The U.S. Supreme Court's 2007 KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. brought about a significant change in patent law, specifically in the area of determining w

The case at issue involves patents covering "gas pedal" technology for cars and light trucks. KSR International, Inc. was accused of patent infringement by a fi

The Federal Circuit recently has issued inconsistent rulings in three pharmaceutical cases on whether unexpected properties of a compound becoming known after t

In KSR International Co. v. Teleflex, Inc., the Supreme Court addressed the doctrine of nonobviousness, the ultimate question of patentability, for the first ti