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Eligibility and the U.S. Solicitor General: Patenting the Scientific, Technological, and Industrial Arts

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The statute isclear that patents should be awarded to “any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof” so long as the other requirements of patentability are met. The district court found the claims ineligible on summary judgment. SG Brief.

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Justices limit suits challenging misleading securities registration statements

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Share As expected, Thursday’s decision in Slack Technologies v. Pirani rejected a lower-court ruling that had substantially broadened liability for publicly traded companies under Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933. Rather, shareholders sell theirpreexisting shares into the public securities market.

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A Typical Eligibility Case in 2023

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As Congress continued to legislatively develop the statute, courts also added common law nuance, including the law of patent eligibility. Since 2012, almost 2,000 court decisions have referenced these cases along with 8,000+ PTAB decisions. Here, the court (in my view) mis-cited ChargePoint, Inc.

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Reviewing the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2022

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Senator Tillis has introduced legislation that would re-write Section 101 — taking back authority from the courts and detailing the scope of eligibility as broadly extending to technology-based innovation. The Bill lists four particular eligibility exclusions that would be codified within a new Section 101(b)(1).

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Utah Court Enjoins Aereo Service – A Preview of the Supreme Court Decision? Could It Find Aereo to Violate Copyright Law Without Overturning the Cablevision Decision?

Broadcast Law Blog

Aereo finally lost a court decision. Oral arguments in the Supreme Court are to be held in April, with a decision in the case expected before the Court adjourns for its summer recess in July. Does this Utah decision serve as a preview of the upcoming Supreme Court decision?

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How a NY State Court Decision on Pre-1972 Sound Recordings Clouds the Safe Harbor Protections of Websites Featuring User Generated Content

Broadcast Law Blog

This week, the Chairman of the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee issued a press release stating that he intends that the Committee do a thorough reexamination of the Copyright Act , noting that new technologies stemming from digital media have upset many settled expectations in Copyright Law, and confused many issues.

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Patent Law at the Supreme Court February 2022

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20-891 (CVSG requested May 3, 2021); Res Judicata and the Patent-Specific Kessler Doctrine : PersonalWeb Technologies, LLC v. 20-1394 (CVSG requested October 4, 2021); Undermining Jury Decisions : Olaf Sööt Design, LLC v. Qualcomm , a case focusing on appellate standing following an IPR final written decision favoring the patentee.

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