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At its most abstract, the issue in a case that's soon to be heard by the Federal Circuit couldn't be more fraught: When do critical medical concerns trump IP rights? But on a more tangible level, writes Joe Mullin at IP Law & Business, the case raises the question of whether biological processes meet the Bilski test for business method patents.
PTO Handling Record Number of Patent Filings
U.S. patent examiners were hit with an onslaught of a quarter million patent applications last year. The agency is expanding, but critics say the mountain of new filings pose problems that go beyond processing speed.Litigators Won't Rule in the Valley
In the Silicon Valley, the top firm lawyers are not necessarily litigators, and the peers of corporate counsel are not other top lawyers. They are venture capitalists and market watchers who point the way to the next waves of success. The winners among Valley law firms will be those constantly at work cultivating the garden, not those simply plucking ripe fruit from the tree.Fed. Circuit Chief: Let Us Handle Fixes
Hoping to stave off congressional action, the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is pressing lawyers to push for more cases that force the court to address fundamental patent questions.After three years and an earlier failed settlement, the patent battle between Spansion and Samsung over flash memory chips is finally over.
Not So Plaintiff-Friendly This Time, Eh? Google's First Patent Trial Win
The Prior Art Blog: Husband-and-wife inventors with a failed idea, almost no programming experience, and a couple of patents demand $600 million from the tech giant.The International Trade Commission has upheld its ruling that Chinese companies can make copycat versions of the sweetener Splenda, rejecting an appeal by Splenda's maker, British food company Tate & Lyle.
Bimbo GC: It's Not What You Think
Since Claudia Coscia became the first GC for Fort Worth-based Bimbo Bakeries USA in 1998, she has reduced the company's legal costs by more than 50 percent. She says the savings came from a combination of tactics, including doing more work in-house, closer management of outside counsel and negotiation of fixed-fee schedules. And for the record, the name of the company -- the U.S. operation of a Mexico City-based entity -- comes from a combination of "bambino" and "Bambi."Trending Stories
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