Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:04:01 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights 0658388f-b0b4-4b3d-876e-482ee4a7e36d Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:30:25 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/ITC-Rules-for-Samsung-Bans-Imports-and-Sales-of-Older-Models-of-Apples-iPhone-and-iPad a906e16d-21fd-4565-a02a-b288f5fe4429 Tue, 28 May 2013 10:19:10 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Texas-Adopts-Version-of-Uniform-Trade-Secrets-Act 9a7b673b-ac2c-42df-afd8-fe9b3e745948 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:29:11 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/USPTO-Modifies-Program-for-Consideration-of-Responses-Submitted-to-Final-Office-Actions 634ea639-c336-4a56-a692-e095148cc302 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:10:53 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Much-Anticipated-Decision-On-Rates-To-License-Standard-Essential-Patents-Issues bf48fb90-35b4-4ed2-bec0-641bcbb393dc Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:15:54 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Companies-May-Begin-to-Protect-Their-Online-Presence-Anew-Trademark-Clearinghouse-Now-Available-For-New-gTLDs 46cbd059-0c53-4c3b-aafa-79a1ce5d6dee Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:23:12 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/ICANN-Publishes-the-URS-Rules-and-an-Updated-Version-of-the-URS-Procedure 1758339c-4fa2-42ba-aec4-2fc980ca1167 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:44:38 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/New-Legislation-Seeks-to-Shift-Legal-Fees-to-Unsuccessful-Nonpracticing-Entities a70a7581-0b83-4e54-a628-98d25ed8266d Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:09:36 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/First-Ever-RICO-Claim-Against-NPEs-Dismissed-But-Other-Claims-Including-RAND-Commitments-Remain-Viable 17001563-2fa4-4ed8-9ab1-4658bd2d58ef Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:26:15 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/The-White-House-Shines-a-Spotlight-on-Trade-Secret-Theft 225c56b9-db52-4231-b3ee-03b3f8899a64 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:25:21 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Congress-Increases-Criminal-Penalties-for-Trade-Secrets-Theft b9be291d-a6ff-41ab-97de-4a6c9d5c31b6 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:43:51 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Court-Dismisses-Patent-Troll-Attack-on-Patent-Aggregator-RPX-For-Now 88356bbe-d2ae-4d92-a823-2ca378859ebf Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:51:43 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Second-Circuit-Holds-That-Employees-Misuse-of-Information-on-a-Computer-Server-Alone-Satisfies-Minimum-Contacts-Test-for-Personal-Jurisdiction-in-That-State f9e28ea8-2b8e-4fae-8e17-e0916bb45bfc Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:19:45 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/California-Court-Recognizes-Narrowly-Drawn-CFAA-Claim-Against-Traffickers-of-Access-Credentials ffec3b84-fc82-447f-b28b-730f360b23e4 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:04:01 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Federal-Circuit-Clarifies-the-ITCs-Domestic-Industry-Requirement-for-Licensing-Activities-Opening-Door-for-More-NPE-Filings 9e9eab9a-eb01-4036-a97b-53c3b31693cc Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:46:08 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/FTC-Settles-with-Google-on-Standard-Essential-Patents b4f01793-956f-491e-b47e-386ab6ee3307 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:16:26 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Congress-Broadens-Federal-Criminal-Trade-Secrets-Statute a8d1c363-cbb1-4ad7-a2d7-83c4f2edf46d Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:12:44 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/FTC-Continues-Campaign-Against-Injunctions-for-Standard-Essential-Patents-Uses-Section-5-to-Push-Section-2-Boundaries b7433533-e630-4b14-bda1-f9112f5781e9 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:52:14 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/The-Latest-Attempt-to-Federalize-Trade-Secret-Law-1375781 9aae4815-c651-44aa-9bb0-f43ed37af45a Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:24:17 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Patent-Law-Alert-An-Invention-is-Patentable-Unless-it-is-Not-Manifestly-Evident-That-the-Invention-is-an-Abstract-Idea 3807293a-ef18-4b47-8714-7b2780f71f18 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:35:58 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Patent-Law-Alert-Pre-Suit-Licenses-Cannot-Block-Challenges-to-Patent-Validity 