Patent Baristas

IdeaTango is a social networking site that is set up to allow inventors a place to post, request and exchange ideas, inventions, intellectual property and patents — the MySpace of inventions. Companies can search the database of ideas for possible products for their company. The founder, Bryan Daigle, contacted me and asked if I would […]

In an appeal by Apotex, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a summary judgment in favor of Merck that Merck had been using a process before it was patented by Apotex. Apotex v. Merck & Co. (06-1405) Apotex Corp. appeals the decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District […]

In a nonprecedential opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that extrinsic evidence is great when it’s being used against you, bad if you try to use it to help your patent. The court stated that although extrinsic evidence cannot be used to supplement a non-enabling specification, such evidence can […]

I like coffee and keep up on coffee-related items.  While a frequent patron of Starbucks, I think small, individual coffee shops bring a fresh perspective to the coffee experience.  And so we watch with sadness as many small operators are shut out by the coffee juggernaut. Now a federal judge has declared that coffee shop […]