Tag Archives: IPO

“Inequitable Conduct: Refresher and Update” Panel on March 16

I will be on a panel,  “Inequitable Conduct: Refresher and Update,” with Danny Huntington of Rothwell Figg and William Covey of the PTO OED. The panel will take place on Thursday, March 16 at the 2023 IPOwners Spring SummitTM in … Continue reading

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Knowles and Prosser Posit that the Expansion of s. 101 by the Supreme Court is Unconstitutional

Sherry Knowles (Knowles Intellectual Strategies, LLC) and Anthony Prosser, one of Knowles’ agents have written an engrossing article (18 J. Marshall Rev; Intell. Prop. L. 144 (2018) arguing that the Supreme Court has meandered so far from the statutory language of … Continue reading

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Legal Wiggle Room in the Joint AIPLA-IPO Proposal on Patentability?

I recently took another look at the Joint AIPLA-IPO Proposal on Patent Eligibility that was prompted by the scheduling of a discussion meeting by the Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association. I confess that I did not participate in either the … Continue reading

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Remarks by Director Iancu at IPO’s Annual Meeting

USPTO director, Andrei Iancu, delivered remarks at the Intellectual Property Owners Association’s 46th Annual Meeting.  Dir. Iancu indicated that a major initiative is underway at the USPTO to reduce the arbitrary and capricious application of 101 patent ineligibility to patent applications.  To read … Continue reading

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