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The Legacy of A.B. Dick and Motion Picture Patents: How these 100+ Year Old Ruling Reshaped Patent Law

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” The dissenters saw a fundamental distinction between a patentee’s exclusive rights in the patented invention itself versus contractual rights in unpatented articles used with the invention. Lexmark argued that these restrictions should be enforceable through patent law, similar to the reasoning in A.B.

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Patent Law Exam 2023: Are you Smarter than a Law Student?

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by Dennis Crouch The following is my patent law exam from this past semester. You can think of this as following Hook’s law up to the point of maximum elongation; at that point it effectively becomes an un-stretchable rope. When EL filed his patent application, he named himself as the sole inventor.

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Issa is Not a Fit for IP Subcommittee Chairman

IP Watchdog

The House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee—Subcommittee on the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet (IP Subcommittee) writes patent law and is responsible for other patent-related initiatives. A country’s patent laws directly affect its innovation economy.

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Arguing Obviousness: Teaching Away versus an Alternative Approach

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Obviousness is the central doctrine of patent law. You’ll note that the an inventor would not need to shift far from Kaulbach’s 24 g/10 min example flow rate to get within Chemours’ claimed rate that includes about 27 g/10 min. by Dennis Crouch. The new Chemours Co. The Federal Circuit disagreed.

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USPTO Patent Fees Reduced for Small Businesses

The IP Law Blog

In some industries, patents may even be essentially required to enter the market and compete successfully. However, the cost of obtaining and maintaining patents may be a barrier for individual inventors and small businesses to benefit from the advantage or enter certain markets.

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Decoding The Scepticism Of Overlap Between Patents Law And Competition Law

IP and Legal Filings

Intellectual property rights provide a negative right in other words a monopoly right to the creator or Inventor over their creation or Invention. Businesses can use this intangible right to gain a competitive edge in the market. On the other hand competition law aims to maximize social welfare by condemning monopolies.

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Patent Continuation Strategies Face Major Threat

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The decision casts doubt on the viability of pending continuation applications over a long period, even absent any evident applicant delay — especially in situations where new claims are drafted in response to emerging technologies or market demands. What market developments have occurred since the original filing date?

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