When is a Name More Than Just a Name?
This article is part of Wolf Greenfield's design patents page. To learn more about design patents, click here. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was tasked with determining whether a design...
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Poring Over Enablement: Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. v. Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Inc.
Overview In a recent case analyzing enablement and the weight of remarks made at trial about a technology’s relevance to COVID-19, the Federal Circuit affirmed a United States District Court for the D...
Experts Connect™ No. 15: Exploring the Reasons that Guiding Case No. 20 Lost Its Guiding Effect
An article titled "Exploring the Reasons that Guiding Case No. 20 Lost Its Guiding Effect" was published in China Law Connect, a journal of Stanford Law Schools' China Guiding Cases Project. Read more...
Boston Patent Law Association Response to Request for Comments on Administrative Updates to the General Requirements Bulletin for Admission to the Examination for Registration to Practice...
Jonathan Roses co-authored on behalf of the Boston Patent Law Association's (BPLA’s) Patent Office Practice Committee a May 2021 Response to USPTO Request for Comments on proposed updates to the USPTO...
Your IPR Petition Was Denied at Institution – What Next? The Federal Circuit Provides Insights on Petitioners’ Options
Mylan v. Janssen considers a topic IPR petitioners may be concerned about when institution of their petition is denied by the PTAB – is there any way to appeal the decision? The Federal Circuit held t...
Uniloc “Locking” LG & Facebook Out? Not So Fast. CAFC Upholds Board’s “No Estoppel” Finding in Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Facebook Inc.
Joinder may allow a party to challenge patent claims with an IPR even if the one-year time bar in Section 315(b) would otherwise preclude the party from filing a petition for IPR. In Uniloc 2017 LLC v...
The PTAB’s Flexibility In Its Decisions – The Federal Circuit Weighs In
On appeal of a PTAB decision that all claims in a patent on compressing video files were unpatentable, the Federal Circuit clarified two issues. This post considers the second addressed issue – is the...
Drafting Clearer Patent Claims After Federal Circuit L'Oreal Ruling
(as published by Law360) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently highlighted an important rule of patent claim construction: that claim limitations should be construed in a way that...
Printed Publications and Search Functionality – The Federal Circuit Weighs In
On appeal of a PTAB decision finding all claims in a patent directed to compressing video files unpatentable, the Federal Circuit clarified two issues. This post considers the first clarified issue – ...
Intellectual Property for Startups: Building a Toolkit to Protect Your Products and Design
(as published by IPWatchdog) “Many startups make the mistake of ignoring the value of non-patent intellectual property…. A company’s brand can be immensely valuable in the marketplace.”
The Pandemic's Bright Spots For Lawyers Who Are Parents
(as published by Law360) As we round the corner into a second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are not back in our offices, and working from home has become the new normal. While the challeng...
Where to Appeal a TTAB Decision? The Choice is Complicated
John Welch co-authored an article published by World Trademark Review titled "Where to Appeal a TTAB Decision? The Choice is Complicated." Read more (subscription required).