A “public use” of a claimed invention, by anyone, prior to the critical date will render the corresponding patent claims invalid (or unpatentable), if the invention, at the time of the public use, was ...

“Even prototypes expected to be subjected to further development should be tightly controlled and not employed to perform revenue-generating activities until appropriate patent applications have been ...

Under Arizona’s Constitution, as under its federal counterpart, a condemning authority may acquire private property if the use to which the acquired property will be put is a proper public use. From ...

State policies mandating public or community use of face masks or covers in mitigating the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are hotly contested. This study provides evidence from a ...

This week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the federal government had “freed the Aboriginal flag for Australians”. After an extensive social media campaign to #Freetheflag, the federal ...

The Supreme Court's 2005 decision in Kelo v. City of New London, which upheld the use of eminent domain to take homes for transfer to a private developer in order to promote "economic development," ...

Conservation is not a legal use of public land under a final Bureau of Land Management rule released Monday, removing the ability of the U.S. government to lease land for conservation purposes. The ...