Susan M Gerber

January 11, 2019 | Law.com

Congress is empowered to create a patent system to promote the useful arts, and it has enacted laws to create a patent system that encourages innovation. Balancing that power, however, the courts in recent years have tried to reign in the scope of the patent right by limiting the scope of patent-eligible subject matter. Part One of a two-part article.

By Susan M. Gerber and A. Patricia Campbell

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