Common Knowledge and Non-Patent Literature in the Internet Age

Jorge L. Contreras May 6, 2015 Prior to 2002, U.S. patent examiners were permitted to reject claims for … Continue Reading

Opening the Prosecution History’s Black Box

By Bernard Chao In its recent “Request for Comments on Enhancing Patent Quality,” the Patent Office specifically asked … Continue Reading

Use PTO’s Critics to Enhance Patent Quality

A submission to the Berkeley Technical Law Journal In response to the USPTO’s Request for Comments on Enhancing … Continue Reading

Apple v. FBI: Privacy Issues Related to San Bernardino Shooters

Apple is opposing an order by a federal magistrate judge to help the FBI unlock an iPhone belonging … Continue Reading

Alice, Abstract Ideas, and Software-Related Patents

Those “who sweat in the clammy gymnasia of patent law” were impatiently waiting for the Alice decision. They … Continue Reading

Adding to PLUS: The Promise of Automated Pre-Examination Search

Andrew Chin University of North Carolina School of Law Pillar 1, Proposal 2 relates to the U.S. Patent … Continue Reading