The EBA held that once a product is available for public inspection or use, it becomes part of the state of the art, and any technical information that is derivable from it, such as its measurable or observable properties, must also be considered in novelty and inventive step assessments.
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Wen Xie emphasizes the inevitability of AI's presence in every profession and technology, asserting that resistance is futile in patent drafting and prosecution.
Knobbe Martens seeks a Patent Scientist to contribute to patent protection for innovative technologies, requiring technical expertise in science and engineering.
The pending Radian Memory case could fundamentally reshape patent litigation as the patentee argues for injunctive relief based on traditional equitable principles, despite being a non-practicing entity.
The U.S. government, through the Department of Justice and the Patent and Trademark Office, intervened in a patent case involving Radian Memory Systems, highlighting a shift towards prioritizing antitrust concerns over patent rights.
In Contour IP Holding, a patented video streaming technology was initially struck down in the district courts as ineligible, only to be revived by the Federal Circuit in a rare 101 reversal.
"What has always drawn my attention to the ITC is that it is a fairly collaborative and yet aggressive forum for building a detailed factual record around which you can gather a host of opinions."
The large number and vast scope of the patents asserted in the district court litigation... weighs against discretionary denial, as the Board is better suited to review a large number of patents involving diverse subject matter.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit determined that Recentive's AI patents were not eligible for patent protection, emphasizing they lacked inventive concepts.
As these recent cases indicate, the threshold showing to enter the safe harbor, particularly at the pleading stage, is high, as dismissal is only appropriate where the allegations in the complaint clearly and unequivocally establish safe harbor protection.
