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CAN MY INVENTION BE PATENTED?   UNDERSTANDING 35 U.S.C.  § 101 AND THE ALICE DECISION             Overview Section 101 sets forth the type of inventions which are entitled to be […]

A long-accepted rule in U.S. patent law was that to find direct infringement of a method claim, performance of all claimed steps must be attributable to a single entity.  Under […]

In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1400, a patent infringement suit may only be brought in a jurisdiction where the defendant resides or where the defendant has committed acts of […]

The Copyright Act bars copyright protection for “useful items”.  Thus, in the case of Star Athletica LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that copyright protection would […]

“Laches” is an equitable defense under the law which a defendant may assert to block a plaintiff from pursing a legal claim when the plaintiff did not bring the claim […]