Congratulations to newly minted patent attorney Justin Roettger who, as a pro bono public service, has established a gratis use, easy to use website to gain specific details on any ...
Today in Carson v. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, __ Fed. App’x __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(per curiam)(Moore, Bryson, Reyna, JJ.), the panel manifested a Federal Circuit with too many judges as ...
Charles Townsend with his brother founded the San Francisco based firm of Townsend & Townsend. It became one of the country’s great patent boutiques of the second half of the ...
New Top Ten No. (2a), “Ariosa II”, Genetic Technologies Ltd. v. Merial L.L.C., __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Dyk, J.), joins the Top Ten List as it raises issues now ...
Today in “Ariosa II”, Genetic Technologies Ltd. v. Merial L.L.C., __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Dyk, J.), the court followed its notorious Ariosa opinion to deny patent-eligibility to an invention ...
A highly reliable source has said that there is to be an imminent departure of someone from the leadership of the Patent Office. Whither Director Michelle Lee? Whether the exit vel ...
Congratulations to the George Mason University Law School, newly rechristened as the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. CPIP @ George Mason, Leadership in Patent Academic Studies: The ...
Congratulations to Philippe Riesen who has joined Foley & Lardner LLP based in its Tokyo Office. Philippe has been a long time resident of Japan including membership in the Intellectual Property ...
Today in HP Inc. v. MPJH Technology Investments, LLC, __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Lourie, J.), petitioner in a merits appeal to the PTAB unsuccessfully challenged denial of institution of ...
Fred McKelvey was an important career employee and leader of the Patent Office. He served as Solicitor in the 1990’s and then moved to the position of Chief Judge of ...