Archive for March, 2007
Five things you didn’t know about me
My good friend, Barista Stephen (he loves it when you call him that) from Patent Baristas, recently tagged me with the dreaded Five Things You Didn’t Known About Me” thread.
Here goes:
1. I’m a certified hockey nut. I play. I coach. I scream at the tv. (Go Red Wings!) [...]
Interesting choice of words
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently considered whether arguments made during prosecution of a parent application operated as a disclaimer against a relatively broad claim scope in a subsequently filed continuation application. Judge Newman authored the Court’s opinion that, in essence, trimmed claim scope from the continuation claims based on the [...]
Mr. Smith goes to Washington
One of the “poster boys” of the software/high-tech side of the patent reform debate is setting up camp in D.C. Micron has apparently opened a “governmental affairs” office in the area and, according to Business Week, has charged it with the task of leading the company’s lobbying efforts on patent reform, among other issues.
The [...]
