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MySpace v. Graphon
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Bilski Blog
The Normative Stance of Patent Eligibility
By Robert Sachs
By: Robert R. Sachs Judge Mayer, along with Judges Dyk, Prost, Lourie, are "Normativists," who see § 101 as defining what inventions and claims "ought" to be. The Normative approach…
Bilski Blog
The Normativist View of Section 101 and the Hidden Lessons in the Supreme Court’s Cases
By Robert Sachs
By: Robert R. Sachs Judge Mayer's dissents in MySpace v. GraphOn and Alexsam v. IDT are passionate epistles to his fellow jurists of the Federal Circuit. Mayer argues for making…
Essential Patent Blog
Patent Alert: Federal Circuit decides classic invalidity defenses to avoid abstract patentable subject matter defense (MySpace v. Graphon)
Today, Fri., Mar. 2, 2012, in MySpace v. Graphon, No. 2011-1149, the Federal Circuit (Newman, Mayer (dissenting) and Plager) affirmed summary judgment that patent claims directed to accessing a database over a…