On November 9, 2009, the Supreme Court held oral argument on the Bilski case, which concerns the patentability of subject matter such as computer software and business methods.
On November 9, 2009, the Supreme Court held oral argument on the Bilski case, which concerns the patentability of subject matter such as computer software and business methods.
F.3d –, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 27648 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (DYK & Bryson; CLEVENGER, dissenting)
MAJOR ISSUES: Design patents; ordinary observer standard for anticipation and obviousness; minor variations not avoiding anticipation; design as a whole; features visible any time during product’s life
F.3d—-, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 27330 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (RADER, Archer & Gajarsa)
MAJOR ISSUES: Summary judgment of noninfringement
Expert declaration by patent owner–conclusory statements not sufficient to survive summary judgment motion
Expert conclusory statements on infringement–failure to link to particular structures in accused device
Means-plus-function limitations
587 F.3d 1375, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 26568 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (MICHEL & Prost; NEWMAN, dissenting)
MAJOR ISSUES: Standing to sue–dismissal without prejudice
Agreement transferring patents
Exception for patents and applications “related to” pending litigation
Top Ten Intellectual Property Cases of the Federal Circuit 1982-2002
April 20th, 2010
Twentieth Anniversary Judicial Conference of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington, D.C., April 8, 2002. 217 F.R.D. 548
2002 Speech Text
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