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The Black Hole of Patent Eligibility

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He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at. — Epictetus

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If you started practicing patent law recently, you might not have heard retired Chief Judge Paul Michel during oral argument. Here’s a good snippet of Chief Judge Michel during oral argument from years ago:

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For more on Frankenstein arguments, see these posts: [Link], [Link], [Link], and [Link]. (In case you were wondering, the third appellate judge in the cartoon is appearing by telephone.)

Credit: Will Shriner.

This random cartoon idea came up as I was thinking back on an earlier post called Grandmothers are Off-Limits: [Link].

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The dreaded Mr. Potato Head five reference §103 argument.