Patently-O

APRIL 23, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office announced the winner of this year’s National Patent Application Drafting Competition (NPADC), the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. I would encourage any law student interested in pursuing a career in patent prosecution to consider participating in the competition next year.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Injunctions are all the rage in contemporary patent law. This week marks the publication of a book by the IPKat’s Dutch friend and former GuestKat Léon Dijkman on the hotly contested notion of the proportionality test in European patent law, accessible for free here. Oh, how times have changed.

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Patent Law Law Patent Invention 70

Patently-O

OCTOBER 16, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Impact of Sonos on Patent Prosecution : The recent Sonos v. Google decision threatens to grind to a halt, or at least significantly restrict, a once-common patent prosecution strategy – keeping continuation applications pending for years to obtain new claims that cover marketplace developments.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Under the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951, federal law prevents the disclosure of new technologies and inventions that may present a national security threat to the United States. 4 of the ‘240 patent shows that this is the type of invention we’d like to keep secret. defense departments (e.g.,

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Patent Application Invention Inventor Patent Prosecution 52

Trading Secrets

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Under the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951, federal law prevents the disclosure of new technologies and inventions that may present a national security threat to the United States. 4 of the ‘240 patent shows that this is the type of invention we’d like to keep secret. defense departments (e.g., Figure 4 of U.S.

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Patent Application Invention Inventor Patent Prosecution 52

Patently-O

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Appeal Brief: A Closer Look Sonos has now filed an appeal brief that challenges Judge Alsup’s decision on several grounds, emphasizing the fairness of their patent prosecution process and arguing against the application of prosecution laches.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Under the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951, federal law prevents the disclosure of new technologies and inventions that may present a national security threat to the United States. 4 of the ‘240 patent shows that this is the type of invention we’d like to keep secret. defense departments (e.g.,

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