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WHIPgroup Launches InventLab™ to Boost Local Tech Startups

May, 1st, 2018

  WHIPgroup has launched InventLab™ in its recently-expanded Stamford offices. InventLab™ is intended to build upon WHIPgroup’s successful Stamford Tech Entrepreneur Meetup (meetup.com/whipgroup) by offering direct support to qualified local tech startups. The direct support [Read More…]

WHIPgroup Welcomes Georgi Korobanov to the Firm as an Associate

May, 1st, 2018

Georgi focuses on patent and trademark prosecution with an emphasis on mechanic-related arts. Prior to joining the firm, he prosecuted U.S. and foreign patent applications, and drafted freedom to operate opinions for an intellectual property [Read More…]

Supreme Court Holds IPR Patent Challenges Constitutional

April, 24th, 2018

By Dov Hirsch   Today, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued two important patent related decisions regarding Inter Partes Reviews (“IPR”) under the America Invent Act. In Oil States Energy Services, LLC V. Greene’s Energy Group, [Read More…]

USPTO Issues Guidance on Conclusions Involving Inventive Concept

April, 23rd, 2018

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a guidance memo implementing the recent holding of the Federal Circuit in Berkheimer v. HP, Inc. The USPTO Memorandum clarifies the inquiry into whether a claim limitation represents well-understood, routine, [Read More…]

WHIPgroup Files New Unfair Competition Lawsuit

April, 18th, 2018

WHIPgroup has filed an unfair competition and false advertising lawsuit under the Federal Lanham Act and the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practice Act on behalf of its client Verilux, Inc. in the United States District Court [Read More…]

Saucy Trademark Suit (Or Puffed Up Claims)

April, 17th, 2018

By Natasha Rodriguez Trademarks can be the cheesy glue that connects a business with its brand in a consumer’s mind. A trademark is a source identifier that can include “any word, name, symbol, or device, or [Read More…]

Sec. 101 Motions: Patent Panacea or Plague?

April, 12th, 2018

By Wesley W. Whitmyer, Jr. Motions to Dismiss on grounds that patents fail to claim patent-eligible subject matter, so called 101 or Alice Motions, have proliferated like dandelions in spring.  It’s the defense du jour for alleged infringers lacking prior [Read More…]

WHIPgroup Wins On Appeal Reversing § 101 Rejections

April, 6th, 2018

WHIPgroup continues its success in reversing rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 101 before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Claims for a method of identifying a fault condition in an electrical machine were rejected [Read More…]

WHIPgroup Attorney Quoted in Article Regarding Best IPR Practices

March, 19th, 2018

WHIPgroup attorney Robert Keeler was recently interviewed and quoted in a Law360 article regarding motions to exclude evidence in IPR proceedings.  Confronted with the question of why litigants continue to file motions to exclude despite low chances [Read More…]

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