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CASE OF THE WEEK Polaris Innovations Ltd. v. Brent, Appeal No. 2019-1483 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 15, 2022) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit provided what appears to be its first ...
Metaverse as a term dates back to Neal Stephenson's 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash, representing a virtual... Read More »
Imagine if someone, right now, went to the USPTO and filed a trademark registration that is too similar to yours? One of... Read More »
BEST MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL, INC. v. ELEKTA INC.
Before Hughes, Linn, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
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Last April, we released our fourth annual Patent Prosecution Intelligence Report. This report not only evaluates and ranks all participating... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Best Medical International, Inc. v. Elekta Inc., Appeal Nos. 2021-2099, -2100 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 26, 2022)
In this... Read More »
IN RE KILLIAN
Before Taranto, Clevenger, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Section 101... Read More »
Teleflex announced on August 22, 2022 that it has reached an agreement to acquire Standard Bariatrics. Teleflex agreed to acquire... Read More »
Two days ago, the companies that joined forces in order to develop the first Covid vaccine that got approval for emergency use by FDA... Read More »
Less than two months ago, Curevac filed a lawsuit in the German Regional Court in Düsseldorf against BioNTech over patent... Read More »
Taylor Swift’s “Lover” album topped the charts in the US, Australia, Canada, Mexico, and UK back in 2019. It sold almost ... Read More »
PAR PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. V. EAGLE PHARMACETICALS, INC.
Before Moore, Prost, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for... Read More »
Just yesterday, NFT and Metaverse trademark attorney Mike Kondoudis shared two trademark applications, 97551201 and 97551195, which... Read More »
IN RE: PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC.
Before Dyk, Reyna, and Chen.
Summary: The USPTO policy of refusing to consider Requests for... Read More »
CLICK-TO-CALL TECHNOLOGIES LP V. INGENIO, INC., DBA KEEN, ETHER, THRYV, INC.
Before Stoll, Schall, and Cunningham. Appeal from the United... Read More »
CASES OF THE WEEK
This week, we provide extensive write-ups about two consequential decisions issued by the United States Court of Appeals... Read More »
Boston Scientific announced on August 15, 2022, that it acquired Obsidio, Inc. for an undisclosed fee. Obsidio... Read More »
Just two weeks ago, Google filed a lawsuit against Sonos in the Northern District of California over patent infringement. In this lawsuit, ... Read More »
This morning we released our third annual ANDA Litigation Intelligence Report. The report covers high-level statistics related to Hatch-Waxman... Read More »
With just $5 billion in online sales in 1998, e-commerce has grown several times two decades later. Especially with the... Read More »
HOLOGIC, INC. v. MINERVA SURGICAL, INC.
Before Stoll, Clevenger, and Wallach. Appeal from the United States District Court for the... Read More »