89a9912a-0abd-42ef-bd64-cf135a9cef4a Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:23:45 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/ITC-Proposes-Comprehensive-Changes-to-its-Rules-of-Practice-and-Procedure fdbe7bc6-45b6-46b9-8c16-319a396c2c44 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:32:57 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Sunbeam-Seventh-Circuit-Says-That-Rejection-in-Bankruptcy-Does-Not-Vaporize-a-Trademark-Licensees-Rights 20453076-990a-47aa-92c1-64fd66a8d921 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:14:00 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Patent-Law-Alert-Willful-Infringement-Requires-a-Threshold-Judicial-Not-a-Jury-Finding-of-Objective-Recklessness 385baeda-410a-435f-8790-a17bb18619d5 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:39:22 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/FTC-Urges-ITC-to-Deny-Exclusion-Orders-for-RAND-Encumbered-Standard-Essential-Patent-Holders e7dd4210-aff9-4492-840b-9329886727f0 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:57:07 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Federal-Circuit-Rejects-Common-Sense-Approach-to-Obviousness 049870e1-9d8b-4bb8-85be-da2c6842208f Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:40:46 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Federal-Circuit-Holds-That-Settlement-Negotiations-Are-Not-Privileged c369c3f9-ca3b-4ac7-b266-e8c5ca1bab4a Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:46:34 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/DOJ-Prosecution-of-Chinese-State-Owned-Enterprise-for-Trade-Secrets-Theft-Offers-Lessons-for-US-Businesses 50cda38a-90f1-47f4-bafd-73d74453ab85 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:02:37 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/New-Jersey-Adopts-the-Uniform-Trade-Secrets-Act c1b34b5c-3d6d-44de-b484-37ef4a7a7cc2 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:03:11 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Circuit-Court-Reinforces-That-Neither-Lack-Of-Novelty-Nor-Ability-To-Reverse-Engineer-Are-Defenses-To-Trade-Secret-Misappropriation 24a6747c-4702-41b0-a6cf-d5ea1cdfadc8 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:37:27 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Crowell-Morings-Top-Ten-Copyright-Cases-of-the-Last-Year-1367160 db726e5d-144d-46c2-b18f-252d152444de Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:03:34 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/The-ITC-Can-Play-A-Critical-Role-In-Combating-International-Trade-Secret-Theft bdf8e66e-14b6-4c63-9613-cebfd0fbbe99 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:00:58 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/What-You-Should-Know-About-US-Copyright-Office-s-New-White-Paper-on-Mass-Digitization-of-Copyrighted-Works a2ed6336-2cc8-4a6e-a6db-4a5df740fb0a Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:23:47 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Sweeping-US-Patent-Law-Changes-America-Invents-Act 447c1f56-a176-48f7-b163-f4304762d940 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:51:06 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/District-Court-Carves-Out-Trade-Secret-Exception-to-California-Ban-on-Enforcement-of-Non-Compete-Agreements 2222b30a-7b1b-4dc8-aa78-e6ada38dd8f2 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:59:38 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Texas-Supreme-Court-Expands-Scope-of-Enforceable-Non-Competes 50350fda-0d94-46d4-864a-36c48184d4ce Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:01:56 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/FTC-Hosts-Workshop-on-Intellectual-Property-Rights-In-Standard-Setting-Tools-to-Prevent-Patent-Hold-Up 72c01e0b-c09e-40a5-ae52-103b9a2cdf3e Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:51 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Trade-Secret-Misappropriation-and-Non-Competes-Across-California-State-Lines-What-Law-Governs 19a35256-5121-4398-87aa-f0e60fa35e93 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:02 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/USPTO-Announces-Prioritized-Examination-for-One-Year-Prosecution-Available-May-4th Today the United States Patent and Trademark Office (U.S.P.T.O.) announced a final rule implementing a prioritized examination track with a goal of providing a final disposition of an application within 12 months of prioritized status being granted. A request for prioritized examination may be submitted with any original non-provisional application filed on or after May 4, 2011. 