July, 20th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup successfully obtained allowance of an application with the filing of an Appeal Brief. The technology relates to an electrically insulating fluid made with isoparaffins derived from a renewable carbon source. The claims were finally [Read More…]
July, 20th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup is pleased to report another success from using the USPTO’s Pre-Appeal Brief Request for Review program. A Final Office Action rejected the claims of a patent application directed to a novel, length-adjustable endoscopic device. [Read More…]
July, 19th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup was again successful in using the Pre-Appeal program to overcome a final rejection. The examiner issued a Final Office Action with patentable subject matter and prior art rejections. The invention concerns a system for [Read More…]
July, 18th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: 101, computer, patent, PTAB, software, USPTO
By Joseph V. Hajjar The Court’s decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International unleashed a shockwave on the threshold for patent-eligible subject matter. In the technology center for computer software alone, the percentage of [Read More…]
July, 17th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, trademark, whipgroup
On July 12 Bruce Kirby Inc. and LaserPerformance and Quarter Moon filed supplemental summary judgment briefs on Bruce Kirby’s trademark infringement claims regarding Defendants’ unauthorized use of the BRUCE KIRBY trademark on Kirby Sailboats. That [Read More…]
July, 14th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: CAFC, litigation, precedential, trademark, TTAB, USPTO
By Chelsea A. Russell On June 19, 2017, the Supreme Court expanded trademark protection in its much-awaited ruling of Matel v. Tam, 582 US ___ (2017). The Lanham Act has long held that a trademark [Read More…]
July, 14th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: CAFC, chemical, IPR, litigation, patent, precedential, PTAB, RCE, USPTO
By Mackenzie L. Long In 1950 the Supreme Court outlined the two tests for evaluating the doctrine of equivalents in the case, Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products Co., 339 U.S. 605, [Read More…]
July, 14th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
After receiving a final rejection in U.S. Patent App. No. 14/282,391, WHIPgroup attorneys filed a Response including a request for participation in the After Final Consideration Pilot (AFCP) Program. In a subsequent interview, WHIPgroup attorneys [Read More…]
July, 11th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: whipgroup
Jakob comes from Sweden and has a technical background. He is pursuing a MS in Mechanical Engineering at Lund University in Sweden. To expand his interest in patent law, Jakob will continue with law studies [Read More…]
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