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Logos Remain Relevant: Source Confusion and Design Patent Infringement

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This post will focus on another key issue from the case – the relevance of logos in design patent infringement analysis. Still, ornamental logos found on the accused product can still be relevant as visual distractors in the process of evaluating similarities and differences between the claimed design and accused design.

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False Patent Marking as False Advertising: Overcoming Dastar

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This case began back in 2006 when Crocs sued Double Diamond and others for patent infringement of Crocs’s design patents. Therefore, Dastar ‘s unaccredited copying did not constitute a false designation of origin actionable under § 43(a) of the Lanham Act. Crocs largely prevailed in those actions.

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Failure to Mark Patent Number on Products Results in Complete Loss of Pre-Suit Infringement Damages

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Design Patent No. 13, 2015, which was the design patent asserted in the matter noted above. A patent holder may only collect patent infringement damages from the date that proper “notice” under the U.S. Patent Act has been provided. Design Patent No.

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Brand-Generic Drugs: Infringement Judged by the ANDA Filing

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In 2018, Eagle filed its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the FDA seeking to market a generic version of Par’s vasopressin injection product (Vasostrict) used for emergency blood pressure treatment. We have the ANDA filing, but there are always substantial design choices before final release. Eagle Pharm.,

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Safe Skies Eligibility Petition

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David Tropp sued Travel Sentry for patent infringement back in 2006. That was the same year that I first taught a patent law class. Back then, eligibility was almost an unknown concept in patent litigation. The rule of thumb was “anything under the sun, made by man,” and I mean ANYTHING.

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Understanding Standard Essential Patents

Intepat

INTRODUCTION Oftentimes, it is observed how intellectual property laws, specifically; patent laws are contradictory to competition and antitrust laws. While one confers rights on inventors to encourage innovation, the other aims to eradicate monopolistic practices and encourages healthy competition in the market.

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Federal Circuit Jurisdiction over Permissive Counterclaims raising Patent Issues

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by Dennis Crouch The law of appellate jurisdiction routes almost every patent appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. This result is by design to ensure more national uniformity in application of the U.S. patent laws. SAP responded with denials and also added patent infringement counterclaims.

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