In re Bilski
May 23, 5:42 PM PDT
Judge Mayer, along with Judges Dyk, Prost, Lourie, are "Normativists," who see § 101 as defining what inventions and claims "ought" to be. The Normative approach imposes an extrinsic value judgment—from a source unspecified—as to what kinds...
IP Watch
May 23, 4:35 PM PDT
The issue of access to medicines is on the agenda at this week’s World Health Assembly (WHA) and public health advocates are seeking greater clarity and detail about the latest member state effort to address failings in the global system of research and development for medical...
EFF.org Updates
May 23, 3:22 PM PDT
Once again, we are seeing entrenched interests try to fight the future with scare tactics and misinformation. This time, it's major journal publishers, and their target is open access to taxpayer-funded research. First things first: The reason the publishers are on the warpath is that state and federal...
Patently-O
May 23, 12:37 PM PDT
By Dennis Crouch If it exists, the patent heat in Congress right now is focused on "curbing abusive patent litigation." A variety of bills have been introduced, including the SHIELD Act that would introduce a one-way fee shifting system that would require losing plaintiffs to pay the attorney fees of...
