Interview: Ed Taylor and Dan De Vos on USPTO Claims & Continuation Rules
9.27.07 •Ed Taylor and Dan De Vos of Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP discuss the causes and potential effects of the new USPTO rules, focusing on their impact on claims and continuations.
Interview: The Innovation Alliance
6.7.07 •Taraneh Maghame and Derek Minihane discuss the impact of the recent MedImmune decision and the Innovation Alliance’s views on improving patent quality, including an interesting position on willfulness and apportionment of damages.
Interview: Judge Ronald Whyte on Patent Cases
5.18.07 •The Honorable Ronald M. Whyte was appointed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California by President George Bush and took his oath of office in 1992. On March 16, 2007, Tech LawForum editor Mark Smith interviewed Judge Whyte about patent cases, what lawyers should avoid doing in his courtroom, and the direction patent law is taking.
Interview: Jason Schultz of EFF’s Patent Busting Project
4.26.07 •The EFF’s Patent Busting Project has generated publicity about bad patents, and has resulted in rexaminations and and five canceled claims. TLF interviewed Jason Schultz, the project’s director, at EFF in San Francisco.
Interview: Professor F. Scott Kieff on Patent Policy
9.23.06 •Scott Kieff, a law professor at Washington U and Research Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institute, is an expert on patent law and policy. On August 15th, 2006, Scott spoke to Jenny Lynn Cox at TLF on the topics of patent law and policy, covering a wide range of topics including recent Supreme Court cases like eBay and the proposed reform of post grant review.