Tag Archives: intellectual property

Speed Licensing Lessons From “Shark Tank”

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Warren Woessner

This ABC semi-reality show broadcast its season closer a few weeks ago, but a recent note in the AARP magazine on one of the “Sharks,” Barbara Corcoran, a real estate mogul from NYC, got me thinking about the show again.  … Continue reading →

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Do You Have Anything To Prove? Frye Fries A Half-Baked Standard

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Warren Woessner

The recent precedential decision, Ex parte Frye, Appeal No. 2009-006013 (Bd. App. 2010) reversed the Examiner’s rejection of a claim to a shoe. More importantly, the Board emphasized that the Board on appeal “reviews the particular finding(s) contested by an appellant … Continue reading →

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Claims to “New Uses of Old Compounds” – The Noose Tightens

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Warren Woessner

In Perricone v. Medicis, 432 F.3d 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2005), the court reversed the Board, and found that a claim to treating sunburn with certain vitamin esters was patentable in view of art disclosing the same compounds to benefit normal … Continue reading →

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Views of the EPO Enlarged Appeal Board in Treatment by surgery/MEDI-PHYSICS G 0001/07

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Warren Woessner

Under what circumstances is injection a prohibited surgical method? Views of the EPO Enlarged Appeal Board in Treatment by surgery/MEDI-PHYSICS G 0001/07 .  Opinion From Paul Cole The present proceedings resulted from a referral in decision T 0992/03 relating to EP-A-1066537. … Continue reading →

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