In Part I of this article, I recalled the early years of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, when the court was working well, and how it all went wrong. In this second half, I recount how the America Invents Act (AIA) has fundamentally shifted the power in patent enforcement and policy.
Claims are the fundamental building blocks of a patent. There simply is not a more important concept to grasp in all of patent strategy. In this month’s episode of Patently Strategic, Ty Davis leads a discussion, along with our all-star patent panel, delving deeply into claim fundamentals, claim drafting strategies
Friends and former colleagues: If one of the members of our judicial “family” suffer some kind of health event, our first action should be to rush to help. Kindness and brother/sisterhood requires no less.
In my first post about Pavo Solutions v. Kingston Technology a few weeks ago, I noted that the Federal Circuit rewrote claim language in the asserted patent by changing the claim element.
The United States Constitution states that Congress shall have the power to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors.