Is my invention obvious? The patent world after KSR case
Editor’s Note: Neil W. Morrison is a member of the Litigation Section and Intellectual Property Practice Group of Ward and Smith, P.A. After years of toil and countless hours of work, your bright idea finally becomes reality: the ‘spork’ (an ingenious combination of the spoon and fork). You want to patent your device. You know there are requirements that must be met to have a patentable invention, one of which is that it cannot be "obvious." But what does it mean to be "obvious"? What are the benchmarks in an obvious inquiry? Recently, in KSR Intl’ Co. v. Teleflex...
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