This column highlights some of the more notable recent online notices, newsletters, and blogs dealing with IP prosecution issues. IPWatchdog – a patent law blog – IPwatchdog.com On January 3, 2020, a post by Gene Quinn announced that the USPTO has now stopped accepting requests for participation in the IP5 PCT Collaborative Search and Examination [...]
Join us and hear from Gene Quinn, President & CEO, IPWatchdog, Inc. Gene Quinn is a patent attorney and a leading commentator on patent law and innovation policy. Mr. Quinn is the Founder of IPWatchdog.com, which he started in 1999, and currently serves as President & CEO. According to IAM Magazine, Mr. Quinn “has reshaped [...]
Obviousness determinations by the Federal Circuit and the district courts before and after KSR Please join us as Professor Ted Sichelman from the University of San Diego School of Law reports results from the most comprehensive study to-date of obviousness determinations by the Federal Circuit and the district courts before and after the Supreme Court's landmark [...]
This column highlights some of the more notable recent online notices, newsletters, and blogs dealing with IP prosecution issues. IPWatchdog – a patent law blog. On October 27, 2019, a post by N. Scott Pierce explained a position that focusing on utility is key to establishing patent eligibility under Section 101for claiming diagnostic tools. (Details [...]
The United States District Court for the Southern District of California in conjunction with the San Diego Intellectual Property Association held a mock Markman competition on October 30, 2019. Twenty-four attorneys from the greater San Diego area competed in teams of two, arguing claim construction for a patent infringement scenario. The attorney teams, all [...]
