News

Print PDF

Year End 2014 Newsletter

December 1, 2014
Ideas in Intellectual Property Law

Go ask Alice
Patentees have a new Supreme Court precedent to consider
Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int’l, No. 13-298, June 19, 2014 (Supreme Court)
Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., No. 10-1150, March 20, 2012 (Supreme Court)
Gottschalk v. Benson, No. 71-485, Nov. 20, 1972 (Supreme Court)
Parker v. Flook, No. 77-642, June 22, 1978 (Supreme Court)
Bilski v. Kappos, No. 08-964, June 28, 2010 (Supreme Court)
Diamond v. Diehr, No. 79-1112, March 3, 1981 (Supreme Court)

Developing story on the validity of digital-imaging patents
Digitech Image Technologies, LLC v. Electronics for Imaging, Inc., Nos. 2013-1600, -1601, -1602, -1603, -1604, -1605, -1606, -1607, -1608, -1609, -1610, -1611, -1612, -1613, -1614, -1615, -1616, -1617, -1618, July 11, 2014 (Fed. Cir.)
Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int’l, No. 13-298, June 19, 2014 (Supreme Court)

Juicy decision
FD&C Act doesn’t bar Lanham Act claims
POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co., No. 12-761, June 12, 2014 (Supreme Court)

Can an obscure online post constitute prior art?
Suffolk Technologies, LLC v. AOL, Inc., No. 2013-1392, May 27, 2014 (Fed. Cir.)

View Document(s):