84442c9b-8b0c-460a-bc59-f9744267f80d Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:02 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Crowell-Morings-Top-Ten-Copyright-Cases-of-the-Last-Year What are the trends that will impact copyright owners in 2011? To answer that question, we start by taking a look at what we believe are the top 10 most significant copyright cases from 2010. Understanding the drivers behind these mega cases, which include two Supreme Court decisions, will be crucial to devising your IP strategy for the coming year. edf5ee94-ada4-4fe8-8484-1b019e561377 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:02 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Retailers-With-Websites-Containing-Store-Locator-Function-Sued-In-Series-of-Patent-Lawsuits The last two weeks of 2010 witnessed the launching of what may be the largest patent infringement litigation in the United States. Between December 17, 2010 and December 23, 2010, a "patent troll," Geotag, Inc., filed eight patent infringement lawsuits in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, each of which alleged infringement of a single patent, U.S. Patent No. 5,930,474 (the "'474 Patent"), against different groups of defendants. The principal targets of these lawsuits were retailers with websites containing a store locator function. More than 300 companies were named in the lawsuits. 47459585-dab7-4857-a9d3-3ed8e7344c62 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:40 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Federal-Circuits-En-Banc-Princo-Decision-Limits-Patent-Misuse-Doctrine On August 30, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an en-banc decision affirming the International Trade Commission's ("ITC") holding that the "patent misuse" doctrine did not prevent U.S. Philips Corporation ("Philips") from enforcing its patent rights against Princo Corporation and Princo America Corporation (collectively "Princo"). The court's decision, Princo Corp. v. International Trade Comm'n, No. 2007-1386 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 30, 2010) confirms the narrow scope of the patent misuse doctrine, and underscores the broad protection afforded patent holders when licensing their patents. The case also highlights the challenges that can arise when reconciling intellectual property and antitrust law. c2daec3e-42dd-4c4a-88a9-5591e8ecc947 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:40 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/FTC-Settles-Charges-That-Intel-Violated-Section-5-of-the-FTC-Act On August 4, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission approved a proposed consent order with Intel. This settlement resolved FTC allegations that Intel violated Section 5 of the FTC Act when it used de facto exclusive dealing arrangements and market share deals to induce original equipment manufacturers to forgo purchasing non-Intel central processing units ("CPUs") and graphics processing units ("GPUs"). The FTC complaint also alleged that Intel engaged in predatory engineering practices to exclude competitors. 5b4b34de-2e0b-4ac9-93d0-e9bbf7a66b48 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:02 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Supreme-Courts-Bilski-Decision-Business-Method-Patents-Survive-at-Least-for-Now The United States Supreme Court yesterday issued its long-awaited decision in Bilski v. Kappos, 561 U.S. ___ (2010). Although this case was expected to be a vehicle for a definitive pronouncement on the patentability of so-called "business methods," the Supreme Court decided the case on much narrower grounds, leaving the broader question unanswered. Specifically, the Supreme Court agreed with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that the particular invention at issue, directed to a method for managing risk in commodities markets, was unpatentable. 2c1200f6-5d6d-4c6d-aeb7-23a5a314de82 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:40 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Second-Circuit-Wants-Full-Court-Review-of-Reverse-Exclusionary-Settlement-Payments A Second Circuit panel has invited an en banc or full court review of a "reverse exclusionary settlement payments" case that may ultimately reach the Supreme Court. The case is Arkansas Carpenters Health and Welfare Fund v. Bayer A.G., Nos. 05-2851-cv(L) and 05-2852-cv(CON) (2d. Cir. Apr. 29, 2010). ca7daa42-daf7-4598-8f09-099e27741eb8 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:40 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Federal-Trade-Commission-Charges-Intel-With-Anticompetitive-Conduct-Commits-to-Expedited-Administrative-Trial-and-Decision After years of investigation, the FTC today joined the governmental attack on Intel's market position and behavior in microprocessors. The administrative complaint announced today alleges that Intel engaged in a "course of conduct" designed to preserve its x86 microprocessor monopoly position against technology advances by both AMD and Via Technologies as well as by producers of graphics microprocessors such as Nvidia. The anticompetitive conduct is alleged to include 1) making misleading statements about the market-readiness of Intel's own products, 2) offering coercive bundled pricing and tying of Intel's products resulting in below cost pricing, and 3) specifically designing Intel compiler software to degrade the performance of non-Intel chips running the software. 