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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Provides Notice of New Guidelines For The Obviousness Inquiry Based on Post-KSR Case Law Development

(September 8, 2010) On September 1, 2010, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) published a notice of its Examination Guidelines Update: Developments in the Obviousness Inquiry After KSR v.Teleflex, 75 Fed. Reg. 53643 (Sept. 1, 2010) (“Guidelines”). The new Guidelines became effective September 1, 2010, and the PTO has invited interested members of the […]

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Patent Misuse Defense Limited by the Federal Circuit Sitting En Banc

(September 8, 2010) On August 30, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, issued its decision in Princo Corp. v. International Tr. Comm., No. 2007-1386, Slip Op. (Fed. Cir. Aug. 30, 2010) (en banc), where the majority adopted a narrow view of the scope of a patent misuse defense […]

ARE Patent Law Alert: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Provides Notice of New Guidelines For The Obviousness Inquiry Based on Post-KSR Case Law Development

(September 8, 2010) On September 1, 2010, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) published a notice of its Examination Guidelines Update: Developments in the Obviousness Inquiry After KSR v.Teleflex, 75 Fed. Reg. 53643 (Sept. 1, 2010) (“Guidelines”). The new Guidelines became effective September 1, 2010, and the PTO has invited interested members of the […]

ARE Patent Law Alert: Patent Misuse Defense Limited by the Federal Circuit Sitting En Banc

(September 8, 2010) On August 30, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, issued its decision in Princo Corp. v. International Tr. Comm., No. 2007-1386, Slip Op. (Fed. Cir. Aug. 30, 2010) (en banc), where the majority adopted a narrow view of the scope of a patent misuse defense […]