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Senate Subcommittee on IP Feels our PAIN

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Warren Woessner

In lengthy hearings conducted by the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property (of the Committee on the Judiciary) on June 4th and 5th (Parts I and II; Part III will be held on June 11th), the Subcommittee, chaired by Senators Tillis … Continue reading →

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Life Science Patenting to Iancu – “We need help too!”

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Warren Woessner

In his remarks presented at the recent 10th Annual Patent Law & Policy Conference at Georgetown University Law School, USPTO Director Andrei Iancu outlined the analytical framework for the new, eagerly awaited, PTO Guidance on patent eligible subject matter. Although … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to Us! We are 7 Years Old!

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Warren Woessner

In fact, Patents4Life’s birthday was in late March of 2009, but the earliest posts were short papers I wrote for an IP newsletter that no longer exists. However, the s. 101 storm clouds were gathering even then. One article (in … Continue reading →

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PLANET BLUE v. NAMCO – Abstract at the “Point of Novelty”

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Warren Woessner

In McRO, Inc. d.b.a. Planet Blue v. Namco Bandai Games America, civ. No. CV 12-10322-GW (FFMx) (C. D. Cal., Sept. 22, 2014), the granted Defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings that US Patent numbers 6,307,576 and 6,611, 278, were … Continue reading →

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