IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The inventor of a novel jump rope system (the Revolution Rope), Molly Metz, is petitioning the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) to bar a patent infringement suit in district court where the CAFC has affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) finding of unpatentability. 138 (2015); Medtronic, Inc.

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Garrigues Blog

JANUARY 12, 2022

In addition, a third party’s use of an invention before its registration by another is also relevant to assess patent infringement. The right of prior use is set forth in article 63 of the current Patents Law of 2015, the wording of which is practically identical to that of article 54 of the earlier Patents Law of 1986.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Lee is vice president at Amazon Web Services and was the Undersecretary of Commerce and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (2015-2017). She spent a decade at Google leading their patent team. . Many of the AIA reforms strengthened our patent system. with the rest of the world.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The case arises out of a 2018 lawsuit, in which four self-described inventors of DNA Arrays brought suit against Illumina, a “multibillion-dollar, global player in genetic analysis,” alleging that Illumina and its associates conspired to steal Petitioner’s trade secrets and covertly conceal the information in patent applications.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 27, 2021

The Fish attorneys recognized and their respective programs include: Timothy Riffe – California Inventors Assistance Program. Yao Wang – California Inventors Assistance Program. Craig Deutsch – LegalCORPS’ Inventor Assistance Program. Grace Kim – LegalCORPS’ Inventor Assistance Program. Jacqueline Tio – Georgia PATENTS.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 11, 2021

With all these various fast food restaurants entering the fray, why did Chick-fil-A or other early players in the chicken sandwich game not block these upstarts with copyright or patent infringement injunctions? A 2015 court case and trade secret law help shed some light on this question.

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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. 565, 648 (2015). General Electric Co. , 664 (1931), amended, 284 U.S. 571 (1931).

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