1cfebe4e-8adb-4785-8d60-e91a10163b20 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:40 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/European-Commission-Closes-Qualcomm-Investigation Today, the European Commission announced that it closed its investigation into Qualcomm’s licensing practices of 3G mobile technology patents. In October 2007, the Commission initiated formal proceedings against Qualcomm Inc., a US chipset manufacturer and holder of IP rights in the CDMA and WCDMA standards for mobile telephony, regarding an alleged infringement of Article 82 EC (which forbids abuse of dominant position). The Commission initiated this investigation following complaints by mobile phone and chipset manufacturers Nokia, Ericsson, Broadcom, Texas Instruments, Panasonic and NEC. The WCDMA standard forms part of the 3G (third generation) standard for European mobile phone technology (also referred to as “UMTS”). The complaints alleged that Qualcomm’s licensing practices breached Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (“FRAND”) standards and therefore breached EC competition rules. The complaints also alleged that charging non-FRAND royalties would lead to higher handset prices, a slower development of the 3G standard, and ... 3e290f8b-b15a-427d-b136-5c2f0297b161 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:40 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/European-Commission-Publishes-Final-Report-in-Pharmaceutical-Sector-Inquiry-and-Opens-Formal-Proceedings-against-Patent-Settlements The European Commission today published the final report in its Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry. The Commission's findings remain largely unchanged from those in the interim report published in November last year. However, the language of the final report is less overtly critical of originator companies and the Commission's focus appears to have shifted away from the pursuit of individual antitrust cases and towards changes to the regulatory framework governing pharmaceutical markets. 9f082cff-1299-4550-bc40-4465f8eec551 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:02 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Protecting-Your-Trademark-on-Facebook Facebook®, the popular social networking system, has announced that starting at 12:01 a.m. (EDT) on Saturday, June 13, 2009, its users will be allowed to create personalized URLs. (see http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=90316352130). This raises the possibility that some Facebook users may try to incorporate third party trademarks as part of their new URLs. 0e29148b-5979-404b-9cda-1cdae6ef002d Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:37:40 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/European-Commission-imposes-record-106-billion-antitrust-fine-on-Intel aa7c956d-32b8-471d-8fb0-08c49964db18 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:02 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Federal-Circuit-Affirms-Extension-of-The-30-Month-Hatch-Waxman-Stay-Preventing-FDA-Approval-of-Generic-Version-of-Evista For the first time, the Federal Circuit has affirmed the extension of a thirty month stay under the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act (known as the "Hatch-Waxman Act"). The U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana extended the stay because the generic company recast its product, disclosing new samples only eight months before trial was to commence and produced documents after the discovery cut-off. But a vigorous dissent claims that what the majority had done is to "effectively eliminate the statutorily required finding." 97a54369-ccc9-4e3a-8fc1-d08d617e7542 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:02 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Patent-Application-Process-Must-Be-Compliant-with-US-Export-Controls-1352006 Commerce Reinforces the Need for Export Compliance in Patent Transactions. The Department of Commerce – through the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) – is reaching out to patent applicants and practitioners in several ways to ensure compliance with U.S. export control obligations relevant in the patent context. 