tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post2635990385232178788..comments2024-03-19T05:22:15.632+00:00Comments on The IPKat: When the US Supreme Court Issues a Manifesto, It's Time to ListenVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-26374700472528602932012-07-30T10:56:59.644+01:002012-07-30T10:56:59.644+01:00Slightly speculatively, I think that sometimes the...Slightly speculatively, I think that sometimes the highest courts like to push the patent system to a different balance, and they overlook the details of things in the process. This reminds me of the UK House of Lords decision Conor v Angiotech on inventive step where the Lords essentially wanted the UK Courts to be pushed into upholding more biotech/pharma patents on inventive step, knowing there was no easy way to rewrite the test for inventive step.<br /><br />Perhaps the US Supreme Court is trying to do something similar, nudging the threshold for patentability a little bit higher in the diagnostic area, having to do it in a rather clumsy way with the available legal tools. It creates uncertainty of course but the overall effect is going to be for applicants to work a little bit harder for narrower claims which is presumably what is intended and that might not be a bad thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-61502758020271905292012-07-27T13:21:40.354+01:002012-07-27T13:21:40.354+01:00My eagle eye recognized a picture of the Manifesto...My eagle eye recognized a picture of the Manifesto of the Polish Committee of National Liberation, dated on 1944. The Manifesto was developed and printed in Moscow, then announced as official document of the Polish Committee of National Liberation (controlled of course by NKVD and Red Army). After proclaiming Manifesto and establishing fully dependent "Committee of National Liberation" Poland went into 45 years period of Soviet dominance.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06465697547723233632noreply@blogger.com