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The Mauritius government signed an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh government on 13th August 2009 to use APs eprocurement platform for its projects and in its. Section 1. 01 Pivotal Moment for Clarity on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility. Guest post by Bart Eppenauer. Mr. Eppenauer is the Managing Partner of the Seattle office of Shook Hardy Bacon and former Chief Patent Counsel at Microsoft. In the interests of disclosure, Shook represents three of the many defendantsappellees in the Mc. Patent Pilot Program Judges 6' title='Patent Pilot Program Judges 6' />Ro Planet Blue case discussed below. Mr. Eppenauer is not involved in that case. We have reached a pivotal moment for the courts to provide more meaningful guidance on the contours of what actually is patent eligible subject matter rather than what is not and a workable framework for applying such guidance. The NASDAQ 100 After Hours Indicator is down 5 39 to 6 417 17 The total After hours volume. Methylenedioxymethamphetamine MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy E, is a psychoactive drug used primarily as a recreational drug. John Doe Wordpress Theme. The desired recreational. A number of important cases are before the U. S. Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit involving patent subject matter eligibility in the wake of Alice v. CLS Bank Intl and Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs. Given the high invalidation rate of patents on Section 1. Supreme Court, Federal Circuit, U. S. District Courts, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board PTAB, interested stakeholders have justifiable concerns on the future value of patents involving software and life sciences, and the fallout this could have on American investment in these crucial industries. On March 2. 1, 2. Sequenom, Inc. filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari seeking to overturn the Federal Circuits decision invalidating its pre natal genetic testing patent as a patent ineligible natural law or phenomenon, in Sequenom, Inc. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. Ten days earlier, Versata Development Group also filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari challenging multiple findings by the Federal Circuit involving a Covered Business Method CBM Patent Review by the USPTO invalidating its software based hierarchical pricing engine patent. See Versata Development Group, Inc. SAP America, Inc. Petitions for Writ of Certiorari on subject matter eligibility were also filed in March in Cloud Satchel v. Barnes Noble and Vehicle Intelligence Safety v. Mercedes Benz USA. At the Federal Circuit, several important abstract idea cases are soon to be decided, including Mc. RO Planet Blue v. Bandai Namco Games America on patents for automated lip synchronization of 3. D animated characters, Intellectual Ventures v. Symantec involving malware and spam detection and email filtering patents, and Thales Visionix v. USA relating to a helmet mounted display system patent. Several of these cases could provide an excellent opportunity for the courts to provide more clarity on application of the MayoAlice test under Section 1. The Sequenom case in particular may be the right case for the Supreme Court to reexamine the boundaries of Section 1. Mayo and Alice have had on subject matter eligibility decisions. At the heart of Sequenom, the Court has another opportunity to determine whether a novel method is patent eligible when it involves the research and discovery of naturally occurring phenomenon. Petitioner Sequenom asserts that the Courts Mayo decision set out uncertain and indiscernible limits on Section 1. Petition p. 1. 2. Several Federal Circuit judges seem to agree with this proposition. In his concurrence in affirming the district courts decision under Section 1. Judge Linn remarked I join the courts opinion invalidating the claims of the 5. I am bound by the sweeping language of the test set out in Mayo. In my view, the breadth of the second part of the test was unnecessary to the decision reached in Mayo. This case represents the consequenceperhaps unintendedof that broad language in excluding a meritorious invention from the patent protection it deserves and should have been entitled to retain. In their concurrence on denial of rehearing en banc, Judges Lourie and Moore also strongly asserted that the Sequenom claims at issue were neither solely directed to a natural phenomenon, nor abstract, and it is unsound to have a rule that takes inventions of this nature out of the realm of patent eligibility on grounds that they only claim a natural phenomenon plus conventional steps, or that they claim abstract concepts. But these judges agreed that the Federal Circuit panel did not err in its conclusion that under Supreme Court precedent it had no option other than to affirm the district court. And in his separate concurrence of denial of rehearing en banc, Judge Dyk noted Yet I share the concerns of some of my colleagues that a too restrictive test for patent eligibility under 3. U. S. C. 1. 01 with respect to laws of nature reflected in some of the language in Mayo may discourage development and disclosure of new diagnostic and therapeutic methods in the life sciences, which are often driven by discovery of new natural laws and phenomena. This leads me to think that some further illumination as to the scope of Mayo would be beneficial in one limited aspect. At the same time I think that we are bound by the language of Mayo, and any further guidance must come from the Supreme Court, not this court. Without question, Section 1. That is evident from the recent landscape of Section 1. Alice. Of the more than 2. Section 1. 01 since Alice, 7. And at the Federal Circuit, DDR Holdings v. Hotels. com stands alone as the sole decision upholding the patent under Section 1. Alice. My optimistic view that DDR Holdings would forge a sensible path on software patents and that more decisions would follow this path has simply not proven true to date. Nonetheless, given that so many of the patents before the Federal Circuit involved simple financial or business practices or other non technical practices implemented on generic computers, there still may be hope that DDR Holdings will provide the underpinnings for further decisions clarifying the eligibility of software technology inventions. Perhaps the nearest opportunity for such a clarification lies in the Mc. ROPlanet Blue case, where we can expect a decision at any time. The case has been noted as a case to watch on software patentability in that the patents at issue arguably utilize complex and specific computer implemented techniques for automated lip synchronization of 3. D animated characters. Based on questions and comments from the judges during oral argument, the Federal Circuit may view this case as involving a technology based patent that will dictate a different outcome under the MayoAlice test than so many of the negative decisions on business method or ecommerce patents with token computer implementation. It will most likely be several months for a decision in Intellectual Ventures v. Symantec as the Federal Circuit heard oral argument on April 6, 2. Intellectual Ventures IV argues that its patents are designed to improve computer network security through novel approaches to malware and spam detection and email screening. As such, IV believes that their patents solve problems specifically arising in the realm of computer technology and DDR Holdings demonstrates that the patents are patent eligible. Symantec counters that the IV patents use generic computing technology to apply basic concepts such as using the Dewey decimal system on digital files or applying standard mail routing practices to email instead of postal mail. IV likely has a better argument that DDR Holdings should apply than many of the recent Federal Circuit decisions where that argument has failed, but I could see this case going either way. General information concerning patents USPTOUNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICEOctober 2. ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIAFunctions of the United States Patent and Trademark Officehe United States Patent and Trademark Office USPTO or Office is an agency of the U. S. Department of Commerce. The role of the USPTO is to grant patents for the protection of inventions and to register trademarks. It serves the interests of inventors and businesses with respect to their inventions and corporate products, and service identifications. It also advises and assists the President of the United States, the Secretary of Commerce, the bureaus and offices of the Department of Commerce, and other agencies of the government in matters involving all domestic and global aspects of intellectual property. Through the preservation, classification, and dissemination of patent information, the Office promotes the industrial and technological progress of the nation and strengthens the economy. In discharging its patent related duties, the USPTO examines applications and grants patents on inventions when applicants are entitled to them it publishes and disseminates patent information, records assignments of patents, maintains search files of U. S. and foreign patents, and maintains a search room for public use in examining issued patents and records. The Office supplies copies of patents and official records to the public. It provides training to practitioners as to requirements of the patent statutes and regulations, and it publishes the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure to elucidate these. Similar functions are performed relating to trademarks. By protecting intellectual endeavors and encouraging technological progress, the USPTO seeks to preserve the United States technological edge, which is key to our current and future competitiveness. The USPTO also disseminates patent and trademark information that promotes an understanding of intellectual property protection and facilitates the development and sharing of new technologies worldwide. What Are Patents, Trademarks, Servicemarks, and Copyrights Some people confuse patents, copyrights, and trademarks. Although there may be some similarities among these kinds of intellectual property protection, they are different and serve different purposes. What is a Patent A patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor, issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Generally, the term of a new patent is 2. United States or, in special cases, from the date an earlier related application was filed, subject to the payment of maintenance fees. U. S. patent grants are effective only within the United States, U. S. territories, and U. S. possessions. Under certain circumstances, patent term extensions or adjustments may be available. The right conferred by the patent grant is, in the language of the statute and of the grant itself, the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention in the United States or importing the invention into the United States. What is granted is not the right to make, use, offer for sale, sell or import, but the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, selling or importing the invention. Once a patent is issued, the patentee must enforce the patent without aid of the USPTO. There are three types of patents 1 Utility patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof 2 Design patents may be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture and. Plant patents may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers and asexually reproduces any distinct and new variety of plant. What Is a Trademark or Servicemark A trademark is a word, name, symbol, or device that is used in trade with goods to indicate the source of the goods and to distinguish them from the goods of others. A servicemark is the same as a trademark except that it identifies and distinguishes the source of a service rather than a product. The terms trademark and mark are commonly used to refer to both trademarks and servicemarks. Trademark rights may be used to prevent others from using a confusingly similar mark, but not to prevent others from making the same goods or from selling the same goods or services under a clearly different mark. Trademarks that are used in interstate or foreign commerce may be registered with the USPTO. The registration procedure for trademarks and general information concerning trademarks can be found in the separate book entitled Basic Facts about Trademarks. BasicFactsTrademarks. Agreeing And Disagreeing Esl Activities For Beginners there. What is a Copyright Copyright is a form of protection provided to the authors of original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works, both published and unpublished. The 1. 97. 6 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to reproduce the copyrighted work, to prepare derivative works, to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work, to perform the copyrighted work publicly, or to display the copyrighted work publicly. The copyright protects the form of expression rather than the subject matter of the writing. For example, a description of a machine could be copyrighted, but this would only prevent others from copying the description it would not prevent others from writing a description of their own or from making and using the machine. Copyrights are registered by the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress. Patent Laws. The Constitution of the United States gives Congress the power to enact laws relating to patents, in Article I, section 8, which reads Congress shall have power. Under this power Congress has from time to time enacted various laws relating to patents. The first patent law was enacted in 1. The patent laws underwent a general revision which was enacted July 1. January 1, 1. 95. It is codified in Title 3. United States Code. Additionally, on November 2. Congress enacted the American Inventors Protection Act of 1. AIPA, which further revised the patent laws. See Public Law 1. Stat. 1. 50. 1 1. The patent law specifies the subject matter for which a patent may be obtained and the conditions for patentability. The law establishes the United States Patent and Trademark Office to administer the law relating to the granting of patents and contains various other provisions relating to patents. What Can Be Patented. The patent law specifies the general field of subject matter that can be patented and the conditions under which a patent may be obtained. In the language of the statute, any person who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent, subject to the conditions and requirements of the law. The word process is defined by law as a process, act, or method, and primarily includes industrial or technical processes. The term machine used in the statute needs no explanation. The term manufacture refers to articles that are made, and includes all manufactured articles. The term composition of matter relates to chemical compositions and may include mixtures of ingredients as well as new chemical compounds.