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Ariosa v. Sequenom – Novel Genetic Analysis Fails The Mayo Test

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Warren Woessner

Today, the Fed. Cir. affirmed the district court’s holding that the method for detecting paternally inherited nucleic acid of fetal origin in a sample of the mother’s blood was a patent-ineligible natural phenomenon. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v Sequenom, Inc., Appeal … Continue reading →

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The “Top Ten” IP Stories of 2014 (Most “Definitely”)

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Warren Woessner

I don’t think I can recall a more action-packed year for intellectual property law in my career, much less during the almost six years that I have been writing this blog. I am trying to write this while in transit, … Continue reading →

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Federal Circuit flips on Ultramercial v. WildTangent

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Warren Woessner

After two trips to the Supreme Court and two remands, the Federal Circuit considered Ultramercial v. WildTangent for the third time—this time with Alice in hand—and ruled that the district court properly dismissed Ultramercial’s suit as failing to state a … Continue reading →

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C.I.T. v. Hughes Comm. – Survival Guide for Software?

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Warren Woessner

On November 3, 2014, in Cal. Inst. Of Tech. v. Hughes Communications., 2014 U.S.. Dist. LEXIS 156763 (C.D. Cal. 2014), Judge Mariana Pfaelzer penned the most thorough defense of software claims attacked under s. 101 that I have seen since … Continue reading →

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