whipgroup

January, 5th, 2016

Categories: Blog, News Tags: trademark, whipgroup

On January 5, 2016, Whitmyer IP Group obtained a US Federal Registration for its own WHIPGROUP trademark for legal services in class 45.

November, 24th, 2015

Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, trademark, whipgroup

Whitmyer IP Group filed an action for declaratory judgment of no trademark infringement on behalf of its client, a leading quick service restaurant franchisor. The defendant had previously made repeated claims of willful trademark infringement [Read More…]

November, 17th, 2015

Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: patent, PTAB, whipgroup

Whitmyer IP Group’s attorneys secured a decision from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) reversing all prior art rejections in U.S. Patent Application No. 12/500,421. The claims relate to an industrial robot having at [Read More…]

November, 10th, 2015

Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, trademark, whipgroup

A California District Court granted summary judgment in favor of WHIPgroup’s client, holding that “no reasonable jury could find KARL STORZ liable for willful infringement of Novadaq’s trademarks or for monetary damages.” Plaintiff Novadaq Technologies, [Read More…]

November, 5th, 2015

Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, whipgroup

Whitmyer IP Group often represents corporations with over a hundred years of history or having thousands of employees, but they also save a few seats at the table for even the smallest of startups. Recently, [Read More…]

November, 2nd, 2015

Categories: Blog, News Tags: patent, whipgroup

Whitmyer IP Group’s attorneys secured a decision from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) reversing all rejections of the pending claims in U.S. Patent Application No. 12/560,661. The claims relate to wireless command microphone [Read More…]

October, 21st, 2015

Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, trademark, whipgroup

Whitmyer IP Group stifled Novadaq’s attempts to introduce untimely evidence of consumer confusion in a trademark suit against KARL STORZ. After summary judgment briefing closed, Novadaq sought the Court’s permission to file an employee declaration [Read More…]

October, 21st, 2015

Categories: Articles, Blog, News Tags: computer, PTAB, RCE, software, USPTO, whipgroup

After an unsuccessful appeal on a patent prosecution case inherited from another firm, Whitmyer IP Group filed a Request for Continued Examination (RCE), presenting a new set of claims based on careful analysis of the [Read More…]

October, 13th, 2015

Categories: Blog, News Tags: litigation, patent, USPTO, whipgroup

In September 2015, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied four more petitions by Stryker Corporation (SYK) for inter partes review of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,471,310, 7,821,530, 7,844,657, and 8,439,821, owned by Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, [Read More…]