Patent & IP news for March 10, 2016

Federal Circuit: No New Card Game Patents Unless you Also Invent a New Deck from patentlyo.com

In re Smith (Fed. Cir. 2016) Ray and Amanda Smith’s patent applications claims a new method of playing Blackjack. The new approach offers ability to bet on the occurrence of “natural 0” hands as ...

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Supreme Court Preview -- Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee -- Question 2 from www.patentdocs.org

By Andrew Williams -- On March 4, the Supreme Court announced that the Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee appeal would be argued on April 25, 2016 (the last week of oral hearings for the October ...

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No Early Claim Construction or Summary Judgment to Address Section 101 Challenge from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied defendants' motion for early claim construction and summary judgment proceedings regarding their defense of lack of patentable subject matter. "While the Court previously raised the possibility of seeking early claim construction in ...

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Ptab 101 Applicant arguments evidence ineligible 101 non-statutory from allthingspros.blogspot.com

Guest Post: Beware – Patent Prosecution Arguments Can Be Utilized as Evidence of Patent-Ineligible Concept Under §101
[Guest Post by Tyson Benson, a registered patent attorney and partner at Advent, LLP. Tyson's practice includes all ...

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Varma wins reversal/vacating of PTAB decisions at CAFC from ipbiz.blogspot.com

Appellant Varma, represented by JAY P. KESAN, won at the CAFC.
KENNETH R. ADAMO represented appellee IBM.




Varma’s appeals center on two
claim phrases: (1) a “bias parameter” that “determines a
degree of randomness ...

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Presenting at Ashland University on IP Law for Business and Entrepreneurs – April 6, 2016. from anticipatethis.wordpress.com

Patently Good Ideas: Intellectual Property Law for Business and Entrepreneurs The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at North Central State College, and the Ashland Area Council for Economic Development, will host a program on intellectual ...

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ICANN Marrakesh Meeting Reaches Milestone For IANA Transition from www.ip-watch.org

The Board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) at its 55th meeting in Marrakesh today (10 March) passed a milestone resolution to ship a package of proposals by its stakeholder groups ...

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