https://heymanip.com/ 2026-06-27T06:20:11+00:00 https://heymanip.com/ https://heymanip.com/_media/wiki:logo.png text/html 2025-01-12T00:35:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://heymanip.com/blog:2025:0111_federal_circuit_year_in_review_cross-posted_from_patentblurb.com?rev=1736642118&do=diff Federal Circuit 2024 in Review Cross-posted from PatentBlurb.com. In 2024, the Federal Circuit issued eighteen opinions labeled “precedential” that were related to patent law. Quotations below omit citations and internal quotations. Here is a break-down: text/html 2025-10-16T02:35:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://heymanip.com/blog:2025:0314_the_ai_endgame_in_ip?rev=1760582147&do=diff The AI Endgame in IP Judge Plager wrote, in a 2018 Federal Circuit Dissent: "“Today we are called upon to decide the fate of some inventor’s efforts, whether for good or ill, on the basis of criteria that provide no insight into whether the invention is good or ill. Given the current state of the law regarding what inventions are patent eligible, and in light of our governing precedents, I concur . . . even though the state of the law is such as to give little confidence that the outcome i… text/html 2025-09-01T18:37:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://heymanip.com/blog:2025:0901_a_conversation_with_chatgpt_the_shape_of_galaxies_and_the_meaning_of_life?rev=1756751848&do=diff A conversation with ChatGPT: The shape of galaxies and the meaning of life [Map of Galaxy: Image credit: NASA/CXC/M. Weiss] Non-patent post The other day, I had an interesting conversation with ChatGPT. This is not the first conversation like this that I've had, but it is interesting enough that I thought I'd share it with you. This conversation is formatted for this blog and very lightly edited: