IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Wednesday issued a precedential opinion clarifying the requirements for the disclosure of technology that is ready for patenting at a public event to qualify as being “in public use” for purposes of the pre-America Invents Act (AIA) public use bar under 35 USC 102(b).

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Public Use Invention Technology Patent 68

Patently-O

JANUARY 17, 2022

Deepsouth litigated its case to the Supreme Court, and the Court eventually allowed the company to escape some portion of its adjudged liability based upon the territorial limits of U.S. No such signal legitimizes respondent’s position in this litigation.”. patent law. We know that U.S. patents are territorially limited.

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Patent Invention Litigation Patent Law 120

Patently-O

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

What is it that makes a use “public” for purposes of the public use bar? Does it matter whether the person doing the using is a member of the public, as opposed to the inventor? Or does it matter whether the use is itself in public, as opposed to taking place in secret behind closed doors?

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Public Use Inventor Invention Art 90

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

Seeing no immediate litigation alternative, I called for “common sense Congressional legislation to make States directly liable for damages for copyright infringement,” because I felt it unfair that, after Allen , copyright owners “would find themselves defenseless from state-sponsored copyright piracy.” 2d 480 (Fed.

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Intellectual Property Government Invention Copyright 52