CAFC Blog http://www.whda.com/cafc Lessons on Claim & Specification Drafting, Litigation Strategies and more Wed, 16 May 2012 23:09:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Supreme Court Sides with Inventors in Kappos v. Hyatt http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/05/supreme-court-sides-with-inventors-in-kappos-v-hyatt/ http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/05/supreme-court-sides-with-inventors-in-kappos-v-hyatt/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 23:09:43 +0000 Darrin Auito http://www.whda.com/cafc/?p=535 http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/05/supreme-court-sides-with-inventors-in-kappos-v-hyatt/feed/ 0 Means-Plus-Function: The Achilles’ Heel http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/05/means-plus-function-the-achilles-heel/ http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/05/means-plus-function-the-achilles-heel/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 19:49:40 +0000 Thomas Brown http://www.whda.com/cafc/?p=526 http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/05/means-plus-function-the-achilles-heel/feed/ 0 BD Stumbles on the Fine Functionality Line between Patents and Trademarks http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/05/bd-stumbles-on-the-fine-functionality-line-between-patents-and-trademarks/ http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/05/bd-stumbles-on-the-fine-functionality-line-between-patents-and-trademarks/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 18:34:49 +0000 Michael Caridi http://www.whda.com/cafc/?p=513 http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/05/bd-stumbles-on-the-fine-functionality-line-between-patents-and-trademarks/feed/ 0 Odds and Ends http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/odds-and-ends/ http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/odds-and-ends/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:13:38 +0000 WHDA Blogging Team http://www.whda.com/cafc/?p=504 http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/odds-and-ends/feed/ 0 Every Patent Practitioner’s Nightmare – Prosecution Mistakes That Can’t Be Fixed http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/every-patent-practitioners-nightmare-prosecution-mistakes-that-cant-be-fixed/ http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/every-patent-practitioners-nightmare-prosecution-mistakes-that-cant-be-fixed/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:24:36 +0000 Steve Adrian http://www.whda.com/cafc/?p=496 http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/every-patent-practitioners-nightmare-prosecution-mistakes-that-cant-be-fixed/feed/ 0 Revisiting Therasense, CAFC finds that an inventor’s subjective belief that submission of documents was unnecessary may not be sufficient to avoid a showing of intent to deceive http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/revisiting-therasense-cafc-finds-that-an-inventors-subjective-belief-that-submission-of-documents-was-unnecessary-may-not-be-sufficient-to-avoid-a-showing-of-intent-to-deceive/ http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/revisiting-therasense-cafc-finds-that-an-inventors-subjective-belief-that-submission-of-documents-was-unnecessary-may-not-be-sufficient-to-avoid-a-showing-of-intent-to-deceive/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:24:08 +0000 Shuji Yoshizaki http://www.whda.com/cafc/?p=490 http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/revisiting-therasense-cafc-finds-that-an-inventors-subjective-belief-that-submission-of-documents-was-unnecessary-may-not-be-sufficient-to-avoid-a-showing-of-intent-to-deceive/feed/ 0 Another per se rule bites the dust. A reference that discloses a range encompassing a somewhat narrower claimed range may not be sufficient to establish a prima facie case of obviousness http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/another-per-se-rule-bites-the-dust-a-reference-that-discloses-a-range-encompassing-a-somewhat-narrower-claimed-range-may-not-be-sufficient-to-establish-a-prima-facie-case-of-obviousness/ http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/another-per-se-rule-bites-the-dust-a-reference-that-discloses-a-range-encompassing-a-somewhat-narrower-claimed-range-may-not-be-sufficient-to-establish-a-prima-facie-case-of-obviousness/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:04:48 +0000 Lee Wright http://www.whda.com/cafc/?p=475 http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/another-per-se-rule-bites-the-dust-a-reference-that-discloses-a-range-encompassing-a-somewhat-narrower-claimed-range-may-not-be-sufficient-to-establish-a-prima-facie-case-of-obviousness/feed/ 0 CAFC holds all the claims of a patent have the same expiration date, whether the claims are drawn to the product subject to patent term extension or not http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/cafc-holds-all-the-claims-of-a-patent-have-same-have-the-same-expiration-date-whether-the-claims-are-drawn-to-the-product-subject-to-patent-term-extension-or-not/ http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/cafc-holds-all-the-claims-of-a-patent-have-same-have-the-same-expiration-date-whether-the-claims-are-drawn-to-the-product-subject-to-patent-term-extension-or-not/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:00:59 +0000 Lee Wright http://www.whda.com/cafc/?p=471 http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/cafc-holds-all-the-claims-of-a-patent-have-same-have-the-same-expiration-date-whether-the-claims-are-drawn-to-the-product-subject-to-patent-term-extension-or-not/feed/ 0 Computer-implemented “control means” requires description of step-by-step algorithm even if not key feature of claimed invention http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/computer-implemented-control-means-requires-description-of-step-by-step-algorithm-even-if-not-key-feature-of-claimed-invention/ http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/computer-implemented-control-means-requires-description-of-step-by-step-algorithm-even-if-not-key-feature-of-claimed-invention/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:48:00 +0000 Nicolas Seckel http://www.whda.com/cafc/?p=459 http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/computer-implemented-control-means-requires-description-of-step-by-step-algorithm-even-if-not-key-feature-of-claimed-invention/feed/ 0 Announcing WHDA’s free app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/announcing-whdas-free-app-for-iphone-ipad-and-ipod-touch/ http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/announcing-whdas-free-app-for-iphone-ipad-and-ipod-touch/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:55:30 +0000 WHDA Blogging Team http://whda.com/cafc/?p=410 http://www.whda.com/cafc/2012/04/announcing-whdas-free-app-for-iphone-ipad-and-ipod-touch/feed/ 0