Author Archives: Warren Woessner

Submission of Copyrighted Articles to the PTO “Fair Use”, D. Minn. Magistrate Rules

Federal Magistrate Jeffrey Keyes ruled that it is fair use for law firms to use copyrighted journal articles when preparing patent applications, and recommended that an infringement suit against Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner PA (SLW) by two academic publishers be dismissed. … Continue reading

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Evidentiary, My Dear Watson; Biosig, Instruments v. Nautilus, Inc.

This is a guest post from Ronald Schutz of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi. In Biosig, Instruments v. Nautilus, Inc., a unanimous panel of the Federal Circuit had little trouble deducing the definiteness of the patent at issue despite a … Continue reading

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Complimentary Webinar: Patenting DNA

Join Robin Chadwick and me as we untangle the web of rulings in the upcoming webinar “Patenting DNA: Why DNA is Different and What to Do About It.”  The live CLE webinar will be presented on Wednesday, August 7th at … Continue reading

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Bosch, Ultramercial, Commil, Fresenius: All-Star Break

A guest post from Ron Schutz of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi The Federal Circuit goes into the symbolic half-way point of summer leading the league with a series of homerun opinions. To keep the games back gap on updates … Continue reading

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