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ARE Patent Law Alert: Rehearing En Banc Granted in Tafas v. Doll

(July 8, 2009) On July 6, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“the Federal Circuit”) granted a combined petition by the Plaintiff-Appellees for a panel rehearing and rehearing en banc of the Federal Circuit’s March 20, 2009 opinion, Tafas v. Doll, 559 F.3d 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (“Tafas III”), which ruled […]

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Facebook To Offer Personalized URLs

On Tuesday, June 9, 2009, Facebook, the widely used social networking website company with more than two hundred million active users has publicly announced that beginning Saturday, June 13th at 12:01 a.m., Facebook users will be able to apply for personalized URLs for their Facebook pages. The web-service will be available at www.facebook.com/yourname. Thus, for […]

ARE Trademark Law Alert: Facebook To Offer Personalized URLs

On Tuesday, June 9, 2009, Facebook, the widely used social networking website company with more than two hundred million active users has publicly announced that beginning Saturday, June 13th at 12:01 a.m., Facebook users will be able to apply for personalized URLs for their Facebook pages. The web-service will be available at www.facebook.com/yourname. Thus, for […]

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Supreme Court Grants Cert For In re Bilski

(June 1, 2009) Today, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a petition for writ of certiorari in the case In re Bilski. The petition seeks to overturn a decision by the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, in which the majority held that the “governing” test for determining patent eligibility of a process under 35 U.S.C. § […]

ARE Patent Law Alert: Supreme Court Grants Cert For In re Bilski

(June 1, 2009) Today, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a petition for writ of certiorari in the case In re Bilski. The petition seeks to overturn a decision by the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, in which the majority held that the “governing” test for determining patent eligibility of a process under 35 U.S.C. § […]

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FTC Closes Rambus Investigation

On May 14, 2009, after a nine-year investigation, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it was suspending its investigation into the alleged anticompetitive activities of Rambus related to Rambus’ involvement with the Joint Electron Device Engineering Counsel (“JEDEC”), a standards-setting body for the electronics industry. In the complaint filed in June 2002, the FTC accused […]

ARE Patent Litigation Alert: FTC Closes Rambus Investigation

On May 14, 2009, after a nine-year investigation, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it was suspending its investigation into the alleged anticompetitive activities of Rambus related to Rambus’ involvement with the Joint Electron Device Engineering Counsel (“JEDEC”), a standards-setting body for the electronics industry. In the complaint filed in June 2002, the FTC accused […]

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Tafas v. Doll – Round II: One Down, Three to Go

(March 23, 2009). Previously, we reported on the issuance of the controversial Final Patent Rules regarding Claims and Continuation Practice (“the Final Rules,” see Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications, 72 Fed. Reg. 46,716 (Aug. 21, 2007). For a detailed discussion […]

ARE Patent Law Alert: Tafas v. Doll – Round II: One Down, Three to Go

(March 23, 2009). Previously, we reported on the issuance of the controversial Final Patent Rules regarding Claims and Continuation Practice (“the Final Rules,” see Changes to Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications, 72 Fed. Reg. 46,716 (Aug. 21, 2007). For a detailed discussion […]