Tag Archives: Federal Circuit

CLS v Alice – Abstract Idea, Wherefore Art Thou?

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Warren Woessner

Guest post from Brad Forrest, Shareholder at Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. Passing on the opportunity to provide a usable test to determine what is an “abstract idea,” the Supreme court simply compared the idea underlying the claims in Alice … Continue reading →

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Gone Judge – Judge Randall Rader To Resign

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Warren Woessner

Before stepping down as Chief Judge of the Fed. Cir. on May 30th, Judge Rader had sent a letter to his colleagues on the court apologizing for sending an email to an attorney who had appeared before the court a … Continue reading →

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Consumer Watchdog v. Wis. Alumni Res. Foundation – Plaintiff Lacks Standing To Appeal Reexamination Loss

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Warren Woessner

In Consumer Watchdog v. WARF, App. No. 2013-1377 (Fed. Cir., June 4, 2014) the Fed. Cir. found that the Watchdog can bark, but it can’t get a second bite. (A copy can be found at the end of this post.) … Continue reading →

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Nautilus v. Biosig – Solving Insoluble Ambiguity?

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Warren Woessner

Today the Supreme Court unanimously rejected the Fed. Cir.’s standard for resolving challenges to validity under s.112 para.2, based on whether or not a claim was “amenable to construction” and not “insolubly ambiguous”. Noting that Nautilus had urged that a patent … Continue reading →