August, 21st, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup attorneys successfully appealed rejections for a patent application directed to an endoscope having an improved joining seam on the edge of a window to prevent penetration of moisture into the interior of the endoscope. [Read More…]
August, 21st, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, trademark, whipgroup
WHIPgroup has filed another trademark infringement lawsuit on behalf of its client Bruce Kirby, Incorporated (“BKI”) in the United States District Court of Connecticut, Case No. 3:17-CV-01389 (D. Conn.). In the Complaint, BKI alleges that [Read More…]
August, 8th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: CAFC, precedential, trademark, TTAB, USPTO
By Christopher J. Stankus On July 27, 2017, the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded for reconsideration the TTAB’s finding that the mark EARNHARDT COLLECTION is not primarily merely a surname because it was unclear whether [Read More…]
August, 2nd, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup obtained a Notice of Allowance on patent claims directed to a micro-invasive medical instrument. A Final Office Action rejected the claims over a combination of three prior art references. WHIPgroup attorneys argued that such [Read More…]
August, 1st, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: 101, computer, litigation, patent, software, USPTO
By Natasha Rodriguez With recent court decisions such as Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International and subsequent cases regarding patentable subject matter, many practitioners are left questioning where the line is drawn for patent ineligible [Read More…]
August, 1st, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: computer, patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup successfully obtained reversal of rejections for all claims in an Ex Parte Appeal. The computer-implemented invention is directed to secure joining of a computer as a node in a process control system without the [Read More…]
July, 28th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup attorneys successfully used the Pre-Appeal Program to advance prosecution of a case directed to a robot control system. The application discusses problems in the prior art where fast robot movements can occur and cause [Read More…]
July, 26th, 2017
By Dov Hirsch On June 12, 2017, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Amgen v. Sandoz relating to the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (“BPCIA”). In the decision, the Court [Read More…]
July, 24th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, whipgroup
WHIPgroup has filed a patent infringement lawsuit on behalf of its client Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. (“KSEA”) in the Southern District of New York. KSEA’s U.S. Patent No. 9,468,360, the subject of the complaint, is [Read More…]
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