By: Dan Pierron Nearly a year ago, the verdict in the patent infringement suit Apple v. Samsung came in, awarding Apple $1 billion in damages. Samsung has finally paid up, in comical fashion. I’m pretty sure everyone has thought of repaying an unpalatable debt in this fashion, but Samsung’s chutzpah in doing it is, if a […]
How To Correct Inventorship On A Patent Application
In cases where either the wrong inventors were listed on a patent application, or if the proper inventors were omitted from the patent application, the Patent Office provides a process for correcting inventorship.
Supreme Court Issues Myriad Gene Patent Ruling
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that an isolated gene is not patentable. The Supreme Court also ruled that the method of isolating the genes, as well as the composite DNA that Myriad Genetics developed were both patent eligible.
The Effect Of Listing An Improper Inventor On A Patent Application
An inventor is someone that has had some sort of input into a claim that is listed in a patent application. If an improper inventor is listed on a patent application, then the patent that may eventually issue may be invalidated. This is also the case when not all of the inventors are listed on the patent application.
Defensive patenting is a strategy for those seeking to avoid confrontation on both sides of the table.
It is important for a patent application to list the proper inventors. An inventor is not just someone that you want to put on a patent application, but must be someone that contributed in some way to at least one claim in the patent application.
Brace yourselves for a months-long uptick in the ever-smoldering debate over software and business method patents. This time, the fuel to the fire is the Federal Circuit en banc decision issued on May 10, 2013 in CLS Bank v. Alice Corp. Much will be written in the coming days about the areas of disagreement between the various Federal […]
Doctrine of Patent Exhaustion Examined in Bowman v. Monsanto Company
Monsanto, a Missouri headquartered company which manufactures a genetically modified soybean seed called the Roundup Ready Seed sued farmer Vernon Bowman for infringing on their seed patent. Monsanto claimed Bowman reproduced their patented seeds for planting and harvesting without their permission. Can a farmer reproduce patented seeds?
Each state has its own unique set of marital property laws in place to govern divorce settlements. A state will either follow separate property or community property laws. In separate property states such as Florida, property acquired during the marriage by one spouse remains that spouse’s property upon divorce, whereas in community property states all […]
