Patent Legislation Yr in Evaluate

by Dennis Crouch

I simply gave a brief (45 min) speak in regards to the previous 12 months in patent regulation. See the slides right here: Patent Yr in Evaluate.  Key factors:

1. Director Evaluate and Ex Parte Lobbying: Exercising the constitutional proper to petition the federal government through shadow request for director assessment.
2. Full Scope Enablement and Written Description: Elevated focus by each the USPTO and the Federal Circuit.  Pending SCOTUS circumstances of Amgen v. Sanofi and Juno v. Kite.
3. Patents as Commodity: Many of us are treating it as such.
4. Broad IPR Estoppel: CalTech v. Broadcom/Apple.  Pending earlier than the Supreme Courtroom.
5. Who’s the Inventor: AI and Company because the inventor.  Thaler v. Vidal cert petition doubtless in January 2023.
6. Eligibility: Tropp and Interactive Wearables usually are not nice autos for Supreme Courtroom assessment.  Hopefully IBM petitions its case from IBM v. Zillow.
7. Patent Venue: Tons nonetheless occurring in W.D.Tex.  IMO, events arguing inconvenient venue don’t actually care about comfort. Their primary concern is that they wish to escape from Choose Albright’s courtroom and lift prices on the patentee.