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A “Modest Proposal” For The RCE Crisis

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Warren Woessner

Commentators, including Prof. Hal Wegner, have been sounding the alarm regarding the increasing number of requests for continuing examination that applicants are filing. The PTO projects 325,000 RCE’s by FY 2018. They have gone further in recent posts, in attributing … Continue reading →

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New Blog On AIA Aims For Co-Op Approach

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Warren Woessner

With a tidal wave of proposed regulations implementing the AIA poised to hit IP practitioners – ready or not – it seemed worthwhile to point out a new “Blawg” recently launched to help keep our heads above the murky legal … Continue reading →

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Recent Rulings of the European Court of Justice on SPCs

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Warren Woessner

Attached you will find the newsletter from DHS Patentanwalts GmbH, provided to us by Dr. Stefan Danner. In the last few months, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has handed down several decisions relating to the grant and validity of … Continue reading →

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Top 2011 IP Stories on Patents4Life

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Warren Woessner

I spent a day or two looking back over the breaking IP news that resulted in posts on Patents4Life. I wrote most of them, but want to take a pause to thank regular contributors Paul Cole, Ron Schutz and Stefan … Continue reading →

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