November, 13th, 2018
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: patent, software, whipgroup
By Wesley W. Whitmyer, Jr. I have been asked this question hundreds of times. You can probably guess that the person doing the asking has just been accused of patent infringement. What you probably can’t guess [Read More…]
November, 2nd, 2018
Categories: Blog, News Tags: computer, software, startup, whipgroup
In the rapidly developing landscape of mobile phones, connected devices, and social networks, new vulnerabilities exist for motivated adversaries to exploit. Failure to prioritize cyber security strategy can be fatal to the long-term success of [Read More…]
October, 30th, 2018
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: CAFC, patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
By Mackenzie L. Long In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals (“CAFC”) handed a win for one CRISPR researcher and a loss for a rival. CRISPR stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short [Read More…]
October, 24th, 2018
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: patent, precedential, USPTO, whipgroup
By William L. Birks III Palensetron U.S. 8,598,2019 (Col. 3, Lines 53-65) 35 U.S.C. 102 states “A person shall be entitled to a patent unless— (1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed [Read More…]
October, 22nd, 2018
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, whipgroup
WHIPgroup successfully used the Pre-Appeal program to obtain allowance on an application directed to an endoscope for illuminating a manipulating region. The invention uses optical fiber bundles to selectively illuminate different areas of the manipulating [Read More…]
October, 18th, 2018
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: CBM, IPR, litigation, patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
By Victor Lin On October 11, 2018, the USPTO officially changed the claim construction standard used by the Patent and Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for interpreting claims in post-grant patentability challenges. The PTAB will [Read More…]
October, 16th, 2018
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, whipgroup
WHIPgroup filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Stryker Corporation and Stryker Communications, Inc. on behalf of its client Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. in the Northern District of California. KSEA asserts that three patents, one directed [Read More…]
October, 16th, 2018
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: branding, trademark, USPTO, whipgroup
By Lauren C. Matturri When Dunkin Donuts announced in September that it would be dropping the “Donuts” from its name, there was a lot of buzz about this new change. This buzz mostly addressed the [Read More…]
October, 12th, 2018
Categories: Blog, News Tags: anticounterfeiting, trademark, whipgroup
On October 9th WHIPgroup filed a Complaint and Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut on behalf of Vineyard Vines. The case is against serial counterfeiters [Read More…]
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