20 Jun 2013
All artists, authors, and inventors today are familiar with the terms copyright, trademark, and patent. For most of these authors and inventors it means one thing: the opportunity to cash in on their brilliant idea. The majority of these creators and inventors will probably prefer to stay hard at work in the lab, library, or...
20 Jun 2013
On Thursday, June 13, 2013, the United States Supreme Court posted, in a 9-0 count, that isolated human genes do not qualify as patentable subject matter. Myriad Genetics, a biotech company, owns patents for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, mutations of which help to increase the risk for particular breast and ovarian cancers. The question...
20 Jun 2013
On October 19, 2006, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board’s (the Board) decision to deny registration of the mark “Rebel” for grass seed on the grounds that the mark is a generic designation of the seed and therefore not entitled to registration. Pennington Seed, Inc....
12 Jun 2013
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s ruling that omission during prosecution of “comparative data” that is not at issue in a prior art does not constitute inequitable conduct. However, the court reversed the lower court’s ruling that found the patent to be invalid as anticipated. Impax Laboratories...
8 Jan 2013
Read patents here : issued on January 8, 2013 & issued on June 12, 2012
3 Jan 2013
On November 28, 2006, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding the case of KSR International Co. v. Teleflex, Inc. The case itself concerned a broadly worded patent claim that the United States Patent Office (USPTO) told the Supreme Court was invalid under Section 103 of the Patent Act and was issued in...