Member in Focus: Philip Burrus

The latest IP Member In Focus article is dedicated to some of the successful sole practitioners in the IP Section.  One of the sole practitioners who volunteered to offer insights for this article is Philip Burrus.  While sole practitioners like Philip may not receive the attention that larger firms do, they are a thriving component [...]

Patent Office Interim Guidelines

The Federal Circuit rejection of StateStreet’s 10-year old test for evaluating subject matter eligibility in Bilski effectively voided the USPTO’s established procedures for evaluating subject matter eligibility and placed the validity of claims directed to business methods, biotechnology, and software in question.