- U.S. Infringement Liability for Foreign Sellers of Infringing ProductsBy: Troy Petersen With the ever-increasing international flavor of business comes an important question for United States patent holders and foreign manufacturers alike: Can a company be held liable for patent infringement in the ...
- Lights, Camera, LawsuitBy: A. J. Bedel As the speed of Internet access improves, the film industry will need to explore its options for eliminating the downloading of digital movie files. After examining the successes and failures ...
- Pfaff Revisited: How the Federal Circuit Has Elaborated on the “Ready for Patenting” StandardBy: Jennifer F. Miller In Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, Inc., the Supreme Court established a two-part test to determine when an invention is “on sale” for purposes of Title 35 U.S.C. §102(b). In addition ...
- 3D Molecular Structures: Patentable Subject Matter Under 35 U.S.C. §101?By: Ben Quarmby With the advent of protein engineering, the determination of a protein’s 3D structure has taken on a whole new importance. This has prompted some to call for the United States Patent ...
- Europe: Open Market… Open Source?By: Heather Forrest The recent Proposed Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions takes the European Community a step further down the road towards patents for computer software. If the goal of the Proposed ...