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Do Employees Working from Home Impact Venue in Patent Litigation?
In patent infringement cases, venue is proper under 28 U.S.C § 1406(a) where either (1) the company accused of infringement is incorporated or (2) where the company has committed acts of infringement and has a “regular and established place of business.” Given the increase in employees working from home in […]
Firms with the Most Patent Attorneys and Agents
The following list ranks the top 25 firms with the most registered patent law professionals. All of these firms have 100+ patent attorneys/agents. I also include a note following the firm with some information about how the numbers have changed since 2010. Fish & Richardson (Steady) Finnegan […]
More on the Patent Attorney Rolls
by Dennis Crouch The USPTO Office of Enrollment & Discipline’s list of registered patent attorneys and agents includes 48,625 individuals. Since there are no annual dues, CLE requirement, or even check-in many folks continue to stay on the rolls even though they are not practicing patent law. […]
Patent Eligibility: Distinguishing Collecting Information from Using Information
by Dennis Crouch I’m usually psyched to read a decision that splits hairs–finding some statements in a patent legitimate and some others invalid. My hope is that the explanation will definitely get to the crux of the difficulties and support me to greater fully grasp how the legislation functions. I’m […]
Patent Owners Lack Standing to Force USPTO to Issue Rules regarding Discretionary Denials

 
 
 by Dennis Crouch US Inventor Inc. v. Vidal, 21-40601 (5th Cir. 2022) (unpublished feeling) US Inventor together with a number of patent holders sued the USPTO back again in 2021 trying to get an injunction in opposition to the USPTO Director mandating that she interact and discover-and-remark […]