September, 1st, 2020
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: CAFC, IPR, ITC, litigation, patent, PTAB, startup, whipgroup
By Stephen F.W. Ball and Benjamin N. Luehrs You might think litigation, especially complex litigation like patent litigation, decreases in times of economic turbulence. History shows the opposite. This is somewhat intuitive because, in [Read More…]
August, 20th, 2020
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, whipgroup
WHIPgroup successfully obtained a decision reversing rejections for written description, enablement, indefiniteness, anticipation, and obviousness. The invention is directed to a system of interconnected medical devices and surgical information displays. The Patent Office issued a [Read More…]
June, 5th, 2020
Categories: Blog, Events Tags: patent, startup, trademark, whipgroup
How do you market something over the Internet that is secret for much of its life? This question has confronted business owners and inventors for years. Monetizing intellectual property can be labor intensive, high cost [Read More…]
May, 29th, 2020
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: CAFC, IPR, litigation, patent, PTAB, startup, testimony, trademark, TTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
By Christopher J. Stankus COVID-19 has brought numerous changes to the legal industry’s approach to working remotely. Some changes have been ordered by the courts, while others have been instituted by practitioners. Some of these [Read More…]
May, 28th, 2020
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, whipgroup
WHIPgroup secured a favorable decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), reversing all obviousness rejections of claims directed to a rotating electrical machine. In particular, WHIPgroup successfully argued that the prior art motor [Read More…]
May, 14th, 2020
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, whipgroup
A Magistrate Judge in the District of Massachusetts has recommended that WHIPgroup’s client Hobbs Medical be awarded fees and costs. Hobbs was sued for patent infringement and WHIPgroup successfully had the complaint dismissed with prejudice. [Read More…]
May, 12th, 2020
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
The USPTO has announced the COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program to incentivize prompt research into treatment of this pandemic. The program will benefit small and micro entities by allowing them to file for prioritized examination [Read More…]
May, 5th, 2020
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, whipgroup
After receiving a final rejection in U.S. Patent App. No. 16/304,583, WHIPgroup filed a Response including a request for participation in the After Final Consideration Pilot (AFCP) Program. During the AFCP interview, WHIPgroup attorneys convinced [Read More…]
April, 29th, 2020
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: patent, software, whipgroup
By: Stephen Ball Software inventions are patentable. The statutory language is clear: Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may [Read More…]
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