Russ McBee

HR 1908 just passed the US House of Representatives and is awaiting action by the Senate. This bill would enact a plethora of changes to US patent law, constituting the most sweeping revamp of patent law since 1952. Quite a bit has been written about this controversial bill (also see this excellent summary); its supporters include software giants ...

The US Patent and Trademark Office is doing something interesting, innovative, and cool. As a former patent examiner, this comes as a tremendous shock to me, but I digress. During the process of determining whether an invention is patentable, the examiner must compare the invention to everything done before in that particular field; the ...

The US Supreme Court hardly ever gets involved in patent cases. Today was one of those rare times; they issued a unanimous decision in a patent case (KSR v. Teleflex) which I believe will be considered a landmark. It's also one I agree with. At issue is the question of obviousness. It's a long-established principle that a patent can't be ...