When a patent application is filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the applicant currently must sign a Declaration attesting to several things. First, that the applicant is the original and first inventor of the claimed subject matter….
The online version of MPEP 2141 states, in Section II: The factual inquiries enunciated by the Court [in Graham] are as follows: (A) Ascertaining the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art; and (B) Ascertaining the differences between…
Sonos pioneered wireless multi-room audio in the early 2000s and first brought consumer products to the market in 2005. Now it has taken on a juggernaut in smart home technology. The battle highlights the need for – and difficulty of…
Generally, no. Assignments are transfers of the entire interest in a patent from one entity to another. They are distinguished from licenses, which give another person a limited right to the patent. In the US, there is no requirement that…
Patent thinkers are going crazy for the Supreme Court to issue Bilski v. Kappos, a case with potential to change the patent landscape: Inventive Step Patently-O – guest post from my old Munich professor John Duffy IPWatchdog ABAJournal 271 Patent…