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  • Service Starts § 315(b) Time-Bar Even If Complaint Involuntarily Dismissed Without Prejudice

    — 2018-10-05

    In Bennett Regulator Guards, Inc. v. Atlanta Gas Light Co. the Federal Circuit ruled the time-bar for filing a petition for inter partes review in Section 315(b) begins to run as soon as a complaint for infringement is served in district court, regardless of whether the complaint is involuntarily or voluntarily dismissed or is ultimately successful on the merits. There are no exceptions to the statutory time limit for filing a petition for inter partes review in 35 U.S.C. § 315(b).

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  • Federal Circuit: Attorneys Not Liable for Attorney’s Fees Where Law is Unsettled

    — 2018-10-05

    A claim is entirely without color when it lacks any legal or factual basis.  Because of the relative paucity of § 101 cases between Alice and AlphaCap’s complaint, the law was unsettled.  The Federal Circuit noted that when the applicable law is unsettled, attorneys may not be sanctioned merely for making reasonable arguments for interpreting the law.  Further, the court found that Gutride presented a colorable argument that the claims were analogous to those in DDR Holdings, LLC v. Hotels.com…

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  • CAFC: Hyatt APA Challenges Time-Barred and Based on Incorrect Statutory Interpretation

    — 2018-10-05

    The Federal Circuit recently issued an opinion in a decades-longbattle over the microcomputer patent applications of Mr. Hyatt, the named inventor on more than 70 issued patents and approximately 400 pending patent applications. The Court ultimately rejected Mr. Hyatt’s challenges to Manual Patent Examining Procedure (“MPEP”) § 1207.04, allowing an examiner to reopen prosecution with a new ground of rejection instead of continuing an already filed appeal.

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  • US Perspectives: US High Court To Confront Unique Copyright Issue

    — 2018-10-05

    The US Supreme Court often decides momentous cases. And then there’s Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com. Many experts view this case as little more than a tempest in a teapot. However, the suit will resolve a legal dispute that has simmered for over 30 years, and it highlights some important copyright issues that are unique to the US.

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  • Inside Views: The Global Multilateral Benefit-Sharing Mechanism: Where Will Be The Bretton Woods Of The 21st Century?

    — 2018-10-05

    Joseph Henry Vogel writes: Bretton Woods is the name of a place and also of a system. Bretton Woods-the-place boasts the Mount Washington Hotel and majestic views of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Bretton Woods-the-system is the set of financial…

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  • USPTO Moving to New Authentication System for EFS-Web and Private PAIR

    — 2018-10-05

    By Donald Zuhn — On Monday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced the implementation of a new authentication method for signing into the EFS-Web and Private PAIR. According to the Office, the new method is safer and simpler, grants access to …

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  • Information Age Patent Eligibility

    — 2018-10-05

    Justice Scalia did not sign on to the portion of Bilski v. Kappos cited below. With Justice Scalia having been replaced by Justice Gorsuch, it will be interesting to see if the subject matter of the below quote gets more traction or even categorical approval once Justice Kennedy’s replacement is installed. The machine-or-transformation test may […]

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    • Washington College of Law Post-Argument Discussion of Return Mail Inc. v. United States Postal Service
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    • Webinar on Updated USPTO Guidance on § 101
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