June 29, 2010

Dan Ravicher joins Karen and Bradley to discuss the Bilski case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Running time: 1:14:22.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:33)

• At the time of the recording, the U.S. Supreme Court has just published the decision in the Bilski case.(01:30)
• Dan Ravicher is the legal director at SFLC. He also teaches patent law at Cardozo School of Law and is the President and Executive Director of the Public Patent Foundation. (2:48)
• The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled en banc, in October of 2008. That decision is available here(5:12).
• Bradley reminds listeners and Karen that the Court of Appeals decision was discussed on the oggcast with Scott Peterson in Episode 0x01: The Engineer and the Lawyer. (6:33)
• SFLC filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court, which we discussed on the oggcast in Episode 0x18: Re Bilski’s Briefs.(7:01)
• The transcript from the Supreme Court oral argument from November is available here. You can hear UCLA law students reading the transcript aloud on the IP Colloquium blog. (10:56)
• The Bilski decision was published on the last day of the Supreme Court's term. (11:10)
• The "slip opinion", which Dan reads from, is available on the Supreme Court's website here. (15:02)
• Stare decisis is the principle by which legal precedent is established.(16:31)
• SFLC published a highlighting some of the amicus briefs filed in Bilski on either side. (29:30)
• You can read the text of Section 101 on the patent office's website.(31:14)
• Aaron and Bradley discussed the Supreme Court patent history, including the Benson and Flook cases, on the oggcast in Episode 0x18: Re Bilski’s Briefs. (31:50)
• Bradley, Dan and Karen all looked up the definition of pellucid. (44:45)
• Dan talks about the book Patent Failure by James Bessen and Michael J. Meurer. (55:51)
• Dan recommends that Breyer's opinion, which is the last few pages of the decision publication, is the place to go if you want to only read a few pages of the opinions. (1:00:30)
• Bradley discusses the difference between i.e. and e.g. (1:04:30)

Tags: bkuhn, karen, patents, bilski, ravicher

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May 25, 2010

Karen and Bradley play Dan Ravicher's speech from a conference held by Freedom to Innovate South Africa (FTISA) in Pretoria on software patents.

Running time: 52:51.

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:33)

• Karen and Bradley thank listeners for providing ideas for future episodes. (01:05)
• Dan Ravicher, our “elusive” guest, is the Legal Director of SFLC. (02:40)
• The Bilski decision did not come out this week. The Supreme Court publishes all decisions on its website. The SCOTUS blog provides up to date information about the court schedule, including a live blog on the mornings when decisions are announced.(03:34)
• Karen mentioned Patent Absurdity, a short movie that features Dan (Karen's also interviewed). (06:21)
• Bradley points out the previous episodes about patents: Episode 0x18: Re Bilski's Briefs and Episode 0x0C: Patently False. (06:43)

Segment 1 (07:06)

• Slides for the talk are available here.

Segment 2 (50:11)

• The audio for the speech is also available on PubPat's website. (50:35)

Tags: bkuhn, karen, patents, ravicher