5047ed71-f918-43f3-9469-93f4ec77e573 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:17 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/California-Supreme-Court-Leaves-Intact-Broad-Prohibitions-On-Enforceability-Of-Non-compete-Agreements On August 7, 2008, the California Supreme Court issued its opinion in Edwards v. Arthur Andersen, LLP, putting to rest the question of whether limited or so-called "narrow-restraint" employee non-compete agreements were permissible under California law. e93b6e35-ffc9-4c8c-a2a9-42d317e41670 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:02 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Judge-Upholds-Smithklines-Challenge-To-USPTO-Continuation-Rules The US District Court in Alexandria, Virginia today issued an opinion rejecting the PTO's proposed rules (issued last year) that would have limited the filing of continuation applications, as well as the number of claims per application. This result, while not unexpected, at least removes the immediate threat that these draconian measures could have become effective in the near term. It will now be up to the PTO to decide whether it will appeal this decision to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, issue new proposed rules, or give up the idea altogether. 993ea75a-a2dd-461f-8cd4-9f8aafb4bc35 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:02 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/New-TTAB-Rules-Go-Into-Effect-November-1 Significant new rules applicable in Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings will go into effect on November 1, 2007. These include a number of new rules governing the parties' conduct at the very early stages of the proceeding. 2a715e47-b51f-42ce-a232-7b8568182c72 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:02 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Federal-Circuit-Raises-the-Bar-for-Proving-Willful-Infringement-and-Provides-for-Protection-of-Trial-Counsel-Communications-and-Work-Product-From-Discovery-Great-News-for-Accused-Infringers The threat of treble damages against defendants based on allegations of willful infringement has been reduced. Based on the recent unanimous en banc decision of the Federal Circuit, only objectively reckless behavior by a defendant may warrant a finding of willful infringement. Additionally, the Court held that the scope of waiver of privilege resulting from an 'opinion of counsel' defense against willfulness charges does not ordinarily extend to trial counsel, which should provide further assurance to defendants that typically segregate opinion and trial counsel. In re Seagate, No. M830 (Fed. Cir., Aug. 20, 2007). 30bb3454-199f-4f13-9e4c-ddee5f15a9f5 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:02 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Controversial-New-Continuation-And-Examination-Support-Document-Rules-Are-Effective-November-1-2007 Yesterday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“the Office”) issued its much-awaited final rules involving continuing applications, requests for continued examination and the numbers of claims to be examined. de031cdc-9bbd-4de8-afdb-1961389f0fea Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:02 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Post-KSR-Patent-Prosecution-Survival-Guide In the wake of the US Supreme Court’s ruling in KSR International v. Teleflex, US patent applicants are likely to encounter a surge of obviousness rejections from the USPTO. Undoubtedly, KSR has dramatically altered the patent prosecution landscape: some arguments that might have prevailed prior to KSR may no longer be viable. In this alert, we first summarize the KSR decision, and then predict the top arguments for combating post-KSR obviousness rejections before the USPTO. 054d4098-e541-4ec6-b5ad-026275148fd6 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:02 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/US-Supreme-Court-Makes-it-Easier-to-Find-Patents-Obvious In a much-anticipated decision, KSR International Co. v. Teleflex, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, overruled the Federal Circuit’s longstanding test for determining when an invention is "obvious" under the patent statute. b96e97b6-cc72-4f0a-9fce-616de11107d9 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:02 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/MedImmunes-Impact-May-Be-Greater-Than-Many-Suspect ced22135-e06d-4424-96e4-fc1774af693f Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:38:02 GMT http://www.crowell.com/NewsEvents/AlertsNewsletters/IP-Insights/Supreme-Court-Signals-Shift-in-Obviousness-Standard A recent oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court may be signaling a shift in the patent landscape towards increased difficulty in obtaining patents and more frequent invalidity findings in court actions.