Common sense in patent law

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作者
Newman, David [1 ]
Moore, Steve
机构
[1] George Washington Univ, Washington, DC 20052 USA
[2] Heller Ehrmans San Diego Off, San Diego, CA USA
关键词
Arts computing - Innovation - Laws and legislation;
D O I
10.1109/MCOM.2007.4342816
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The United States patents require that the item to be patented must be new and useful. But the question is that what is exactly being meant to be as new. Section 102 and 103 defines what is novel, nonobvious and patentable. The former section focuses on the claimed invention described by a single patent while the latter states that a patent may not be obtained if the differences between the subject matter would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art. Thus, "obviousness" is importantly be determined in obtaining such a patent and in litigation. Then, the Supreme Court changed the scope of patent law by disregarding the teaching, suggestion or motivation (TSM) test while allowing the person of ordinary skill to have a level of common sense. The Supreme Court stated the lower court not to prove obvious in a patent claim by just showing that the combination of elements was obvious to try.
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