March, 28th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: litigation, trademark, TTAB, USPTO
By Walter B. Welsh Effective March 21, 2017, the USPTO is auditing declarations and affidavits of trademark use submitted under sections 8 and 71 (“declarations”). The program comes in response to a pilot study that [Read More…]
March, 21st, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: trademark, USPTO
By Christina L. Winsor Can a nostalgic childhood scent be a trademark? Hasbro, Inc. certainly seems to think so. On February 14, 2017, the multinational toy and board game company filed a US trademark application [Read More…]
March, 16th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
On March 8, 2017, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) found all claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,420,151 (“the ‘151 patent”) unpatentable following an inter partes review (IPR) trial. The ‘151 Patent is directed [Read More…]
February, 23rd, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup files a large number of cases using the patent prosecution highway (PPH), which accelerates prosecution by allowing the USPTO to consider another patent office’s written opinion. WHIPgroup often uses this procedure for foreign clients, [Read More…]
February, 15th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup attorneys were again successful in using the P3 program to overcome a Final Office Action. The patent application is directed to an algorithm for searching objects in a process control system. The claims were [Read More…]
February, 14th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: computer, patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup attorneys successfully appealed rejections for a patent application directed to data packet aggregation for wireless communication. In its Appeal briefs, WHIPgroup differentiated data frame encapsulation taught by wireless networking publications. The Board agreed with [Read More…]
February, 6th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup attorneys obtain favorable decision using the Post-Prosecution Pilot (P3) Program for a case directed to an electric battery recharging plant. After receiving a final rejection, WHIPgroup presented arguments to a P3 Panel asserting that [Read More…]
January, 25th, 2017
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup attorneys were again successful in using the Pre-Appeal program to advance prosecution. The invention is directed to an arrangement having a medical instrument and a manipulator that can be releasably connected to one another [Read More…]
January, 25th, 2017
Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
After an oral argument before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, WHIPgroup secured a written opinion reversing the Examiner’s rejection of claims covering computerized control systems and related software for providing control of real world [Read More…]
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