Tag:USPTO
Features
SCOTUS: Wording Change Does Not Amount to Legal Change in Patent Case
The U.S. Supreme Court took less than two months to decide a nuanced patent case about whether the America Invents Act changed existing law...
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Legislature
A Delicate Dance to Balance Interests
The San Francisco Giants’ home stadium now has its fourth name. The team completed an agreement with Oracle for naming rights that will run...
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Corporate Counsel Insight
USPTO Clarifies Patentability of ‘Abstract Ideas’
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is giving its patent examiners new marching orders for determining whether certain patent applications that contain abstract ideas...
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Features
The Difference Two Decades Make
The thriving startup economy in Denver and Boulder has been a rising tide that raised a number of ships, including patent law practices like...
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Corporate Counsel Insight
PTAB Pushed Toward More Precedent, Predictability
Patent litigators — and their clients — have been hoping for better consistency from the now-six-year-old Patent Trial and Appeal Board. They may be...
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Courts
Federal Circuit to Weigh in on Tribal Immunity
A federal appellate court is on its way to deciding whether patent holders can look to tribal immunity as a shield from the Patent...
Opinion
IP Issues Surrounding Blockchain Technology Implementation
Like cloud computing in 2007, blockchain is today’s latest technology craze. Companies are rushing to develop and patent blockchain technology. Despite its rising popularity,...