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Guest Post by Profs. Masur & Ouellette: Public Use Without the Public Using

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Masur (Chicago Law) and Lisa Larrimore Ouellette (Stanford Law). What is it that makes a usepublic” for purposes of the public use bar? Does it matter whether the person doing the using is a member of the public, as opposed to the inventor? forthcoming 2024).

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Celanese v. ITC: Can a Secret Manufacturing Process Be Patented After Sale of the Resulting Product?

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by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit held oral arguments on March 4, 2024 in the important patent case of Celanese Int’l. The question: Under the AIA, does sale of a product by the patent applicant prohibit the patentee from later patenting the process used to make the product? v ITC , 22-1827 (Fed. Compare D.L. Auld Company v.

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The IPKat EPO Boards of Appeal Year in Review 2023

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Pour yourself a glass of mulled wine, curl up with your favourite feline and catch-up on your EPO case law. Plausibility demystified - a review of EPO case law before G 2/21 G 2/21: Is the technical effect embodied by the invention as originally disclosed? This is one to watch for 2024. Food for thought.

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