Patent & IP news for January 20, 2017

More Confusion on Trump’s Next USPTO Director from patentlyo.com

Folks are having fun today with Federasl Government web page conversions. We still do not have confirmation that Michelle Lee will stay-on as Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and USPTO Director.  The newly ...

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USPTO Publishes Business Method Subject Matter Eligibility Examples: Part I from www.patentdocs.org

By Michael Borella -- About a week before the holidays, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office quietly published a trio of new subject matter eligibility examples directed to the abstract idea exception to patentability. These ...

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USPTO v. TAM: How is Tam’s speech being abridged by denial of his registration? from patentlyo.com

First Amendment says: “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.” My question that I still do not understand for the Tam case: How is Tam’s speech being abridged by denial of ...

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IP Law In The US: A Look Ahead from www.ip-watch.org

Whatever else could be said of 2016, it was undeniably interesting. That’s likely to be true, too, for 2017. Even the staid area of US Intellectual Property Law may face dramatic changes. Here's ...

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Creative Computers and the Future of Patent Law from patentlyo.com

When the Mother of Invention Is a Machine, Who Gets Credit? https://t.co/C302Xk2zZD pic.twitter.com/KpShTLXzft — Singularity Hub (@singularityhub) January 20, 2017 “I Think, Therefore I Invent: Creative Computers and the Future ...

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Peripheral Device Security Patent Not Ineligible Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 from docketreport.blogspot.com

The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss on the ground that plaintiff’s peripheral device security patent encompassed unpatentable subject matter because the asserted claims were not directed toward an abstract idea. "[Defendant] argues ...

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Madonna at the Ninth Circuit from www.717madisonplace.com

Here is another video of a Ninth Circuit oral argument.  The case is VMG SALSOUL, LLC v. Ciccone, 824 F.3d 871 (9th Cir. 2016). One of the issues in the case was whether Madonna ...

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Audio of Supreme Court Oral Argument in Lee v. Tam from www.717madisonplace.com

The audio recording from the Supreme Court oral argument in Lee v. Tam is available below. I have divided the argument into the petitioner’s opening argument, the respondent’s argument, and the petitioner’s ...

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