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, 7th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, trademark, whipgroup
WHIPgroup successfully obtained an entry of default on a Chinese corporation, Pühler (Guangzhou) Machinery and Equipment Co., Ltd., after serving the defendant at its German address under the Hague Convention. WHIPgroup client Netzsch Premier Technologies, [Read More…]
June, 27th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: CAFC, IPR, litigation, PTAB, USPTO
By Robert D. Keeler Congress established inter partes review (“IPR”) as a less expensive, more efficient method of challenging the validity of a patent. Indeed, Congress explained that the IPR is a “complete[] substitute for [Read More…]
June, 23rd, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, trademark, whipgroup
WHIPgroup has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit on behalf of its client Vineyard Vines in the District of Connecticut, Case No. 3:17-cv-1033 (D.Conn.) (filed June 22, 2017). Vineyard Vines is a well-known American clothing and [Read More…]
June, 21st, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: 101, computer, litigation, patent, software, USPTO
By Andrew P. Siuta In Cardionet, LLC, v. Infobionic, Inc. the District Court of Massachusetts held that a claim for optimizing the transmission of patient data constituted patent eligible subject matter. The patent disclosed and [Read More…]
June, 13th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: computer, litigation, patent, precedential, software
By Wesley W. Whitmyer, Jr. In denying a motion for partial summary judgment that no reasonable jury could find “sales within the United States” based on Defendant’s products that are “ordered, manufactured, shipped, billed, and [Read More…]
May, 23rd, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, precedential, whipgroup
On May 22, the Supreme Court held that defendants in patent litigation can only be sued in districts where they are incorporated or have a principal place of business. The decision, TC Heartland LLC v. [Read More…]
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