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Intellectual Property

Aug. 11, 2006

Justices Will Tackle Obviousness for First Time in 30 Years

Focus Column - George Bernard Shaw once wrote that "no question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious."

Focus Column

By Michael M. Rosen
     


George Bernard Shaw once wrote that "no question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious."
      This might as well be the Supreme Court's motto as it considers KSR Inter. Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 04-1350, in its October term.
      The case, the third significant patent case the sup...

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