November, 29th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: patent, USPTO
By Victor P. Lin Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), have been in development since the early 1900s, but only in the last 20 years have they become popular with the realization of their wide-ranging [Read More…]
November, 22nd, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: CAFC, IPR, litigation, patent, precedential, PTAB, USPTO
By Robert D. Keeler Inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings are infamous for their high patent invalidation rate. To protect against wholesale patent loss, Congress gave Patent Owners the right to make narrowing amendments to any challenged [Read More…]
November, 14th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: CAFC, chemical, litigation, patent, precedential, PTAB, USPTO
By Christopher J. Stankus Patent prosecution attorneys are well aware of their duty of candor to the PTO. However, in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Merus N.V., No. 2016-1346 (Fed. Cir. July 27, 2017), the Federal Circuit [Read More…]
November, 6th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: litigation, trademark
By Natasha Rodriguez Most consumers recognize clothing brands by the company’s trademark, an identifying symbol or logo, located on the article. In addition to this traditional type of trademark, clothing designers may claim trade dress [Read More…]
October, 31st, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: litigation, precedential, trademark, TTAB, USPTO
By Chelsea A. Russell In the digital age, it is commonplace for consumers to be familiar with companies and products not for sale in their country. The internet has created a market in which companies [Read More…]
October, 24th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup attorneys successfully appealed an obviousness rejection for a patent application directed to a medical instrument with a touch screen movable between a first position within a housing footprint and a second position extended from [Read More…]
October, 24th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: anticounterfeiting, litigation, trademark
By Christina L. Winsor Amazon is a behemoth of online retailers and a godsend for busy parents who just don’t want to have to leave the house for diapers. The company has completely turned physical [Read More…]
October, 23rd, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: trademark, TTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup has filed a trademark Notice of Opposition on behalf of its client Mirage Granito Ceramico SPA (“MGC”) with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Opp. No. 91237302. MGC is an Italian company which sells [Read More…]
October, 17th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: litigation, trademark
By Wesley W. Whitmyer, Jr. The Cardinals may be out of the running for the Fall Classic, but St. Louis—specifically U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri—is still deeply involved in autumn baseball. [Read More…]
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