Monthly Archives: May 2015

Allvoice Decision Provides Roadmap For Software-based Inventions

Guest post from Greg Stark, attorney at Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner. In a refreshing break from Alice/Mayo abstract idea based 35 U.S.C. § 101 rejections, the Federal Circuit released a decision invalidating certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 5,799,273 as … Continue reading

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Apotex Petitions Supreme Court to Review Therasense Standards

In Apotex, Inc. v. UCB, Inc., Appeal No. 2013-1674 (Fed. Cir. August 15, 2014) the court affirmed the district court’s ruling that one actor, Dr. Sherman, the chairman of Apotex had committed inequitable conduct by engaging in what the court … Continue reading

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U.S. Patent Commissioner Focarino To Retire

From IPO Daily News, Friday, May 1, 2015 This week U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Commissioner of Patents Margaret (Peggy) Focarino announced that she will retire on July 3 as U.S. Patent and Trademark Commissioner. Focarino has been with the … Continue reading

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