Editing AME 44590 Homework, Summer 2011 (section)

=Due Wednesday 8 June 2011=
* Read [[Elizabeth v. American Nicholson Pavement Company, 97 U.S. 126 (1877)]]
* Read [[Lough v. Brunswick Corp., 86 F.3d 1113 (1996)]]
* Go to the [http://www.google.com/patents Google patent page] and find a patent that seems to interest you.  Download and read it.  Be prepared to describe it in class.  Read the claims too -- part of the discussion will be generally what it is and how it works (the description of the invention) versus what was actually claimed.  There are a couple requirements:  a) it must be a US patent, b) it must be issued between 1980 and 2000 and c) it must be at least 4 pages long with at least 3 pages of text.  The reason for b) is that we may look at later patents which cite it and consider obviousness in light of it.
*Look up Bilski on Westlaw.  Scroll to the bottom of the case where it lists all of the briefs that were filed.  Pick one and read it.  Use your best effort to choose one that no one else will read, e.g., if you dicuss it with your roomates before you select one, you should choose one they did not choose.  You don't have to read it with the same focus on detail that you read the cases, but read it well enough to be able to list and summarize what the main arguments are.  Pay particular attention to any arguments that did not come up in class.\