Intellectual Property
Apr. 28, 2009
Judge Shatters an Attempt to Patent a Pyrex Sex Toy
A sex toy made out of Pyrex glass instead of standard soda-lime glass is too obvious an invention to justify patent protection, a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit panel ruled Friday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN JOSE - A sex toy made out of Pyrex glass instead of standard soda-lime glass is too obvious an invention to justify patent protection, a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit panel ruled Friday. The ruling, written by noted legal scholar Richard Posner, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals judge who was sitting by assignment, is a victory for a Chatsworth-based maker of adult erotica and it...
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