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BNA INSIGHTS: Patent Litigation at the PTO under the America Invents Act of 2011

On Sept. 16, President Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (H.R. 1249) into law. The signing followed the Sept. 8 passage in the U.S. Senate of the House bill by vote of 89-9, without amendment…

Obama Signs Patent Reform Legislation; Attention Turns to PTO Funding, Rulemaking

Patent reform is now law. At a signing ceremony in front of veterans of the patent reform debate, as well as with teenagers with budding entrepreneurial aspirations, President Barack Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Sept. 16 in Alexandria, Va…

Senate Votes in Landslide to Move on Patent Reform Bill; Quick Passage Expected

In its first day back from a month long recess, the U.S. Senate voted 93-5 Sept. 6 on a motion for cloture to proceed to H.R. 1249, the patent reform bill passed by the House of Representatives on June 23…

Second Circuit Joins Ninth: No First Sale Defense for Foreign-Made Copyright Works

In a split decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit joined the Ninth Circuit in holding Aug. 15 that an importer of a copyrighted work manufactured overseas for resale in the United States cannot use the first sale doctrine as a defense to infringement…

Government Brief in Copyright Restoration Case Argues Statute Is Constitutional

A statute granting copyright protection to certain foreign works that were previously in the public domain does not exceed Congress’s power under the U.S. Constitution’s copyright clause…

BNA INSIGHTS: How to Get the Most from the PTO’s Full First Action Interview Pilot Program

On May 16, the Patent and Trademark Office expanded its Enhanced First Action Interview Pilot Program to all technologies…

BNA INSIGHTS: IP Addresses for IP Attorneys: A Primer on Emerging Issues

By Julia Anne Matheson and Michael R. Justus, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, Washington, D.C. IP attorneys: meet IP address ownership, the next-generation property dispute. Every device that connects to the internet, from laptops to smart phones, is assigned a unique address called an internet protocol address. The IP address allows the device to communicate [...]

BNA INSIGHTS: Treatment of Business Method Patents in Pending Patent Reform Legislation: Bilski Backlash?

Business method patents have often attracted negative attention, and even after the Supreme Court decision in Bilski v. Kappos, those concerns persist…

BNA INSIGHTS: Taking the Guess Work Out of Selecting from the Plethora of Accelerated Patent Prosecution Options

Unfortunately, there can be a significant delay between the time that a U.S. non-provisional patent application is filed and the time that an examiner reviews the application and issues either a first office action or a notice of allowance…

Supreme Court Takes Two More Patent Cases for Term Beginning in October

Patent law will once again be featured in U.S. Supreme Court deliberations next fall, as the court June 27 added two more certiorari grants to the Mayo v. Prometheus review decision less than a week earlier…

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