Anything humans can make is considered patentable, if it is useful and passes the obviousness test.
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Teva initially claimed the patent was invalid due to obviousness, but eventually changed its defense to inequitable conduct.
All three are from her book Celebrate, which has been widely parodied for the obviousness of her advice.
But the way that patents are granted these days is pretty much to ignore prior art and or the obviousness step.
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Creating such obviousness may require brand managers to thoroughly engineer underlying complexity, but complexity is not where consumers wants to go themselves.
The obviousness of this is that the company is facing increasing competition.
The overclaiming should lead to patent application denials on numerous grounds, including failure to enable, failure to satisfy the written description requirement, and obviousness.
The judge found that Apple and RIM were actually infringing one of the claims made in the patent, but that the claim is invalid due to obviousness.
When a patent is filed, the key hurdles are novelty and obviousness: Does this idea really represent something new, and is it informed by a particular creativity?
He bounces on his toes to underscore the obviousness of his logic, and dices the air with his hand, keeping time with his argument, like a rapper.
"Throughout this court's engagement with question of obviousness, our cases have set forth an expansive and flexible approach inconsistent with the way the Court of Appeals applied its ... test here, " he wrote.
Forgive the obviousness of this question but, what if actors who are interested in affecting our stock market and economy more generally are motivated, not by making money, but by some larger strategic interest?
However, some potential buyers may be wary after the US International Trade Commission issued a ruling in May saying that one of the company's "preview image" patents was invalid because of its "obviousness".
The picture borders on obviousness and self-love (the gallantry of the theatre people gets a little thick), but Dench and Hoskins go at each other like pros, and the pleasantly undistinguished quality of the musical numbers feels right.
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Nolan has a point when it comes to obviousness. (Keller even seems to admit it toward the end of the piece.) His column would be an excellent precursor, for example, to a Nicholas Carr article or book, had those two things not already been published three years ago and last year, respectively.
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