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To: quartersawyer who wrote (146668)	11/29/2006 12:22:33 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (3) of 152472

Do you see anything far beyond status quo in April? A patent case argued yesterday before the Supreme Court could have major consequences. See KSR Intl. v. Teleflex, #04-1350. The issue here is what is the meaning of "obvious." The patent office has come down on the side of KSR, which believes an original patent is invalid. The lower court ruled against KSR, but the appellate court reversed. Nokia (and BRCM as well) has been tweaking the original CDMA patents, adding on stuff that they think makes their invention original, even though it is based on QCOM prior art. If the Supreme Court rules in favor of KSR, it will, in effect, bolster the arguments of Nokia and Broadcom. Art

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