Patently-O

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Judge Stoll will separately join Erika Arner (Finnegan) for what looks to be an interesting discussion on IPR/Infringement litigation interplay. Featured talks from both David Gooder, Commissioner for Trademarks and Mollybeth Kocialski, Director of the Rocky Mountain USPTO.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2022

Lack of support issues are common in European patent prosecution but can be avoided through effective application drafting. Submission of declarations is common in US patent prosecution practice. For ex- ample, Rule 132 declarations, can be used by patent applicants to: Rebut Section 101 rejections.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

for infringement of the ‘197 patent under the Hatch-Waxman Act, but the district court found that the Belcher Chief Science Officer withheld material information from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) during patent prosecution, and the CAFC affirmed. Belcher brought the suit against Hospira, Inc.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2021

The new principals in the firm’s Litigation Group are Matthew Colvin (Dallas); Kelly Allenspach Del Dotto (Delaware); Nitika Gupta Fiorella (Delaware); Conrad A. Matthew Colvin represents clients in complex intellectual property litigation, as well as commercial litigation and Hatch-Waxman matters. Gosen (Twin Cities); Andrew G.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

Dr. Caleb Bates focuses his practice on intellectual property law, with an emphasis on patent prosecution, strategic counseling, and worldwide patent portfolio management in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields. Patent & Trademark Office. Will Freeman focuses his practice on patent litigation in U.S.

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Patently-O

JULY 23, 2022

Amy Simonson: Ohio State University Wins Trademark For The Word ‘THE’ (Source: CNN). Richard Lawler: Supreme Court Rejects Apple’s Bid To Continue Fighting Over Two Qualcomm Patents (Source: The Verge). David Phelan: Apple To Transform Apple Pencil 3 In Huge Upgrade, Patent Reveals (Source: Forbes). Schwegman.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Samsung argued that there were potential witnesses from non-party Samsung Research America (“SRA”), three of the five named inventors, prosecution counsel for the patents, and third-party AliphCom in the NDCA. 26] The evidence presented indicated that six MBUSA employees visited five Mercedes-Benz dealerships in the district. [27]

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JULY 9, 2021

Megan Chacon focuses her practice on complex patent litigation across a wide range of technologies. She currently represents Gilead Sciences, one of the largest and most well-known biotechnology companies in the world, in multiple patent litigation matters. Crystal Culhane draws upon her Ph.D.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

For example, a protective order could have the following tiers: Confidential : Information with this designation could be limited to use only for purposes of the litigation, but sharable with everyone involved in the litigation, including the opposing party’s employees.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2022

This includes the protection and enforcement of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, trade secrets, privacy, and related subject matter. Topics covered at this year’s event include the following: Patent prosecution. Cross-border issues in IP litigation. Corporate litigation.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Fish & Richardson has received four coveted “Highly Recommended” rankings from LMG Life Sciences in the areas of General Patent Litigation , Hatch-Waxman Patent Litigation (Branded) , Patent Prosecution , and Patent Strategy and Management. Dorothy Whelan. Tony Zhang.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In addition, six of the firm’s principals have been shortlisted for individual recognition in the “Litigator of the Year” or “Practitioner of the Year” categories. Patent Contentious (West). Patent Prosecution (U.S.). Patent Contentious (U.S.). Litigator of the Year, California – Chad Shear. ITC (U.S.).

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2023

With deep expertise in litigation and patent prosecution and counseling, the attorneys represent clients across a range of industries and in various legal venues. Newly promoted principals for 2023 are: Ashley Bolt has experience handling complex patent and intellectual property litigation in U.S. District Courts.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 17, 2022

Gilbert Hyatt, an inventor who has been granted more than 70 patents and has filed more than 400 applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), has petitioned the U.S. Hyatt has been embroiled in litigation with the USPTO for decades and won a previous Supreme Court appeal in 2012. .

