September, 16th, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, whipgroup
WHIPgroup successfully argued to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that its client’s invention is patentable over several cited references. The claimed invention relates to an endoscopy system including a laser diode configured to [Read More…]
September, 9th, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup secured a favorable decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), reversing all rejections of an application directed to a hybrid transformer core. The Examiner had rejected the independent claims as allegedly being [Read More…]
September, 3rd, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, trademark, whipgroup
In a precedential opinion issued August 1, 2019, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a likelihood of confusion determination previously secured by WHIPgroup for client Hybrid Athletics, LLC against competitor Hylete LLC. The appeal, [Read More…]
August, 28th, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: whipgroup
In another practical use of technology, WHIPgroup is excited to announce that we’ve partnered with BlockFactory for blockchain certified document verification. A digital fingerprint of a certified document is stored on the blockchain in encrypted [Read More…]
August, 26th, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, whipgroup
WHIPgroup’s Managing Member, Wesley W. Whitmyer Jr., has been named an Adjunct Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law and will teach a course in Patent Litigation beginning the Spring of 2020.
August, 23rd, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
The claimed invention relates to a device for detecting signal pulses for a particle counter. The application received a Final Office Action rejecting the claims. In response, WHIPgroup attorneys submitted arguments with a request to [Read More…]
August, 13th, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, whipgroup
WHIPgroup successfully argued a Motion to Dismiss on behalf of its client, Hobbs Medical. The case was filed in federal court in the District of Massachusetts with claims for patent infringement. WHIPgroup filed a Motion [Read More…]
August, 12th, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: trademark, whipgroup
WHIPgroup filed a Complaint in the District Court of Connecticut on behalf of its client New Leaf Data Services, LLC for claims including trademark infringement and cybersquatting. The Defendant holds itself out as a marijuana [Read More…]
August, 2nd, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: anticounterfeiting, litigation, patent, whipgroup
WHIPgroup was successful in defending Karl Storz against a motion to dismiss filed by Defendant Integrated Medical Systems International (“IMS”). WHIPgroup, on behalf of Karl Storz, had filed suit against IMS alleging that services and [Read More…]
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