Patent Trademark Blog

JULY 11, 2022

Mission Impossible: Can you block a design patent application? Design patent applications are not publicly viewable. It can be nearly impossible to figure out what design patent applications are pending. Suppose your competitor indicates that their product is patent-pending. This will be tricky.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed a pair of final written decisions at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) invalidating patent claims owned by Monterey Research and covering improved static random access memory (SRAM) cell designs. On October 26, a panel majority of the U.S.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

How do you defend a patent infringement claim? Accusations of patent infringement should be taken seriously. Whether they are asserted in the form of cease-and-desist letter or an Amazon patent violation, an accused infringer needs to gauge the seriousness of the problem. Do the accused products infringe the asserted patent?

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Zahner Design Group v. D746,078 (Patent being litigated). Zahner’s Design Pat. D746,078 covers the ornamental design of a shower curtain as shown in the figures above. Zahner sued Katri Sales for infringement, and the defendant turned-around and filed a request for ex parte reexamination. Images below).

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 7, 2022

The Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Department (PRID) of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) maintained the validity of Chinese design patent No. the ’645 patent) in an invalidation proceeding. [1] the ’645 patent) in an invalidation proceeding. [1] 48204, see.

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Patently-O

JULY 13, 2021

Folks continue to file anonymous ex parte reexaminations. Design Patent No. The reexamination examiner agreed with the challenge and issued a final rejection that the claimed design was anticipated by four different prior art references. Ex parte Zhang , Reexam No. 90/014,234, 2021 WL 633718 (PTAB).

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Patentably Defined

MAY 20, 2010

The USPTO has announced a new plan to increase the availability of its patent electronic filing system, EFS-Web, by providing a new contingency option when the primary portal to EFS-Web experiences an unscheduled outage. Provisional patent applications; 2. Provisional patent applications; 2. DC Patent Attorney.

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