• Berkheimer v. HP Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2018)

    CLS Bank Int’l case set forth a two-part test to determine whether claims are directed to patent-eligible subject matter under § 101. One must first decide whether the claim at hand is directed to a judicially-excluded law of nature, a natural phenomenon, or an abstract idea. If so, then one... Continue reading

     
  • PATENT LAW IS SO MUCH FUN

    PATENT LAW IS SO MUCH FUN · benny1982. Today, 1:44pm. I’m forgetting the name of that river in Egypt. rcbyufan. Today, 1:50pm. RE: PATENT LAW IS SO MUCH FUN · HuskerFan2. Today, 1:56pm. RE: Non-Loser Lawyer Jobs · BoiseBlue. Today, 1:45pm. Gotta be honest, none of those sound “fun” …

     
  • Veeco Instruments settles patent issue with competitors

    Veeco Instruments settles patent issue with competitors  Newsday Veeco, AMEC, and SGL Settle Patent Litigation  GlobeNewswire (press release) Veeco, AMC And SGL Settle Patent Dispute  Compound Semiconductor Full coverage

     
  • Adversity and smarts: Three lessons from homegrown exporters

    The main fumble related to intellectual property. Mr. McColl describes how some of what Hibar saw as proprietary technology was, in his words, “borrowed” by Chinese competitors. With limited knowledge of local IP law, and grappling with the limitations of pre-internet international communications, …

     
  • Andrei Iancu Begins Role as New Director of USPTO

    Mr. Iancu has also taught patent law at the UCLA School of Law, and has written and spoken publicly on a variety of intellectual property issues. Prior to his legal career, Mr. Iancu was an engineer at Hughes Aircraft Company. Throughout his career, many organizations have recognized Mr. Iancu for... Continue reading

     
  • IP Hires: Davis Polk, Arnold & Porter, Buchalter

    Law360 (February 9, 2018, 4:02 PM EST) — This week in intellectual property attorney moves, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP scored a top intellectual property litigator, Arnold & Porter nabbed a pair of media and entertainment partners but lost a patent attorney to Venable LLP, and Buchalter PC landed …

     
  • Facebook patents tech to determine social class

    Facebook’s patent plan for “Socioeconomic Group Classification Based on User Features” uses different data sources and qualifiers to determine whether a user is “working class,” “middle class … According to Kun, under US law, a practice can be considered discriminatory “even in the absence of intent.

     
  • Intellectual Property Law Section accepting applications for women and minority law student …

    The Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of Texas is seeking applications for two $2500 scholarships that will go to women and/or minority l.

     
  • Five big agenda items for the Patent Office’s new director

    Proceedings like inter partes review work well because, in large part, they are run by expert judges of an expert agency with experience in patent law and technology. Certainly, there are procedural elements for the USPTO to refine. But the agency should reject critics’ calls to eliminate the proceedings …

     
  • Facebook patents tech to determine social class

    Facebook’s algorithm may not be making illegal decisions, but it is absolutely facilitating humans to do so. Welcoming them to it, actually. Not that Facebook lets the law deter them from making a buck. I mean, c’mon. It’s not too hard to think of ways Russia’s state-sponsored propaganda trolls will... Continue reading