Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property
Apr. 17, 2019
What is really patentable? PTO sheds light in recent guidance
[TOP IP] Under the leadership of Director Andrei Iancu, the PTO has issued several key guidelines to help determine questions of patentability.
Mei Tsang
Umberg Zipser LLPintellectual property
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Univ of Illinois College of Law
Whether or not something is patentable is foundational to any patent system because that is the first question that gets asked -- what is it protectable as a patent? Why does this matter? It matters because having a predictable and consistent intellectual property system is a key component of any successful economic system. Stakeholders need to know upfront the categories of technology, or science, or human activity that a government will protect as patents. Without c...
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