by samjt | Jan 18, 2011 | Quick Links
Graciously accepting ill-suited gifts and slyly exchanging or re-gifting these unwanted articles may become antiquated formalities of the past. In November, Amazon received a patent for a System and Method For Converting Gifts, US Patent No. 7,831,439 (issued Nov. 9,...
by anickow | Jan 18, 2011 | Commentary
European patents are presently granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) under the European Patent Convention (EPC), but they remain expensive for patent seekers, roughly ten times as expensive as an American patent. This expense is due in large part to translation...
by pwestern | Oct 31, 2010 | Legal/Tech News
A patentee’s rights to recovery in an infringement action are substantially enhanced if their patented article is properly marked. The relevant statutory language, found in 35 U.S.C. § 287(a), states: “Patentees . . . may give notice to the public that...
by rapincb | Sep 30, 2010 | Commentary
In an amicus brief filed on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010 in support of Eli Lilly & Company’s (“Lilly”) petition for an en banc hearing of Sun Pharm. Indus., Ltd. v. Eli Lilly & Co., trade organization Biotechnology Industry Organization (“BIO”) alleged that...
by En Hong | Jul 3, 2010 | Cases, Commentary |
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), on October 30, 2008, decided In re Bilski (545 F.3d 943), which had serious implications for the future of business method patents. The eleven members of that court found that a method of hedging risk...
