As reported by patentlyo.com (http://patentlyo.com/patent/2014/09/patents-issued-fiscal.html) the number of patent granted year over year continues to grow. During the 2014 fiscal year, over 300,000 utility patents were granted, there are over 1,000,000 patent applications on file, and over 25,000 appeals.
Another fun case dealing with Alice Corp. and 35 USC 101 This is case that deals with 35 USC 101, where the judge relied on Alice Corp to invalidate all of the plaintiff’s claims. The inventions at issue in this case are directed towards automatically synchronizing lip movements of cartoon characters. See US patent Numbers [...]
Design patents cover the “ornamental look” of an object. A protectable design includes characteristics that are unique to the look of a product. Sometimes the utility of an object (i.e. a knife) may not be patentable, however the look of the object may be distinct enough to warrant protection. Typically, inventors want to protect functionality [...]
No Business Method Patents, means no Business Method Patents. Open-Text-SA-v-Alfresco-Software-Ltd In a recent case, regarding Austin’s own Open Text, Judge Donato invalidated claims within a patent assigned to Open Text. The patent suit in question resulted from companies that create management software, wherein the claims were directed towards creating groups of users based upon the [...]
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