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Will your underwear talk to the internet?

By Gerry Elman|2019-06-15T20:48:39-04:00May 2nd, 2017|Cyberlaw, Cybersecurity, Events, Featured, Internet of Things (IoT), Patent, Privacy|

Will your underwear become a node on the Internet of Things? Gerry Elman attended the Greater Philadelphia Smart Fabrics Conference at Drexel University's Center for Functional Fabrics on May 9, 2017. He enjoyed learning more about the Smart Belly Band for pregnant moms, developed in the Shima Seiki Haute Technology Lab at Drexel's ExCITe Center. Gerry continues to [...]

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It’s Christmas Eve: Internet systems at patent offices in U.S.A. and Australia have crashed. Just coincidence?

By Gerry Elman|2020-01-18T12:41:48-05:00December 24th, 2015|Cyberlaw, Internet Business, Patent|

Christmas eve 2015: Why are the Internet connections to the government patent offices in both the U.S. and Australia shut down right now?

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Don’t Let a Defective Provisional Sink Your Patent

By Gerry Elman|2019-06-02T17:07:30-04:00October 8th, 2015|Featured, Inventing, Patent, Patent Enforcement|

Invest the time and money in crafting a complete provisional patent application. It will be the foundation for a strong and enforceable patent. Avoid the pitfall of filing a “quick and dirty” provisional.. Whatever you imagine you’ll save upfront will be wasted in the long run when the patent turns out to be worthless.

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Oct. 20, 2014 – Meet Steve Zeman and get tips about European Patent Office practice

By Gerry Elman|2014-09-07T18:44:54-04:00September 7th, 2014|Events, Intellectual Property, Patent|

Participation is free of charge, but preregistration is required.

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Supreme Court, snowed by ACLU smear campaign, resurrects archaic requirement of “invention” as a test of patent eligibility.

By Gerry Elman|2020-02-17T12:03:49-05:00June 14th, 2013|Biotechnology, Intellectual Property, Patent|

In their decision June 13, 2013, in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, the Supreme Court seems to have been snowed by an anti-patent publicity campaign engineered by a brilliant but diabolical law professor and gullible lawyers at the venerable ACLU. The opinion of the Court resurrects an archaic requirement of "invention" that was [...]

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State of Vermont Declares War on “Patent Trolls”

By Gerry Elman|2019-06-02T16:52:04-04:00May 25th, 2013|Patent, Patent Enforcement, Patent Legislation|

Update Submitted on 2015/10/01 at 3:25 PM On September 28, 2015, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied an appeal by MPHJ of a (second) federal district court order denying removal of Vermont's State Court case to federal court. Click here for the CAFC opinion. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) spearheaded the Leahy-Smith America Invents [...]

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Patentability: “non-obviousness” and “common sense”

By Gerry Elman|2012-06-01T11:15:24-04:00June 1st, 2012|Intellectual Property, Patent|

On May 30, 2012, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("CAFC") put further gloss on the term "common sense" as used by the Supreme Court in the 2007 case of KSR v. Teleflex. This new case (Mintz v. Dietz & Watson) involved a patent on casings for hot dogs with a woven mesh [...]

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US PTO to Hold Hearings on Effects of Patents on Genetic Testing

By Gerry Elman|2012-02-16T08:06:31-05:00February 16th, 2012|Biotechnology, Intellectual Property, Patent, Patent Legislation|

Two hearings have been scheduled by the US PTO on the effect of patents for Genetic Testing, to support the study that the PTO is mandated by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA") to generate for Congress. The first of the hearings is today. It will be broadcast via the Web. The second of the [...]

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U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Issues A Host of New Proposed Rules to Implement Amended Patent Law

By Gerry Elman|2012-02-11T19:04:29-05:00February 11th, 2012|Intellectual Property, Patent, Patent Legislation|

With hundreds of pages of documents published during in the Federal Register during the last few days, the USPTO has issued a series of proposed rules and an upcoming fee schedule to take effect next year. See America Invents Act implementation micro website.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012

By Gerry Elman|2021-04-21T11:41:56-04:00December 28th, 2011|Cyberlaw, Internet Business, Patent, Patent Legislation, Privacy|

Congress Passes “Patent Reform”—The America Invents Act As the editor of Elman’s Patent Reform News and chair of the Patent Legislation Committee of the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association (PIPLA) for much of the past decade, I had a ringside seat this year as Congress gave a painful birth to the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act [...]

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Watson, Come Here … You’re Needed at the PTO

By Gerry Elman|2011-03-04T15:00:40-05:00February 26th, 2011|Intellectual Property, Patent, Patent Legislation|

WITHOUT A TRANSFORMATION OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTING PATENT EXAMINERS, "PATENT REFORM" WOULD BE LIKE REARRANGING THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC

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Guest Post: “INFORMATION AND THE NATURE OF REALITY” (Greg Aharonian)

By Gerry Elman|2011-01-08T17:24:14-05:00January 3rd, 2011|Patent|

INFORMATION, RATHER THAN MASS AND ENERGY, IS COMING TO BE SEEN AS THE FUNDAMENTAL CURRENCY OF THE UNIVERSE. ... any judge or lawyer who argues that information isn't physical in the context of patent law - SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY DISBARRED.

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