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Category: Patents

Posted on May 26, 2015June 7, 2015 Patents

Infringements of the heart

Would you ever have thought that the question of whether a party is tortiously liable for inducing another to infringe a patent depends on what... Read more

Posted on September 16, 2014December 28, 2014 Patents

Business-process patents? Maybe not.

A twelve-judge panel of the Federal Circuit has dealt the concept of business-process patents what appears to be a significant blow in In re Bilski,... Read more

Posted on November 11, 2013February 24, 2015 Patents

Patent this

Business method patents! I must get a call about patenting a “business method” once a month. And I’m not even a patent lawyer. And, as... Read more

Posted on November 20, 2012 Blogging Patents

Patently Flattering

My old friend Dennis Crouch — no, even older! — whose Patently-O blog labors mightily and effectively to make patents comprehensible, lists a few new... Read more

Posted on July 27, 2010August 1, 2010 Patents

Oh, won’t you stay?

Say you will? The judge politely declined, actually — per our suggestion.  Read all about the happy outcome, and other yeoman work from the self-promotion-with-dignity... Read more

Posted on May 2, 2010May 5, 2010 Patents

Settlement reached in Blackberry case

In case you get all your news here — well, more specifically, since we have dealt with this issue — the news today is that... Read more

Posted on May 10, 2005July 8, 2010 Patents

Absolutely Non-Boring Patent Story!

Bill Heinze writes about Patent Terrorism and whether it fits into the model, oft discussed here, of improper use of the intellectual property system as... Read more

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The question of whether consumers are likely to be confused is the signal inquiry that determines if a trademark infringement claim is valid. I write here about trademark law, copyright law, brands, free speech (mostly as it relates to the Internet and social media). That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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