Author Archives: Warren Woessner

TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION IN EUROPE – PATENTABLE SUBJECT MATTER?

By Paul Cole, Lucas & Co., UK The UK counterpart of In re Ngai is Bayer’s (Meyer’s) Application [1984] R.P.C. 11. In that case a claim to a package containing a known drug together with instructions for a new use … Continue reading

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"INFORMATION PLEASE!" – BILSKI TAKES IT TO THE SUPREMES

Reading the transcript of the oral arguments presented yesterday (a copy is attached at the end of this posting) as Bilski was presented to the Supreme Court, I was struck by how quickly certain Justices homed in on one of … Continue reading

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OUTSIDE OPINIONS ARE STILL KEY TO AVOIDING WILLFUL INFRINGEMENT

By A. J. Nelson The October 29th IPO summary reports on the Senate version of the bill (attached below) regarding willful infringement: SENATE BILL CODIFIES SEAGATE STANDARD FOR WILLFUL INFRINGEMENT AND IMPOSES ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS ON FINDING WILLFULNESS — Section 4 … Continue reading

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Who Owns First? Stanford University v. Roche Molecular Systems

Attached is an article written by Ron Schutz of Robins, Kaplan, Miller and Ciresi and is posted with his permission. APaTS Who Owns First.pdf

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