Patent & IP news for August 29, 2009

Bits and Bytes: BRCA Gene Patents from www.patentlyo.com

Patentable Subject Matter During Prosecution: The PTO has asked for public comments on its interim examination instructions for evaluating patent subject matter eligibility. [PTO Request][Patently-O Discussion] Breast Cancer Gene Patent Challenge: The ACLU, PUBPAT ...

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FTC Bars Deceptive and Misleading Biodegradable Claims from www.ipwatchdog.com

This week the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it had preliminarily reached a settlement with Dyna-E International and its owner George Wheeler, which would bar the retailer of rayon towels from making false and misleading ...

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Claim Construction II from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

In the last post on claim construction, I had discussed a few preliminary principles; pursuant to requests from readers asking for concrete examples to explain the principles better, I did a bit of reading and ...

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