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RCT v. Microsoft – Fed. Cir. “Accepts” Bilski Invitation

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Warren Woessner

On December 8, 2010, the Fed. Cir. (Rader writing) reversed the district court’s holding that claims to a process for rendering a half-tone image of a digital image were patent ineligible as an attempt to claim an abstract idea. Research Corp. … Continue reading →

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Patent Office To Open Satellite Office In Detroit

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Warren Woessner

The USPTO has announced that it will open a satellite office in Detroit in 2011, that will employ about 100 people. The PTO said that Detroit was chosen due to its high percentage of scientists and engineers “in the workforce” … Continue reading →

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TALKING WRITTEN DESCRIPTION REQUIREMENT BLUES – ARIAD WOBBLES

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Warren Woessner

On October 5, 2009, Ariad filed a 60 page brief (not counting attached appendices) with the Federal Circuit in support of its appeal in Ariad v. Lilly. (Attached below.) As you will recall from my post of August 24th, the … Continue reading →

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NATURE/BIOTECHNOLOGY SUMMARIZES ARIAD DECISION

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Warren Woessner

A recent article by Ken Garber in Nature/Biotechnology, 27, 494 (June 2009) summarizes the recent Federal Circuit decision invalidating the claims-in-suit in Ariad v. Lilly for failure to meet the WDR. (See my post of April 13, 2009 “Federal Circuit … Continue reading →

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