Assuring Clear Assignment of Employee Inventions
December 13, 2011
In a prior alert that referred to the Stanford v. Roche U.S. Supreme Court Decision, we noted the importance of drafting employee agreements that avoid mere promises to assign rights...More »
America Invents Act - Prioritized Examination at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Effective September 26, 2011
September 2011
By: Mary K. Murray, Ph.D.
The Smith-Leahy America Invents Act was enacted into law by President Obama on September 16, 2011. A provision in the Act permits Applicants to file a request for prioritized examination...More »
Limited Period for Trademark Owners to Block .XXX Domain Names
September 2011
By: Timothy J. Meagher
The new .XXX generic top-level domain namespace has been designed specifically for the adult industry. Registered trademark owners who want to protect their marks from being used...More »
Senate Passes Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
September 2011
By: N. Scott Pierce
Yesterday, the Senate passed a new patent statute and it is expected to be promptly signed into law. Known as the “Leahy-Smith America Invents Act” (Act), it is the most...More »
Isolated Nucleic Acids Are Patentable - Is The Debate Over?
August 2011
By: Mary K. Murray, Ph.D.
Recently, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in the Myriad case (The Association for Molecular Pathology, et al. v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Myriad Genetics...More »
After Cybersource - Software Inventions Still Patentable - Precise Claim Wording Ever More Crucial
August 2011
By: David J. Thibodeau, Jr. and Joshua S. Matloff
Patent claims that recite a “computer readable medium … containing program instructions for a computer to perform” a sequence of steps have become a popular way...More »
New Challenges and New Opportunities in Enforcing Method of Treatment Claims
July 2011
By: Brian T. Moriarty, Deirdre E. Sanders, and Lawrence P. Cogswell III, Ph.D.
The U.S. Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit have made and are continuing to make significant changes in the law of multi-party patent infringement – namely, induced infringement...More »
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Spending Cuts Postpone “Track One” Prioritized Examination
April 22, 2011
By: Mary K. Murray, Ph.D.
In response to recent federal budget cuts, Director David Kappos announced this morning several changes at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO.) Among the changes...More »
