Our practice continues to grow and thrive. Notable accomplishments over the past year include:
Achieved an extraordinary success rate (~80%) with the new P3 Program, obtaining reversals on dozens of final patent rejections without the need for Appeal or RCE.
Maintained a win rate above 70% for ex parte patent appeals at PTAB.
Litigated patent infringement suits in New York, California, and Alabama.
Grew our trademark enforcement practice, with 6 new civil lawsuits filed in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Indiana, North Carolina, and California
Conducted more than a dozen trademark oppositions, including a rare, full-scale trial at TTAB decided in our client’s favor.
Recently, WHIPGROUP engaged in an arbitration that included a five day hearing in the City. Here are some thoughts about why arbitration is different (not clearly better or worse) than litigation. Venue The AAA arbitral [Read More…]
WHIPGroup previously filed a Motion to Dismiss a patent infringement suit filed against its client TomTom in the Western District of Texas. Rather than opposing WHIPGroup’s motion to dismiss, Plaintiff MDSP Technologies LLC voluntarily dismissed [Read More…]
WHIPgroup succeeded in having anticipation and indefiniteness rejections overturned by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The claimed invention relates to a sequencing station that manages both sequencing and restacking tasks. The Examiner had [Read More…]