August, 26th, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, whipgroup
WHIPgroup’s Managing Member, Wesley W. Whitmyer Jr., has been named an Adjunct Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law and will teach a course in Patent Litigation beginning the Spring of 2020.
August, 23rd, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, USPTO, whipgroup
The claimed invention relates to a device for detecting signal pulses for a particle counter. The application received a Final Office Action rejecting the claims. In response, WHIPgroup attorneys submitted arguments with a request to [Read More…]
August, 16th, 2019
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: copyright, patent, software, USPTO, whipgroup
By Victor P. Lin Back in the early 1960s, an American animated series called The Jetsons presented audiences a glimpse of how life may be in the future. The show has accurately predicted – or [Read More…]
August, 13th, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, whipgroup
WHIPgroup successfully argued a Motion to Dismiss on behalf of its client, Hobbs Medical. The case was filed in federal court in the District of Massachusetts with claims for patent infringement. WHIPgroup filed a Motion [Read More…]
August, 12th, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: trademark, whipgroup
WHIPgroup filed a Complaint in the District Court of Connecticut on behalf of its client New Leaf Data Services, LLC for claims including trademark infringement and cybersquatting. The Defendant holds itself out as a marijuana [Read More…]
August, 2nd, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: anticounterfeiting, litigation, patent, whipgroup
WHIPgroup was successful in defending Karl Storz against a motion to dismiss filed by Defendant Integrated Medical Systems International (“IMS”). WHIPgroup, on behalf of Karl Storz, had filed suit against IMS alleging that services and [Read More…]
August, 1st, 2019
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: anticounterfeiting, branding, litigation, patent, precedential, trademark, USPTO, whipgroup
By Christopher J. Stankus and Jacob J. Alexander In a recent case, Ford showed that design patents are an effective way to prohibit third-party manufacturers from making “knock-off” replacement parts. In Automotive Body Parts Association [Read More…]
July, 31st, 2019
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup was successful in having patentable subject matter rejections overturned by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The invention relates to a method of detecting a fault in a robot joint using torque measurements. [Read More…]
July, 23rd, 2019
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: branding, ITC, litigation, trademark, TTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
By Stephen F.W. Ball, Jr., Shuya Duan It becomes more and more popular for a consumer to use his or her favorite brand name as a verb in daily conversation. It is very common for [Read More…]
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