August, 14th, 2018
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: 101, branding, litigation, trademark, whipgroup
By Christina L. Winsor Since the announcement that the UK was leaving the EU, there has been big questions as whether trademark owners holding registrations in the EU would still be protected in the UK [Read More…]
August, 13th, 2018
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, whipgroup
WHIPgroup has filed a new patent infringement lawsuit on behalf of its client Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. in the Northern District of Ohio. The Complaint alleges that Steris Corporation’s Harmony iQ Integration Systems infringe US [Read More…]
August, 7th, 2018
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, trademark, whipgroup
Last year Kirby filed a second lawsuit against Farzad Rastegar and LaserPerformance alleging infringement of the BRUCE KIRBY® trademark due to Defendants’ online offer to sell a “Kirby Fishing Set.” Defendants made this offer despite [Read More…]
August, 6th, 2018
Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, trademark, whipgroup
Since 2013, WHIPgroup clients Bruce Kirby and Bruce Kirby, Inc. (“Kirby”) have asserted trademark infringement and misappropriation claims against LaserPerformance due to unauthorized use of Bruce Kirby’s name and the BRUCE KIRBY® trademark on sailboats. [Read More…]
August, 2nd, 2018
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: chemical, computer, litigation, patent, precedential, PTAB, software, startup, USPTO, whipgroup
By Stephen F. W. Ball, Jr. & Sean E. Paquette A provisional application is a type of U.S. patent application that is “informal” in the sense that there are no requirements for acceptance. It does [Read More…]
July, 27th, 2018
Categories: Blog, News Tags: startup, whipgroup
Stamford-based encaptiv™ is the first tech startup to be selected for Whitmyer IP Group’s InventLab™ program. encaptiv™, led by Stamford resident Shannon Daniels, is an all-in-one presentation, sales and marketing platform that bridges the gap [Read More…]
July, 24th, 2018
Categories: Articles, Blog Tags: 101, CAFC, IPR, litigation, patent, PTAB, software, USPTO, whipgroup
By Wesley W. Whitmyer, Jr. & Michael J. Harris The presumption of patent validity springs from the legal concept of administrative correctness. In other words, The US Patent Office is presumed to have done its [Read More…]
July, 20th, 2018
Categories: Blog, Events Tags: software, startup, whipgroup
On August 21, the WHIPgroup Tech Entrepreneur Meetup will delve into the fast-moving world of data science as applied to programmatic media strategies. Our speaker will be Mike Kalman, CEO of Stamford-based Media Crossing. Media [Read More…]
July, 19th, 2018
Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, USPTO, whipgroup
WHIPgroup attorneys successfully appealed an obviousness rejection for a patent application directed to a flexible medical instrument. WHIPgroup argued that one skilled in the art would not appreciate the prior art’s “pinion and rack gears” [Read More…]
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