Patently-O

MARCH 13, 2022

Angus Liu : Roche Settles Lawsuit Claiming AstraZeneca’s Ultomiris Infringes Delivery Patent (Source: Fierce Pharma). Solomon Israel: Court Tosses Canopy Cannabis Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against GW Pharma (Source: MJ Biz Daily). Sherkow: Preprint Servers and Patent Prior Art (Source: SSRN).

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Patent Prosecution Intellectual Property Patent Journalism 68

Patently-O

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

TaylorMade Golf Company teed off a dispute over golf club design and filed a patent infringement lawsuit on January 31 st, 2024, in the Southern District of California against Costco and Southern California Design Company alleging infringement and false advertising relating to five of TaylorMade’s patents related to golf irons.

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

What is a patent application attorney (patent prosecutor) versus a patent litigator? Patent practitioners generally fall under one of two practice areas: 1) patent litigation, or 2) patent prosecution. Are patent litigators required to be registered to practice before the USPTO?

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In 2018, United Cannabis sued Pure Hemp for patent infringement and Pure Hemp responded with a Walker-Process antitrust counterclaim for asserting a patent known to be invalid. The defendant also argued the patent should be held unenforceable due to inequitable conduct during prosecution.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 4, 2024

Winston Strawn Plagiarism Complaint Winston Strawn Plagiarism Attachments I recall being asked to draft my first patent infringement complaint back in early 2003 – a few months after graduating from law school. Winston & Strawn represented another defendant, Silicon Motion, in a related case also filed by UTL.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 22, 2023

Standard-documentation from online sources maintained by standard setting organizations (SSOs) is usually an important source of relevant prior art. Such prior art can include technical specifications, technical reports, change requests, liasioning statements, work item descriptions, study documents, recommendations and RFCs.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Chinese Utility Model and Patent Prosecution. Unlike invention patent applications, there is no substantial examination of utility models. Utility models require a lower level of inventive step than invention patents, another difference from other utility model programs like Germany.

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