Archive for May, 2007

KSR v. Teleflex - What are you telling your clients?

We’re working on a special feature for the next issue of The FedCirc.us Reader. We’re talking to patent attorneys from all walks of life (solos, big firms, small firms, in-house, pharma, software, yada yada yada…), asking them a simple question:
“KSR v. Teleflex - What are you telling your clients?”
The conversations we’ve had have been [...]


Top ten policy implications of KSR v. Teleflex - an outline of coming posts

I’ve done a lot of thinking about the potential policy implications of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in KSR v. Teleflex. Needless to say, I think the decision puts us at a pivot point (pun intended) in the continuing development of our patent law.
Here’s my list of the top ten policy implications of the [...]


Lawyer 2 Lawyer podcast discusses KSR v. Teleflex

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to participate on a panel discussion about KSR v. Teleflex on the Lawyer 2 Lawyer podcast. Bob Ambrogi and J. Craig Williams - two of the great pioneers in law blogging and podcasting - hosted a discussion between Matthew Kreeger of Morrison & Foerster, Professor Joshua Sarnoff from American [...]


KSR v. Teleflex - get back to where you once belonged

My review of the KSR v. Teleflex opinion is now available on FedCirc.us. I’ve reproduced the summary below.
In KSR v. Teleflex, a unanimous Supreme Court reminded the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that Graham v. John Deere controls the obviousness inquiry and warned that a rigid application of the teaching / suggestion [...]


KSR v. Teleflex - Coming soon

I’m finishing my review of the KSR v. Teleflex decision and will post it on FedCirc.us later today. I’m not leaving Promote the Progress out, though. Soon I’ll start a multi-part series of posts on the policy impacts of the decision. Stay tuned.