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Archive: 15 Jan 2015
Supreme Court to Reconsider Royalties After Patent Expiration
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises, Inc. The case revolves around whether royalty payments can be required under an agreement after a patent has expired. Current Supreme Court precedent in Brulotte v. Thys Co. 379 U.S. 29 (1964), held that patent license agreements with continued royalty obligations after the expiration of the patent […]
Discussion on the Amendment of Numeric Values in Claims
When amending the scope of a claim by narrowing the range of the numeric values, such as narrowing the range of “0.001~2wt%” to “0.1~1wt%” in a claim, intuitively the scope of the claim is narrowed and such amendment seems to be acceptable. However, a simple amendment by narrowing the range of the numeric values in […]
When amending the scope of a claim by narrowing the range of the numeric values, such as narrowing the range of “0.001~2wt%” to “0.1~1wt%” in a claim, intuitively the scope of the claim is narrowed and such amendment seems to be acceptable. However, a simple amendment by narrowing the range of the numeric values in […]