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On March 8, 2011, the Senate voted to pass a patent reform bill that now heads to the House of Representatives for consideration. Patent reform has been a topic on the Congressional floor since

Developments regarding the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) have made it easier to receive faster allowances of certain U.S. patent applications. Not all applications are eligible, but for those that are

Today the U.S. Supreme Court released its long-awaited decision in Bilski v. Kappos, a case that was expected to have wide-reaching impact in deciding the bounds of patentable subject matter, especially with

The recent decision by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in The Forest Group, Inc. v. Bon Tool Co. ("Bon Tool") has dramatically increased the liability for falsely marking a product

In re Sones: New Ruling Provides a Uniform Approach to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Review of Specimens of Use When submitting a web page as a specimen for goods, the USPTO will no longer

The Supreme Court ("the Court") heard oral arguments last Monday in the matter of In re Bilski. For those not familiar with the case, Bilski applied for a patent with the U.S. Patent Office ("PTO") claiming a method for