Federal Circuit Reiterates Requirements For Claim Anticipation and Obviousness

In a non-precedential opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has overturned a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal board that upheld the rejection of one of Facebook’s patent applications. The application (U.S. Pat. App. No. 13/715,636) claims a method for displaying a set of images after reshuffling or resizing the [...]

2018-08-27T17:09:22-05:00August 27, 2018|Court Decisions, Patent|
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Copyright Requires Sufficient Creativity – But What Is Sufficient Creativity?

In the grouping of rights that make up intellectual property protections, copyrights are sometimes considered the easiest rights to obtain because a copyright is considered to be created when an original work of authorship is fixed in a tangible medium of expression. As opposed to patents or trademarks, there is no need to register or [...]

2018-08-27T17:01:40-05:00August 15, 2018|Administrative Ruling, Copyright, Practice Notes|
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