PTO Proposes Revisions to the Duty of Disclosure (“Rule 56”)

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After issuing a brief “notice” in 2011, shortly after the Fed. Cir. revised the duty of disclosure in the Therasense (76 FR at 43631), the PTO has now published a notice of proposed rulemaking to gather comments on its specific proposed amendments to 37 CFR 1.56(a) and (b). 81 Fed. Reg. 74987 (October 26, 2016).

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Chisum and Mueller Dissect The Recent En Banc Decision In Apple v Samsung – “Smartphone Wars: Federal Circuit Shenanigans?”

This is a guest post by Donald Chisum and Janice Mueller.

The Federal Circuit’s October 7, 2016 en banc decision, 2016 WL 5864573, concerning onchismposte phase of the ongoing Apple v. Samsung smartphone patent wars, may turn out to be the court’s most controversial decision ever. We intend to explore this decision in depth during upcoming Chisum Patent Academy seminars. Meanwhile, for the benefit of Academy graduates and other patent professionals, we circulate here a detailed abstract of the decision, prepared by Academy co-founder Donald Chisum for future inclusion in his Patent Law Digest and the Chisum on Patents treatise. Click to download the detailed abstract.

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Hillary Believes In The Patent System

Hillary Clinton has released a position paper: “Initiative on Technology and Innovation” which contains two paragraphs on actions she would promote to reduce litigation by trolls and strengthen the USPTO.

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It Isn’t Good: Dx Case Outcomes

slidimageThis is a guest post from Dr. Leslie Fischer.

The following slides are from her presentation at the Bio IP & Diagnostics Symposium.

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