Reconnecting

July 5, 2010

It would seem that 2007 was a good year, at least better than the intervening years, if judged by posts to this blog. I have been around, and have relocated (again) to Marin. Latest Contact Info: Patent Law Offices of Michael E. Woods 16 Hazel CT. San Rafael, CA 94901 415.419.5524 I will be back [...]

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Upstart

July 5, 2010

Finally updated wordpress from the old 2.really.old.version to the newest 3.latest.version.

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Winged Spacecraft

April 8, 2007

I see that Mr. Rutan received US patent #7,195,207 on 27 March 2007 for aspects of his Winged Spacecraft. Reading the claims, we see that the invention relates to reentry features: elevating an airfoil to slow the spacecraft, then lowering the airfoil for landing.

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Hiatus

April 8, 2007

It has been awhile since I wrote here. The big news is that I have moved and I am now located Deep in the Heart of the State of the Art (not Texas!) – Santa Clara. My contact information has been updated on the website. The Patent Law Offices of Michael E. Woods is now [...]

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BlueTooth

January 9, 2007

Here is the bluetooth patents family that assertedly include claims directed to various cellphone manufacturer’s implementation of bluetooth. Publication Pub. Date Filed Title WO9811672A1 1998-03-19 1997-09-12

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Substantial Rights

January 9, 2007

Periodically, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is asked when someone other than the patent owner of record may bring a patent infringement suit. The answer: the patentee (person that the patent issued to) and successors in title to the patentee. If the analysis stopped there, you could sue only if you [...]

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Culpability and Inducement

January 9, 2007

An en banc opinion of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in DSU Medical v. JMS helps us understand what it means for Inducing Infringment. Infringement can be direct (for example “Dirty Rotten Infringer” or DRI makes, uses, sells, offers for sale or imports a product that satisfies all the limitations of at [...]

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