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Patexia Insight 108: Companies with the Largest Growth or Decline in Patents (2021)
Tomorrow, we are releasing our Third Annual Patent Prosecution Intelligence Report, where we have analyzed the patent prosecution data for five consecutive years (2016-2020), covering...
Suede Timbs on My Feet Make [Nas’s] Cipher Complete, but Timberland’s Section 2(f) Evidence Was Slacking and Acquired Distinctiveness Was Lacking
The TTAB has affirmed a refusal to register the trade dress configuration mark (see below) of the popular Timberland boot, a wardrobe staple in hip-hop culture (see The World is Yours...
On June 3, 2021, Conformis continued its patent enforcement efforts involving patient-specific technologies by filing suit... Read More »
Tomorrow, we are releasing our Third Annual Patent Prosecution Intelligence Report, where we have analyzed the patent prosecution data for five consecutive years... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Gilbert P. Hyatt v. Andrew Hirshfeld, Appeal Nos. 2018-2390, -2391, -2392, 2019-1038, -1039, -1049, -1070 (Fed. Cir. June 1, 2021)
This... Read More »
Patents on the blockchain? IBM and IPwe are working together to use non-fungible tokens to create wonders on patent monetization. Non-fungible tokens, or NFT, works... Read More »
The TTAB has affirmed a refusal to register the trade dress configuration mark (see below) of the popular Timberland boot, a wardrobe staple in hip-hop culture (see... Read More »
Next week we are going to release our Third Annual Patent Intelligence Report where we analyze the patent prosecution data, providing different statistics related to... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. v. International Trade Commission, Appeal Nos. 2020-1475, -1605 (Fed. Cir. May 28, 2021)
In this week’s Case ... Read More »
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. v. ITC
Before Newman, Lourie, and Dyk. Appeal from the ITC.
Summary: Patentees cannot escape the bounds of their claims by... Read More »
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY v. BAXTER CORPORATION ENGLEWOOD
Before Prost, Clevenger, and Dyk. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary... Read More »
In April 2021, big-box retailer Walmart Apollo, LLC (“Walmart”) filed a trademark opposition against Yeezy LLC’s (“Yeezy”) U.S... Read More »
Are Two Heads Better than One?
When faced with parallel PTAB and District Court/ITC proceedings, both patent owners and petitioners alike must decide whether to... Read More »
Earlier this March, we released our second annual ITC Intelligence Report where we examined every ITC investigation and covered high-level statistics about ITC... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Trimble Inc. v. PerDiemCo LLC, Appeal No. 2019-2164 (Fed. Cir. May 12, 2021)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit... Read More »
NEW VISION GAMING & DEVELOPMENT, INC. V. SG GAMING, INC.
Before Newman, Moore, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary... Read More »
TRIMBLE INC. v. PERDIEMCO LLC
Before Judges Newman, Dyk, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
... Read More »
UNILOC 2017 LLC v. APPLE INC.
Before Prost, Bryson, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Evidence of the plain and ordinary... Read More »
FREE STREAM MEDIA CORP. v. ALPHONSO INC.
Before Judges Dyk, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of... Read More »
PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA v. OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES
Before Lourie, Taranto, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the... Read More »
On April 27, 2021, a class action lawsuit was filed against Google, Inc. (“Google”) alleging that the Google-Apple Exposure Notification System... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Cap Export, LLC v. Zinus, Inc., Appeal No. 2020-2087 (Fed. Cir. May 5, 2021)
The Federal Circuit issued a single precedential patent case... Read More »
