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[News] Written Description in USPTO Presents New Obstacle, Microsoft's Patent Violations Remain Unchallenged

  • Subject: [News] Written Description in USPTO Presents New Obstacle, Microsoft's Patent Violations Remain Unchallenged
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 18:42:47 +0100
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Will USPTO use Section 112 more often in rejections of software patents claims?

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| USPTO Director David Kappos recently 
| commented on the March 22, 2010 Federal 
| Circuit en banc decision Ariad 
| Pharmaceuticals v. Eli Lilly and concluded 
| that the written description requirement 
| remains alive and well and is an essential 
| âbackstopâ against overclaiming. In the 
| case, the Federal Circuit held that 
| Section 112 of the Patent Act has a 
| written description requirement that is 
| separate and apart from the enablement 
| requirement.
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http://www.visaepatentes.com/2010/05/uspto-director-david-kappos-recently.html

i4i clears hurdle in patent battle

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| Toronto-based i4i said yesterday that the 
| U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has 
| confirmed the validity of its software patent 
| after Microsoft had asked that it be 
| reviewed.
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http://www.thespec.com/News/Business/article/767846
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