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Abbott Gets a Second Shot with Glucose Monitoring Patents
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Convenience can be a patentable quality when creating a glucose monitor. Friday, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals found that the USPTO's rejection of...
ACLU Wants SCOTUS to Reconsider Myriad Gene Patents
By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on
The patentability of genes is back in the news. This time, the American Civil Liberties Union has stepped in and asked the highest court of the land to decide...
Affirmed: Postal Worker Fired for Using Gift Card
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Stealing gift cards from undeliverable mail seems like something that Newman would have done on "Seinfeld." Except Newman never stooped so low. Instead, Warren...
AIA Increases Need for Patent Attorneys, But Not Patent Litigators
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The common refrain these days is that going to law school is a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad idea. There just aren’t any jobs. Perhaps the real issue...
5 Things to Know About Federal Circuit Judge Richard Taranto
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Here at FindLaw, we understand the pressures of being a legal professional - most of us are recovering lawyers - so we want to help by tossing you that...
Air Force General Loses Appeal for Retroactive Promotion
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
Eight days after the New Year and we finally have the Federal Circuit's first precedential opinion of 2015. Patents? Trademarks? Tariffs? You wish! Instead,...