By Rich Baker https://player.vimeo.com/video/575967758 As much as we don’t like to think about it, none of us will live forever. To protect our legacies, we can buy life insurance for our families, and prepare wills for the orderly transition of our financial affairs to our loved ones. But as a patent practitioner, each of us has an obligation to care for our...
Edward Ryan Conditional language seems like a natural choice for describing computer-based inventions. The if-then structure mimics computer logic, allowing an algorithm to be translated directly into the claims. But, thanks to a counter-intuitive and inconsistently applied principle of claim interpretation, using this language can result in claim elements being ignored entirely--both in prosecution and in litigation. How are conditional claim limitations...
