Today’s Supreme Court Decision Threatens the Patentability of Diagnostic Test Methods

If your business is based on patented diagnostic test methods, you may want to pay attention today’s U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.  In this case, the Court unanimously reversed the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
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Patent “Trolls”: Effects of the U.S. Written Description Requirement and Continuation Practice

The emergence of so-called “patent trolls” or their less pejorative name “non-practicing entities” (NPEs) has been a controversial topic for some time now.  Those who become frequent target of NPE lawsuits are understandably hostile to NPEs or anything that increases their litigation
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