USA - December 15 2016
Ordinary meaning can limit features in claims to the features’ purpose and principal use, according to the Federal Circuit’s recent decision in…
USA - June 19 2014
Today, the Supreme Court in Alice Corp. Pty Ltd. v. CLS Bank International 573 US ___ (June 19, 2014) unanimously reasserted that untransformed…
USA - June 2 2014
In one of two patent decisions today, the Supreme Court has again acted rein in the Federal Circuit's expansion of patent owner rights, this time by…
USA - January 25 2013
Thanks to a new law, international design patent applications will soon be a reality for US applicants, and it soon will be easier to revive…
USA - September 16 2011
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, signed by President Obama into law on September 16, 2011, is the culmination of patent reform efforts taking years.
Alicia M. Choi, David Elkins, Douglas H. Goldhush, Keith Mullervy