- 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 ...
- Are Biotech Crops and Conventional Crops Like Products? An Analysis Under GATTBy: Julian Wong The transatlantic debate over the use of genetically modified organisms (“GMO”s) as food products, with the US as a proponent on one side, and the European Union (“EU”) as an opponent ...
- Fairplay or Greed: Mandating University Responsibility Toward Student InventorsBy: Carmen J. McCutcheon Over twenty years have passed since the enactment of The Patent and Trademark Law Amendments Act (Bayh-Dole Act) and universities continue to struggle with their technology transfer infrastructures. Lost in ...