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Updates on Valve’s Virtual Patent Jury Trial

Updates on Valve’s Virtual Patent Jury Trial Ironburg Inventions Ltd. v. Valve CorporationCase No. C17-1182United States District Court for the Western District of WashingtonDecided: July 19, 2021 On January 5, 2021, the…

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Case: Microsoft v. i4i – SUPREME COURT DECISION

The long awaited decision in Microsoft v. i4i is out. In short, on June 9, 2011, the United States Supreme Court did a surprising thing: it affirmed! The Supreme Court did not…

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USPTO Patent Dashboard

If you’re looking for some good visualization data of the USPTO backlog, pendency times, and other interesting statistics, check out the USPTO Patent Dashboard, it provides some very useful and interesting metrics.

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Case: Tafas v. Dudas (USPTO rules)

Today the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted Tafas’ and Smithkline Beecham’s Motions for Summary Judgment, effectively holding that the USPTO’s proposed 5/25 and 2+1 rules regarding claims…

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U.S. Patent: 6,264,560 – USPTO grants re-exam request

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office agreed to re-examine online-gaming patent 6,264,560 after the Electronic Frontier Foundation challenged it on the grounds that the technology covered by the patent had been used…

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