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Patently-O: Patent Law Blog: Supreme Court: Current Test of Obvi. (Supreme Court 2006, Oral Arguments). The doctrine of nonobviousness is the cornerstone of American patent law. I was reminded today by Phil Swain that our nonobviousness statute, section 103(a) of the Patent Act, was drafted by Judge Giles Rich . Judge Rich is most celebrated patent judge of this century. His statutory masterpiece eliminated the amorphous concept of a “flash of genius” and replaced it with our now ubiquitous objective standard of a person having ordinary skill in the art. In Graham v. John Deere , the Supreme Court reinforced 103(a) with its concept of case-by-case consideration of secondary indicia of nonobviousness as a way to avoid potential hindsight bias.
Later, as the Federal Circuit developed its own patent jurisprudence, the court hit upon the teaching-suggestion-motivation test as another anti-hindsight rule. In , the Supreme Court is questioning whether the TSM test should exist as the sole determinant of obviousness. J. J. Mr. Mr. Discussion of In re Kahn ; Contemporary Intellectual Property, Licensing & Information Law. Things That Are Not In the U.S. Constituti.
Have you ever heard someone say, "That's unconstitutional! " or "That's my constitutional right! " and wondered if they were right? You might be surprised how often people get it wrong. You might also be surprised how often people get it right. Your best defense against misconception is reading and knowing your Constitution. A lot of people presume a lot of things about the Constitution.
One critique of this page is that it is full of nit-picks. The Air Force The Constitution was ratified in 1787, long, long before the advent of the airplane. Congressional Districts Congressional Districts divide almost every state in the United States into two or more chunks; each district should be roughly equal in population throughout the state and indeed, the entire country. The Electoral College The concept of the presidential elector is certainly in the Constitution, but never is the group of people collectively referred to as "The Electoral College. " Executive Orders Executive Privilege God Marriage.
Patently-O: Patent Law Blog. Below is my account of the Patent Troll debate at PatCon 4. As those who were in attendance know, it was a dynamic, insightful, and interesting discussion about a very complex issue. Resolved: That hostility to patent trolls is not well justified theoretically or empirically and will likely result in bad law. Pro: David Schwartz, John Duffy Con: Michael Meurer, Mark Lemley John: Hostility to patent trolls unfounded as a theoretical matter. 1) Alienability of patent rights: this should not be changed. Consider AT&T research labs: better to have everything integrated into a massive corporation or to have rights spread out among lots of people. 2) Litigation costs are high. Mike – Three observations: 1) Relatively little troll activity at the start of the 20th century 2) Small businesses have motivated Congress and the White House to pursue a variety of reforms 3) Peter Detkin thinks that there is a lot of evidence that some folks are gaming the system. 1) Critical issue of what a PAE is.
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