Topic
Obviousness
205 published works
Chicago IP Litigation
Rethinking Obviousness
Chicago Kent Professor, and former Fed. Cir. clerk, Tim Holbrook has published a very interesting article at the Washington University Law Review's Slip Opinions blog. In the article, Holbrook attempts…
Chicago IP Litigation
Jury’s Anticipation and Obviousness Determinations Are Not Supported By Legally Sufficeint Evidence
Black & Decker Inc. v. Robert Bosch Tool Corp., No. 04 C 7955, 2006 WL 3883286 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 18, 2006) (St. Eve, J.).*Judge St. Eve granted judgment as a matter…
Intellectual Property Law Blog
The Supreme Court Set to Make a Change to U.S. Patent Law
U.S. patent law is set to undergo a change, the scope of which remains to be seen. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on November 28, 2006 in KSR Int’l…
Intellectual Property Law Blog
KSR Intern. Co. v. Teleflex
The Supreme Court recently decided to hear KSR Intern. Co. v. Teleflex , in which the appellant challenges the traditional Federal Circuit "teaching-suggestion-motivation" test for obviousness challenges to patent validity. …
The IP Law Blog
PATENTS – MORE OBVIOUS?
By Audrey Millemann The United States Supreme Court may be heading towards dramatically changing the rules in one of the most significant areas of patent law: nonobviousness. Nonobviousness is the…