Patently-O

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

by Dennis Crouch The Supreme Court is set to consider several significant patent law petitions addressing a range of issues from the application of obviousness standards, challenges to PTAB procedures, interpretation of joinder time limits IPR, to the proper scope patent eligibility doctrine. 1, at 48 (2011). 112–98, pt.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In 2020, Storus (AKA “Mosaic Brands”) sued Ridge Wallet for both patent infringement (US7334616) and product-design trade dress misappropriation. Ridge counterclaimed with its own patent infringement contentions (US10791808, Fig 11 shown above). Ridge Wallet LLC , — F.4th 4th — (Fed.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Breadth of the Covenant : The Federal Circuit held that the plain language of the covenant not to sue in the License Agreement between AlexSam and MasterCard was extremely broad, covering not just potential patent infringement suits but also AlexSam’s breach of contract suit to recover unpaid royalties under the Agreement.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

So these studies can’t tell us much about what’s going on in the Federal Circuit era, unless one assumes—unreasonably—that the Federal Circuit didn’t meaningfully change design patent law. We also looked at design patent outcomes in the International Trade Commission and the UPSTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 19, 2022

In order to facilitate resolution of brand-generic patent conflict, the Patent Laws include a form of paper infringement–a legal fiction that simply filing an ANDA and Paragraph IV certification counts as a form of patent infringement. ” In re Brimonidine Patent Litig.,

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Patently-O

APRIL 8, 2024

By Dennis Crouch In 1931, the United States Supreme Court decided a landmark case on the patentability of inventions, De Forest Radio Co. The case involved a patent infringement suit over an improved vacuum tube used in radio communications. Background The patent at issue, U.S. 57, 111 (2011). 571 (1931).

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SpicyIP

MAY 8, 2022

We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Eashan Ghosh on the treatment of prosecution history in trade mark infringement proceedings. Eashan has been practicing as an intellectual property advocate and consultant in New Delhi since 2011, and teaches a seminar on intellectual property law at National Law University, Delhi.

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