January, 3rd, 2025 at 4:05 pm
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, trademark
January 2, 2025 marks a momentous day for Margo Kirby and her late husband Bruce Kirby. After a nearly 12-year legal battle in federal court, including an appeal to the Second Circuit, a federal judge [Read More…]
December, 20th, 2024 at 11:41 am
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, trademark
Join WHIPgroup’s Managing Member, Wes Whitmyer, Jr. on January 16, 2025 at 5:30 as he hosts TechXel Stamford Expert Talks lecture on patents, trademarks and intellectual property topics! All are welcome and encouraged attend this [Read More…]
December, 9th, 2024 at 1:49 pm
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, whipgroup
By Wesley W. Whitmyer, Jr. Koslow Technologies Corporation (Koslow) was sued in the SDNY in a 100-page complaint over a contract claim related to the supply of gravity water filters which remove viruses. One World [Read More…]
July, 25th, 2024 at 10:07 am
Categories: Blog Tags: 101, artificial intelligence, CAFC, CBM, computer, patent, software, USPTO, whipgroup
By Alan Harrison The USPTO issued a Guidance Update, effective July 17, 2024, to address the evolving landscape of patent eligibility, particularly in relation to artificial intelligence (AI). It seeks to clarify and update the [Read More…]
July, 16th, 2024 at 4:13 pm
Categories: Blog, News Tags: branding, litigation, trademark, TTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
By Meghan E. McDermott Today, branding is everything – it is arguably one of the most important assets a company can have. So, whether you are starting a new brand or re-branding, any type of [Read More…]
June, 3rd, 2024 at 10:25 am
Categories: Blog
Copyright law includes an interesting clause at 17 U.S.C. § 203: (3) Termination of the grant may be effected at any time during a period of five years beginning at the end of thirty-five years [Read More…]
March, 29th, 2024 at 4:21 pm
Categories: Blog
Under U.S. law, anyone who uses a system that is likely to have been made by a patented process, and who does not demonstrate that the system was not made by the patented process, is [Read More…]
February, 20th, 2024 at 1:54 pm
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…]
September, 6th, 2023 at 11:52 am
Categories: Articles, Blog, News
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…]
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