Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit is set to consider the use of terms like “patented,” “proprietary,” and “exclusive” in commercial advertising can be actionable under § 43(a)(1)(B) of the Lanham Act when their use is not entirely accurate. Crocs largely prevailed in those actions.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 3, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The following is my patent law exam from this past semester. EL’s design also includes the idea of different elastic strengths. By November 2019, EL was satisfied with the design. After talking again with Jane, EL decided to patent the device. The sleeve also protects the rubber from UV damage.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 31, 2022

27, 2022) A rare tortious interference/business defamation case that results in a preliminary injunction (converted from a TRO), based on claims of patent infringement made to plaintiff’s customers. This requires that infringement claims be objectively baseless. Nu Tsai Capital LLC, NO. 8:22CV314, 2022 WL 15523245 (D.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Dastar explicitly stated that the Lanham Act “does not exist to reward manufacturers for their innovation in creating a particular device” and that the Act’s “common law foundations. were not designed to protect originality or creativity.” “Yet Zobmondo Ent. Imagination Int’l Corp., CV 09-02235 ABC PLAX, 2009 WL 8714439, at *1 (C.D.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

For example, a trade secret can be a manufacturing process, recipe, distribution method for products, research and development information, software algorithm, list of ingredients, list of suppliers, list of customers, pricing strategy, business plan, or advertising strategy. But there are exceptions and exclusions under patent law.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

The analysis also referred to a pending case before the CJEU dealing with Community design law ( EUIPO v The KaiKai Company Jaeger Wichmann | C-382/21-P) and other EU trade mark cases from 2021. The search for EUTM case law before EU Courts from the previous year was based on decisions included in the eSearch Case Law database.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 18, 2024

For example, a trade secret can be a manufacturing process, recipe, distribution method for products, research and development information, software algorithm, list of ingredients, list of suppliers, list of customers, pricing strategy, business plan, or advertising strategy. ” But there are exceptions and exclusions under patent law.

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