miscellaneous
Prosecutors - better cover your abstract
This week, in two separate cases, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit pointed to the Abstract section of a patent as supportive of a narrow claim construction. These two cases should serve as a reminder that the potential for such use of the Abstract is alive and well. Prosecutors should take the opportunity to remind themselves to draft their Abstracts with three things in mind…
Two unique patent caselaw RSS feeds now available on Promote the Progress
Over the last several weeks, I’ve been putting the finishing touches on two new RSS feeds for Promote the Progress that will allow patent practitioners to efficiently review the latest caselaw developments. Each of the feeds provides an easy-to-digest overview of every new patent opinion from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (and the Supreme Court) alongside a series of links to pages on the Promote the Progress site that contain additional information about the opinion. Both of these great new feeds are now available for subscription by email or by feed reader. Read on to learn more.
Friday fun - New Zealand’s youngest patent applicant
Ryan Nicholls, a nine year old inventor from New Zealand, won a children’s TV competition (Let’s Get Inventin’) with his environmentally friendly waste disposal system. His prize - a patent application filed with the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand, which made him the country’s youngest inventor.
Holiday patent reading
I know you don’t want to quit reading about substantive patent law while you’re away from the office for turkey day, so I figured I’d share some ‘interesting reads’ I’ve come across over the last couple weeks. Enjoy!
Chief Judge Michel speaking at University of Akron Sughrue Symposium - timing should produce an interesting talk
The University of Akron is hosting the 11th Annual Richard C. Sughrue Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy on March 9, 2009. Chief Judge Michel is scheduled as the luncheon speaker at the day-long seminar. Surely any talk from the Chief Judge is worthy of attention and guaranteed to be interesting, but the timing of the Sughrue Symposium should really attract the spotlight.
Patent reform update presented at Stanford Law School
Last Friday, I presented “Patent Reform Update” as a guest lecture at Stanford Law School. Jeff Schox, a San Francisco-based patent attorney and long-time friend, asked me to help him with the ‘patent reform’ topic in his patent law class.
(yes…’patent reform’ has received syllabus-level attention in the country’s leading law schools for some time)
