaching test developed by the Federal Circuit for dealing with questions of obviousness.
it is some 25 years since the US Supreme Court has involved itself with the obviousness / inventive step criterion. Some would argue that with a Specialized Federal Court of Appeal there is no need for such Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Dr Michael Factor
June 26, 2006
Patents are an important means for protecting ones intellectual property, and at least arguably promote scientific progress. Now and again, patent applications are filed, and sometimes issue for devices and methods that seem just a little, well, unbelievable…
United States Patent Application 20060014125 to John Quincy St. Clair entitled "Walking through walls training system" is such an application. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Dr Michael Factor
June 23, 2006
On 21 June 2006, the House Appropriations Committee approved a $1.77 billion budget for the Patent and Trademark Office. This figure is Slightly more than the budget for 2006 and slightly less than the amount requested by the President.
Significantly, the amount budgeted is equal to Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Dr Michael Factor
June 7, 2006
Finjan Software, Ltd., an Israeli Company that provides proactive web security solutions for businesses and organizations, announced earlier today that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the US, against Secure Computing and its subsidiaries CyberGuard and Webwasher, claiming infringment of Finjan's intellectual property. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Dr Michael Factor
June 4, 2006
Vietnam acceded to the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid Protocol) on 11 April 2006. The Madrid Protocol becomes binding in Vietnam on 11 July 2006.
Malaysia and El Salvador acceded to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) on 16 and 17 May 2006 respectively. The PCT will enter into force in those countries on 16 and 17 August 2006 respectively.
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