This is the ninth and final post in our series examining what constitutes a “printed publication.” Our first post provided an introduction and summary of the statutory basis for printed publications under 35 U.S.C. § 102; our second post examined whether patents and published patent applications can be printed publications; our third post discussed whether …
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When much of the early case law related to printed publications was developed, courts could not have anticipated the prevalence of the Internet and its impact on the dissemination of information. Many of the legal concepts developed in the early case law, however, can be applied to publications on the Internet. This is the eighth …
University faculty often are under the impression that grant proposals or submissions to regulatory agencies remain strictly confidential. In some situations, however, a grant proposal or a submission to a regulatory agency might be considered a printed publication. This is the seventh post in our series examining what constitutes a “printed publication.” Our first post …