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 15, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) new Commissioner for Patents, Vaishali Udupa. January 17 marks the first day in the tenure of the U.S.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021. Introducing the College of Patent Agents & Trademark Agents. On June 28, 2021 , the College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents Act came into force. Trademark Law.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Mok is a principal in Fish’s New York office and focuses his practice on IP litigation and counseling for domestic and international companies. Her practice focuses primarily on patent litigation, and she has experience litigating patents in the fields of biotechnology, medical devices, financial services, and computer software.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

APRIL 12, 2021

Managing IP also named principals Betsy Flanagan and Frank Scherkenbach Litigation Practitioners of the Year for Minnesota and Massachusetts, respectively. Fish’s litigation practice boasts a deep bench of trial lawyers with unrivaled expertise and skill. district court and ITC bench trials. “We

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 27, 2021

Fish & Richardson is proud to announce that six of its attorneys were named recipients of the Pro Bono Achievement Certificate by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This recognition acknowledges those law firms and attorneys who help make the Patent Pro Bono Program a success. district courts and the U.S.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 23, 2021

Nitika Gupta Fiorella is a principal in Fish’s Delaware office, where she focuses on complex patent litigation. Fiorella has worked on cases involving pharmaceuticals (including Hatch-Waxman litigation ), oil and gas technology , software , medical devices , and polymer chemistry. She received her J.D. She received her J.D.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 17, 2022

Although there is no legal requirement for a company to obtain an FTO opinion before taking a new product, process, or service to market, obtaining one can be very beneficial as a preemptive measure to aid in defending a company in patent litigation against assertions of willful infringement and exposure to treble damages.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 22, 2021

Litigation surrounding the three-year market exclusivity provision shows us not only how inherently ambiguous the provision is but also the need for a clearly defined standard. With a few modifications, the FDA could employ similar claim construction as used by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Inventor Gilbert Hyatt, who has been embroiled in litigation with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for decades, lost his latest case at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) when the court ruled today that an examiner’s restriction requirement was permitted under 37 C.F.R.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Developing patent prosecution strategies to facilitate compliance with the Notice. Reviewing your patent prosecution files for cases of strategic importance to your company. Striking the right balance between navigating ethical walls between teams and avoiding “walling off” between the teams.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Fish & Richardson has received four coveted “Highly Recommended” rankings from LMG Life Science s in the areas of General Patent Litigation , Hatch-Waxman Patent Litigation (Branded) , Patent Prosecution, Patent Strategy and Management.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 5, 2021

McDonough is a principal in Fish’s Boston office and her practice emphasizes patent prosecution , portfolio management , reexamination, counseling , and due diligence in the computer software and electrical fields. I was a patent litigator at Fish before transitioning to patent prosecutor and that trial experience informs my work.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In a June 20, 2022, article on IPWatchdog, I addressed a portion of the June 8, 2022, letter from Senators Leahy, Blumenthal, Klobuchar, Cornyn, Collins and Braun to U.S.

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 15, 2021

Patent attorneys and inventors are often left to guess whether a particular invention is patent-eligible. Explain how the status of patent eligibility jurisprudence in the United States has affected any litigation for patent infringement in the United States in which you have been involved.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In addition to his litigation work, Amon serves as vice managing principal and pro bono coordinator of Fish’s San Diego office. Culhane is a key advisor on patent prosecution, due diligence and patentability, and freedom-to-operate matters. With clients around the globe and across the U.S,

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

signed in January that aimed to incorporate aspects of American patent law into the Chinese legal system. Principally, the NMPA law protects pharmaceutical patent rights and encourages competition by establishing a Hatch-Waxman-style litigation scheme for branded pharmaceutical companies and generics.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 27, 2023

1983 by patent examiners and officials at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Court of Federal Claims (CFC) issued a ruling in Pulnikova v. dismissing monetary damages claims for alleged violations of 42 U.S.C.

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SpicyIP

JULY 13, 2023

Image from here Issues related to patent quality are pressing and worrying, even a standard measure of monitoring patent quality has been difficult. Of late, even in the EU, there has been an increased focus on the quality of patents in response to the rise of business models centered around patent litigation.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In addition, Greg Gurshman, a former senior-level USPTO Examiner, joins the Intellectual Property practice with an extensive engineering and software development background in addition to his patent prosecution experience. Kennington Groff is an intellectual property, entertainment, and business attorney.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued its one millionth design patent on September 26, 2023. This milestone comes during a particularly prolific period for design patents. In 2022 alone, the USPTO received more than 50,000 design patent applications.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in a precedential decision today vacated a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) finding that certain claims of Google, LLC’s U.S. Patent Application No. 14/628,093 were obvious. The CAFC opinion, authored by Chief Judge Moore, said the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Prioritized examination, known sometimes as “Track One,” has been in place at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the past 12 years. The program, launched in September 2011 provides applicants with greater control over how quickly a patent application will be examined and offers a fast-track to an issued U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 15, 2021

Patent attorneys and inventors are often left to guess whether a particular invention is patent-eligible. Explain how the status of patent eligibility jurisprudence in the United States has affected any litigation for patent infringement in the United States in which you have been involved.

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