News

August, 13th, 2018

Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, whipgroup

WHIPgroup has filed a new patent infringement lawsuit on behalf of its client Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. in the Northern District of Ohio. The Complaint alleges that Steris Corporation’s Harmony iQ Integration Systems infringe US [Read More…]

August, 7th, 2018

Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, trademark, whipgroup

Last year Kirby filed a second lawsuit against Farzad Rastegar and LaserPerformance alleging infringement of the BRUCE KIRBY® trademark due to Defendants’ online offer to sell a “Kirby Fishing Set.” Defendants made this offer despite [Read More…]

August, 6th, 2018

Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, trademark, whipgroup

Since 2013, WHIPgroup clients Bruce Kirby and Bruce Kirby, Inc. (“Kirby”) have asserted trademark infringement and misappropriation claims against LaserPerformance due to unauthorized use of Bruce Kirby’s name and the BRUCE KIRBY® trademark on sailboats. [Read More…]

July, 27th, 2018

Categories: Blog, News Tags: startup, whipgroup

Stamford-based encaptiv™ is the first tech startup to be selected for Whitmyer IP Group’s InventLab™ program.  encaptiv™, led by Stamford resident Shannon Daniels, is an all-in-one presentation, sales and marketing platform that bridges the gap [Read More…]

July, 19th, 2018

Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup

WHIPgroup attorneys successfully appealed an obviousness rejection for a patent application directed to a flexible medical instrument. WHIPgroup argued that one skilled in the art would not appreciate the prior art’s “pinion and rack gears” [Read More…]

June, 25th, 2018

Categories: Blog, News Tags: startup, whipgroup

WHIPgroup was recently featured in a Stamford Advocate business article about it’s newly launched InventLab to assist local startups. Read the article here.

June, 18th, 2018

Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued training regarding the recent holding of the Federal Circuit in Berkheimer v. HP, Inc. The USPTO Training clarifies the inquiry into whether a claim limitation or combination of elements represents [Read More…]

June, 5th, 2018

Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup

WHIPgroup successfully used the Pre-Appeal procedure to obtain allowance without the need for filing an RCE or Appeal Brief. The invention relates to a covering for a dilation tool that can be used in endoscopic [Read More…]

June, 5th, 2018

Categories: Blog, News Tags: whipgroup

Hao Zhang is pursuing her J.D. at University of Connecticut School of Law.  She previously worked two years in a private law firm on patent prosecution with an emphasis on the electronic and electrical arts, [Read More…]