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In a paradoxically commonsensical appellate US Supreme Court case, the Court affirmed the en banc holding of the US Court of Appeals for...

A recent case from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit tests the boundaries of Director discretion in deciding whether to...

The Executive Branch is not the only one shutting the federal government down these days. This time, the culprit is the US Supreme Court....

Monopoly! This time we are not talking about the boardgame, we are discussing antitrust law. Last May the US Supreme Court indicated...

What types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in the United States? The question sounds simple enough but unfortunately it has...

March was maddening for reasons unrelated to basketball this year, last month motions to amend took centerstage at the Patent Office. A...

Throughout world history women have always played a significant role. This was true even with respect to innovation and before women...

This January the US Supreme Court decided Helsinn Healthcare v. Teva Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al., questioning whether the America...

Here is a New Year’s resolution for the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: pick a standard, any standard for Section 101’s...

One reoccurring theme at the Federal Circuit this year has been the patentability requirement that an invention not be disclosed in a...