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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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ANOTHER “HAIL MARY” CLAIM BITES THE DUST

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Warren Woessner

In my post of April 22, 2009, I spent quite a lot of time discussing why “mechanism of action” claims may issue but, like the “Hail Mary” pass in football, remain vulnerable to invalidation as inherently anticipated by the prior … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Warren Woessner

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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