Free Federal Wireless Broadband For All Americans? Fuggedaboutit!
The United States government is not going to be providing free WiFi Internet access to consumers anytime soon. That news may surprise anyone who read a startling Washington Post story on Sunday that seemed to confuse a fairly esoteric telecom policy proposal about the use of so-called “white space” wireless spectrum with some sort of free national wireless Internet access plan. The “free WiFi for all” story, which was passed around uncritically by Internet blogs and news sites, set off a furor because the notion cuts to the heart of ongoing battles over access to the Internet, the “digital divide,” and federal policy decisions that could have major implications for the telecom, cable, and technology industries. But the story was wrong, as Ars Technica pointed out. On Tuesday, outlets that repeated the bunk story began walking their reports back, in some cases apologizing for giving bad information to the public. The episode, which provoked a strong pushback from tech ...
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United States: Federal Circuit Affirms Board Ruling That Claim Is Anticipated By Prior Art Publication - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
In In re Rambus Inc., No. 11-1247 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 15, 2012), the Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s decision in a reexamination that claim 18 of U.S. Patent No. 6,034,918 ("the ’918 patent") was invalid as anticipated.
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United States: Court Affirms Board’s Decision Of Unpatentability Despite Previous Affirmance Of Earlier Declaration Of Validity By District Court - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
In In re Baxter International, Inc., No. 11-1073 (Fed. Cir. May 17, 2012), the Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s decision that claims of U.S. Patent No. 5,247,434 ("the ’434 patent") are invalid as obvious, despite the claims having been held valid in an earlier appeal from a district court.
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United States: Federal Circuit Affirms TTAB Decision Finding Design Of A Closure Cap For Blood Collection Tubes Functional And Not Entitled To Registration - Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
In In re Becton, Dickinson & Co., No. 11-1111 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 12, 2012),
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