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Precedent setting patent court cases and other doctrinal writings.

the obviousness test


"As a rule of thumb, an invention is patentable if it is “new, useful, and nonobvious.” Bonito Boats v. Thunder Craft Boats, 489 U.S. 141 (1989). For the last twenty years, the test for obviousness developed ...Read more...

Exclusions from patentability


"Today, Jacob LJ handed down the Court of Appeal decision on the joint appeals of Aerotel Ltd v Telco Holdings Ltd and others and the Patent Application by Neal William Macrossan. The Lords Justice of Appeal, led by Jacob LJ, have held that the prepay telephone system in the Aerotel case is not excluded from patent protection, but that Mr Macrossan's automated method of acquiring documents for the incorporation of a company is excluded." ...Read more...

Sun disappointed in UK patent office


14 August 2006. Hearing Officer, John Rowlatt, in the UK patent patent office (see pdf attached): ...Read more...

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