Supreme Court to hear case on 'obviousness' of patents
News Teleflex had sued KSR for infringement of its patent on a gas pedal design that KSR contends is no more than an obvious melding of two existing inventions. The case has its roots in an obscure patent spat about vehicle gas pedal designs involving...
[November 28, 2006, 10:02]
US begins patent probe
News KSR had argued in its brief that the test for obviousness should rely more heavily on what a person of ordinary skill in the field is "capable" of devising. The case, rooted in an obscure patent spat about gas pedal designs between the Canadian...
[November 29, 2006, 7:44]
Court denies Vonage request for retrial
News And unless Vonage can argue that its situation is very similar to that in the KSR case, I don't see their chances changing either way on their appeal. Vonage used the KSR International v Teleflex case — which involved a dispute about patents on...
[May 4, 2007, 9:08]
Vonage seeks retrial in Verizon patent case
News That case, KSR International vs Teleflex, involved a dispute about patents on accelerator pedal designs and the extent to which combinations of elements can be patented. The jury instructions and the manner in which they are impacted by KSR really...
[May 2, 2007, 8:15]
MS vs Tom Tom
Talkback Vehicle computer system with wireless internet connectivity (would be great if some IP lawyers could explain how this one passes the KSR test for combining existing products) Here is an excerpt from an article on Microsoft's whining, I mean...
[February 27, 2009, 13:24]
