Week 4 Discussion Post 12 Document

"Apatentprotectsaproduct,process,invention,machine,orplant

producedbyasexualreproduction"(Kubaseketal.,2020p.312).In

ordertohaveaprotectiongrantedtheremustbefourcriteriathat

hastobemet."First,thesubjectmatterofthepatentmustbe

patentable.Second,theobjectofthepatentmustbenovel,ornew.

Nooneelsemusthavepreviouslymadeorpublishedtheplansfor

thisobject.Third,theobjectmustbeuseful,unlessitisadesign.It

mustprovidesomeutilitytosociety.Fourth,theobjectmustbe

nonobvious.Theinventionmustnotbeonethatapersonofordinary

skillinthetradecouldhaveeasilydiscovered"(Kubaseketal.,2020

p.312).Theplaintiff'spatentseemedtobelackingtwocriteriawhich

arethenovelandthenonobvious.Therearesomanycompaniesthat

haveanonlineplatformthatistailoredtotheircustomers

preferences.Thesebusinesseshavesavedtheircustomer'sdataso

theycancheckoutwithouthavingtogoshoppingatastore.

Thejudgedecidedthatthedefendantunintentionallyinfringedupon

theplaintiff'spatentbytheproductandtheprocessofthatproduct

totheconsumerbeingsubstantiallyorexactlythesame.Therefore,I

doagreewiththejudge'sdecisionbecausetheplaintiff'spatent

didn'tmeetthesecondrequirementbeingthenovelandthefourth

requirementbeingthenonobvious.Theplaintiffdidn'tmeetthese

requirementsbecausetheonlineshoebuyingplatformwasn'tanew

ideaandtheinventionwasabletobeeasilydiscovered.Ialsoagree

withthejudgebecausehavinganonlineshoebusinessissocommon

thesedaysanditishowthesetypesofbusinessesoperate.The

plaintiffmostdefinitelywasn'tthefirstpersontohavethoughtof

thisideaandmadeithappen.Asinthevideo,theBrick-and-Mortar

shoestorewasusingthisexactidea7yearsprior.

Reference:Kubasek,N.,Browne,M.,Herron,D.,Dhooge,L.,Herron,

D.,Barkacs,L.(2020).Patents.McGraw-HillConnect.Retrievedfrom

https://prod.reader-ui.prod.mheducation.com/epub/sn_3b37d/data-

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