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A conversation with Robin Asher, Clark Hill P.L.C.(Focus)(Interview)
Crain's Detroit Business, February, 2007
Byline: Tom Henderson Robin Asher is a patent attorney with Detroit-based Clark Hill plc. Crain's reporter Tom Henderson spoke with Asher about new patent process rules expected to be enacted later this year and a much-anticipated U.S. Supreme Court verdict that could define what makes an idea obvious.
Pennsylvania-based Teleflex Inc. alleged that KSR International Co., whose U.S. operations are based in Southfield, violated its patents when it started selling pedals to General Motors in 2003 (See Page 1 of the July 10 issue of Crain's). KSR responded that the idea was so obvious it didn't deserve a patent. A lower court agreed with KSR, and the appeals court sided with Teleflex. Why does something seemingly as narrowly focused as brake pedals have national...
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